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PHP emails are sent when $message is a string, but not when its an array
I host my website on a CentOS-Bash, PHP and MySQL environment; my local email client is engined by Roundcube. I don't know almost anything about PHP nuances.
While my web domain registration is done by one company, my DNS records hosting, websites hosting and website emails hosting are all done by a second company.
I can send emails to myself (to my local email client) via running in terminal php example_1.php with:
<?php
$to = "example@example.com";
$subject = "Email Test";
$message = "PHP's mail function test";
mail($to, $subject, $message);
?>
I can't send emails to myself (to my local email client) via running in terminal php example_2.php with:
<?php
$to = "example@example.com";
$subject = "New email message";
$message = array (
$name = $_POST["name"] . "Name:" . "\r\n",
$email = $_POST["email"] . "Email:" . "\r\n",
$phone = $_POST["phone"] . "Phone:" . "\r\n",
$topic = $_POST["topic"] . "Topic:" . "\r\n",
$date = $_POST["date"] . "Date:" . "\r\n",
$time = $_POST["time"] . "Time:" . "\r\n",
$notes = $_POST["notes"] . "Notes:" . "\r\n"
);
mail($to, $subject, $message);
?>
What might cause messages by the second example pattern not to reach my email box?
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As explained by manassehkatz, the message (aka the body) is a text in PHP (and many other programming languages).
If your e-mails have a certain structure, you should create a function that takes that structure (i.e. your array) and generate a string from it. This is a good idea also from an architectural point of view because separating body construction from the actual e-mail sending functionality is preferred.
Also, you should take care of the message format (plain text vs. HTML) as it might involve some changes (e.g. using <p>s or <br>s instead of newlines).
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