Problem
Describe the problem as the user would experience it. For example "Level 7 printer is flashing red and wont print".
Following a fresh install of Zend Server 2018 (PHP7.2.1) php mail stopped working.
The following message is given in the Apache HTTPD log file www\zendphp7\logs\error_log.Q_date_time_stamp:
sh: /usr/sbin/sendmail: not found
Possible cause when the Zend Server libraries deployed are not updated to the latest versions available.
IBM i not connected to the web,(no internet access).
Solution
Download and deploy the latest Zend Framework Libraries.
Use the SMTP Transport found in Zend Framework a more reliable and easy to implement.
In the following article you can find an examples written for Zend Framework 1 and Zend Framework 2.
Use Framework's SMTP Transport instead of mail() on IBM i
You may want to use a panel to highlight important steps.ZF1 example script: <?php $tr = new Zend_Mail_Transport_Smtp('mail.example.com'); Zend_Mail::setDefaultTransport($tr);
$mail = new Zend_Mail(); $mail->setBodyText('This is the text of the mail.'); $mail->setFrom('[email protected]', 'Some Sender'); $mail->addTo('[email protected]', 'Some Recipient'); $mail->setSubject('TestSubject'); $mail->send(); ZF2 example script: <?php
ini_set('include_path', '/usr/local/zendphp7/share/ZendFramework2/library'); require_once 'Zend/Loader/StandardAutoloader.php'; $loader = new Zend\Loader\StandardAutoloader(array('autoregister_zf' => true)); $loader->register();
use Zend\Mail\Message; use Zend\Mail\Transport\Smtp as SmtpTransport; use Zend\Mail\Transport\SmtpOptions;
$message = new Message(); $message->addTo('[email protected]') ->addFrom('[email protected]') ->setSubject('TestSubject') ->setBody("This is the text of the mail.");
// Setup SMTP transport $transport = new SmtpTransport(); $options = new SmtpOptions(array( 'name' => 'example.com', 'host' => 'mail.example.com', 'port' => 25, )); $transport->setOptions($options); $transport->send($message); ?>
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