PHP mail() no longer works after update to OSX Mountain Lion
Solution 1
Finally I found the solution. After looking at the error_log (/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/logs/error_log), there is an error: sendmail: fatal: chdir /Library/Server/Mail/Data/spool: No such file or directory
Do the following at your terminal:
sudo mkdir -p /Library/Server/Mail/Data/spool
sudo /usr/sbin/postfix set-permissions
sudo /usr/sbin/postfix start
Then the php mail() works!
Reference: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/54051/sendmail-error-on-os-x-mountain-lion
Solution 2
After creating the spool folder as described above, I configured postfix following the directions on this article OS X Hints
I also had to edit my php.ini sendmail path to have some extra switches, specifically
sendmail_path=/usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i
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I just updated OS X to Mountain Lion yesterday, but the php function
mail()
does not work anymore.Before updating, the PHP
mail()
function worked fine, Apple mail works fine. After updating, Apple mail works fine, but PHPmail()
function DOES NOT work.Webserver: XAMPP 1.7.3
I use this code to test the
mail()
function:if (mail($to, $object, $content, "From: ". $from)) { echo 'send '; } else { echo "not send"; }
It shows:
not send
Anything I have to change? such as the
php.ini
or something else?Thanks in advance.