PHP ini question 1

[btaber]

I have a custom script handling the sendmail_path in the php.ini in order to set the Return-Path mail header correctly. Is it possible to use environment variables in the ini? something like:
sendmail_path = '/mymail.pl' SERVER_NAME
so I can pass the server name to my custom script?

Brian

 

[nawlej]

As long as the environment is already present to the ini file, I dont see where it would be a problem. Is there an issue with hardcoding the server name?

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[sleipnir214]

You can't use environment varible references in php.ini. That file is only read, not interpolated.

What MTA are you using?



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[btaber]

I had tried that but that is set by apache, so it isn't available in the ini. I use the perl script to extract the "From" address in the message, then I pass it along to sendmail with /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i -f "address". If you don't speciify any headers with the mail command in PHP, it does not have a from address, so I wanted to make it apache@somedomain.com, somdomain.com being the site the php script was access from. Hope this makes sense.

Brian

 

[btaber]

Thank you sleipnir214, I wasn't sure of that. I use postfix, and due to spam, many mail servers will not accept messages with improper Return-Path headers, by default, it is "Return-Path: apache", which don't work....

 

[sleipnir214]

PHP's mail() function has the capability of sending that "-t -i -f address" command-line parameter to sendmail.

See mail() in the PHP online manual, paying particular attention to the fifth parameter of that function.



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[nawlej]

There should be a default address you can set in your ini file. If you set "sendmail_from" in there, you should have a default without having to set it.

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--... ...--, Eric.

 

[btaber]

Yes, I am aware of that, but not everyone is (including our customers). That is how I would do it, but PHP makes some things too simple sometimes

(although I love it!)

 

[nawlej]

err, let me clarify, you should have a default without having to set it in your script, provided its in your ini file.

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[sleipnir214]

nawlej:
sendmail_from is only used on Win32.

btaber:
To whom were you speaking in your last post?



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[btaber]

Sorry, this is the most active posting I have ever had. I am not even done typeing and my mail client is dinging! LOL

the:
"Yes, I am aware of that, but not everyone is (including our customers)."

is in response to:
"PHP's mail() function has the capability of sending that "-t -i -f address" command-line parameter to sendmail"

 

[nawlej]

So basically, you are just doing it this way so the user doesnt have to code correctly, lol

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[sleipnir214]

btaber:
I don't understand.



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[btaber]

What I have now works well, it prevents bounce messages from coming to me. If anyone is wondering, this is what I have:

In php.ini: sendmail_path = '/mymail.pl'

mymail.pl:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use Mail::Address;

while (<STDIN>){
	$message.=$_;
}

($headers, $msg) = split(/\n\n/, $message);

@headers = split(/\n/, $headers);

foreach (@headers){
	if (/from:(.*)/ig){
		$from=$1;
	}
}

if ($from){
	@addrs = Mail::Address->parse($from);
	$addr=$addrs[0]->address;
}

if (!$addr){
	$addr='apache@somehost.com';
}

open MAIL, '|/usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i -f '.$addr;
print MAIL $message;
close (MAIL);

Works... I could do better, but I am lazy...

Thank you all for you help.

Brian