[BETA] Set Real Email Return Path

Thoul · Post by **Thoul** » Tue Sep 24, 2002 7:17 am

Here's a short little MOD to fix a problem a lot of us have and probably don't even know about! The way phpBB sets the Return Path header of emails sent without using SMTP causes the Return Path to work incorrectly for a lot of boards. This fixes it if you've got PHP 4.0.5 or greater.

Update:
Version 1.1.0 is now available on the sites in my signature. It changes the code to be added so that there (hopefully) shouldn't be any errors on systems using a version of PHP prior to PHP 4.0.5.

MrStormyNights · Post by **MrStormyNights** » Sat Oct 26, 2002 7:51 am

Just wondering? Will it cause problems on PHP versions prior to 4.05? or is it just that it won't work. Need to know as, MJ from FullyModded may add this if it won't cause errors or break something.

Is there maybe a way to do a version check and add an if condition based on the results?

talia679 · Post by **talia679** » Sat Oct 26, 2002 11:19 am

I was wondering the same thing.

Thoul · Post by **Thoul** » Sat Oct 26, 2002 11:27 am

To be honest, I'm not sure how it will behave in versions of PHP prior to 4.0.5. There was a fifth parameter added to PHP's mail() function in that version, and this mod relies on using that parameter. I know the mod won't work in the prior versions, but I don't know if not being able to pass that extra parameter to the function cause any of PHP's built-in error messages to appear or not.

A version check should be pretty simple to do. The PHP version is stored in a constant called PHP_VERSION, so a simple if (foo==bar) type of thing should be a piece of cake.

MrStormyNights · Post by **MrStormyNights** » Sat Oct 26, 2002 4:49 pm

A piece of cake for you maybe, but for PHP wannabe's like me, I am not sure exactly what would be needed, I could eventually figure it out, but if it's a piece of cake for you, I would rather see your master touch at work.

Since I am not sure what your intentions are, I have to ask, Could you post the changes necessary or update this mod to include the "if" condition logic?

Thoul · Post by **Thoul** » Sat Oct 26, 2002 7:56 pm

Give me time. I do have to sleep at some point.

Thoul · Post by **Thoul** » Sat Oct 26, 2002 9:08 pm

Done. See the first post for update information.

Luciouslinda · Post by **Luciouslinda** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 5:24 pm

Well i am getting a nice error

General Error

Blah Blah

Error on line 232 of

Blah Blah /includes/emailer.php

I have this installed and well it is not working..... I have checked my emailer.php file and it seems that it was already there.... Is there anything that i can do to rectify this problem?

It is obviously only when an Email needs to be sent out.... But on registrations no email is being sent and this could cause a problem to my users... Please help.

Thanks

Thoul · Post by **Thoul** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 8:12 pm

The best bet in your case would probably be to uninstall the mod or replace your emailer.php with an older copy (hopefully you backed up the file before added the mod).

Luciouslinda · Post by **Luciouslinda** » Sat Mar 22, 2003 10:29 am

Yeah it is ok, thanks for that, i have sorted it out.... I always keep a back up of totally unalter files just incase i have problems....

Thanks for the reply

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