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Bug #16516 mail doesn't work with globalized vars
Submitted: 2002-04-09 12:50 UTC Modified: 2002-04-10 04:31 UTC
From: djlopez at mail dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Mail related
PHP Version: 4.1.2 OS: FreeBSD 4.4
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-04-09 12:50 UTC] djlopez at mail dot com 
I got 3 files, part of an eShop:

config.php  // contains $mailto
func.php    // contains sendmail();
send.php    // calls sendmail();

OK, the problem was, I execute send.php:

<? 
include("config.php");
include("func.php");
sendmail();
//now HTML-code
?>



sendmail() contains:

<?
function sendmail(){
global $mailto;         //and other vars

//now last line
mail($mailto, "Any subject", $body, "From: any@adress.com");
}
?>


Now, PHP crashed without a reason, server error page appears, nothing wrote to the error.log!


I changed the mail-function in:

mail("the@recipient.com", "Any subject", $body, "From: any@adress.com");

Now it worked fine!
Dunno if its a bug, but it was difficult to catch the error!


Apache Server, tested with PHP 4.0.6 and 4.1.2
(err, sorry 4 bad english)

greets, 
Lopez

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 [2002-04-09 13:55 UTC] sander@php.net 
To properly diagnose this bug, we need a backtrace to see what is
happening behind the scenes. To find out how to generate a backtrace,
please read http://bugs.php.net/bugs-generating-backtrace.php

Once you have generated a backtrace, please submit it to this bug
report and change the status back to "Open".
 [2002-04-09 16:29 UTC] djlopez at mail dot com 
Sorry, can't backtrace on my server!
But it's really reproducible!
so here's the set of files:

send.php:
<?
include("func.php");
sendmail();
?>


func.php:
<?
function sendmail(){
global $mailto;
mail($mailto, "Subject", "Body", "From: djlopez@gmx.de");
}
?>

config.php:
<?
$mailto="djlopez@gmx.de";
?>


Just put this 3 files on a server in the same directory, and start "send.php" in your browser.
It shouldn't work.
 [2002-04-09 16:34 UTC] mfischer@php.net 
Can't work unless you include config.php somewhere.
 [2002-04-09 16:36 UTC] derick@php.net 
Where do you include config.php?

Derick
 [2002-04-10 04:31 UTC] djlopez at mail dot com 
just include the config.php in send.php!
But thats right, it crashed too, if config.php is not included :)
However, it works on Win32 systems, but on my server it wouldn't work....
It's part of an eShop, so I can't give the complete sourcecode.
So, I don't think it's very important... I'll close it.
 
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