From: justinbrinkerhoff at gmail dot com
Operating system: Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft
PHP version: 4.4.6
PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Bug description: mail() Function only allows 5 arguments
Description:
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Hi, I ran accross something while writing an e-mail contact form for a
customer. I have hosting provider still on PHP 4.3.2. I am changing
providers soon though. But anyways, what I noticed is the mail() function
only allows 5 arguments.
So, what I wanted to ask/propose, is to see if perhaps I can
suggest/request there be 7 - 10 arguments allowable in the mail() function.
Five seems a bit limited, and I think a max of 10 would be reasonable.
Beyond 10 would probably be a little rediculous, but 10 should suffice.
I don't see this as necessarily a "bug" per say, but a feature that would
make it a lot easier.
Here is an example of the problem at hand.
Reproduce code:
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//HTML Form Code - ContactUs.html
<form name="email" method="post" action="mail.php">
Name <input type="text" name="name" id="name" />
Address <input type="text" name="addr" id="addr" />
E-Mail <input type="text" name="from" id="from" />
Message <textarea rows="10" cols="20" name="notes" id="notes"></textarea>
<input type="submit" value="SEND" />
</form>
//PHP Code - mail.php
<?php
$date = date(r);
$to = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]";
$from = $_POST['from'];
$subject = "Example.com Support Inquiry - From Website";
$message = $_POST['notes'];
$address = $_POST['addr'];
if(mail($to, $date, $from, $subject, $message, $address)) {
echo "Message Sent";
} else {
echo "Message Failed";
}
?>
Expected result:
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Page should say:
Message Sent
Actual result:
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Warning: mail() expects at most 5 parameters, 6 given in
/var/www/html/mail.php on line 8
Message Failed
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Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41091&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41091&r=notwrong
Not enough info:
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Submitted twice:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41091&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41091&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41091&r=php3
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41091&r=dst
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Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41091&r=float
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MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41091&r=mysqlcfg
