Contact Form PHP Issues

  • I have my hosting through GoDaddy (Windows), and it is not a dedicated server. I have tried to use a few different plugins for a contact form on my WordPress site, but they all give me errors. The most recent is SI Contact Form (by Mike Challis). When I test the form on the site, I get the following error:

    The e-mail could not be sent.
    Possible reason: your host may have disabled the mail() function.

    Any ideas on what I can do to fix this? I’ve done some searches, and it isn’t looking positive for me, so I’m hoping that there is some magic (and easy) fix for this. Thanks so much for any help.

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  • Go into the plugin code, copy the code that sends the email then paste it into an email to [email protected]. Explain the problem and they should have a quick answer. The line of code may look something like this:
    mail(‘[email protected]’, ‘My Subject’, $message);
    Specifically you can do a text search for:
    mail(
    to find it.

    Hope it helps

    Thread Starter sparklogix

    (@mybenson)

    Thanks, I emailed them and am waiting for their response. Will update if they can solve it.

    Thread Starter sparklogix

    (@mybenson)

    GoDaddy is no help. This is their response:

    Thank you for contacting Online Support. The type of error you are experiencing is most likely caused by coding or scripting. Unfortunately, because we do not provide coding support, we are unable to determine what specifically in your code may be causing the error.

    And they referred me to the WordPress Codex. I’m at a complete loss now. Any more ideas?

    Did a search turn up anything useful?
    Try some of these.

    Thread Starter sparklogix

    (@mybenson)

    Thanks for the search link. I found a new forum I didn’t see in my search, and got a link to the perfect solution here.

    I downloaded the WP-Mail-SMTP plugin and it worked like a charm. Thanks so much!

    Good old google.. ?? Glad you got it working.. ??

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