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March 28, 2013
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David Powers Lesson08 forgotten.php problem

  • March 28, 2013
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I have a strange problem when running forgotten.php. The program works alright initially with the setting of mail_connector.php as below. I managed to send and received email. Everything works fine intially. After sometime, I found problem running the same program again. This time it generates error message of 'Notice: Underfined index: calvin_cccc@yahoo.com in c:\vhosts\phpcs5\lesson8\scripts\request_reset.php on line 25' and also message 'No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.'

Any idea why ?

Mail_Connector.php

<?php

$mailhost = 'mail.agri-organica.com';

$mailconfig = array('auth'     => 'login',

                    'username' => 'calvin@agri-organica.com',

                                                  'password' => 'password');

$transport = new Zend_Mail_Transport_Smtp($mailhost, $mailconfig);

Zend_Mail::setDefaultTransport($transport);

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Correct answer David_Powers

If it works once, it should work all the time unless there has been a change to the code or your mail authentication settings.

The error message says that the problem is on line 25 of request_reset.php, not Mail_Connector.php. The example code in the book on that line looks like this:

$mail->setFrom('webmaster@example.com', 'DW CS5 with PHP');

That sets the From header in the email. To prevent spammers from using the mail server as a spam relay, it's common to reject mail that doesn't come from an authorized source. You're logging into the agri-organica.com SMTP server, but using a yahoo.com email address in the From header. I suspect that the server is rejecting the mail because the From header doesn't use an agri-organica.com address. Change the address in line 25 of request_reset.php to an agri-organica.com address, and it will probably work.

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David_PowersCorrect answer
Inspiring
March 28, 2013

If it works once, it should work all the time unless there has been a change to the code or your mail authentication settings.

The error message says that the problem is on line 25 of request_reset.php, not Mail_Connector.php. The example code in the book on that line looks like this:

$mail->setFrom('webmaster@example.com', 'DW CS5 with PHP');

That sets the From header in the email. To prevent spammers from using the mail server as a spam relay, it's common to reject mail that doesn't come from an authorized source. You're logging into the agri-organica.com SMTP server, but using a yahoo.com email address in the From header. I suspect that the server is rejecting the mail because the From header doesn't use an agri-organica.com address. Change the address in line 25 of request_reset.php to an agri-organica.com address, and it will probably work.

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CalvinCCCCAuthor
Inspiring
March 28, 2013

I changed the From header using agri-organica.com address and send to yahoo address. This time it shows:

'No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.'

Request Received

An email has been sent to your registered address with instructions for resetting your password.

Request_reset.php

---------------------

<?php

$errors = FALSE;

$result = FALSE;

if ($_POST) {

  require_once('library.php');

  require_once('mail_connector.php');

  try {

          $val = new Zend_Validate_EmailAddress();

          if (!$val->isValid($_POST['email'])) {

            $errors = TRUE;

          }

          if (!$errors) {

            $sql = $dbRead->quoteInto('SELECT user_id, first_name, family_name, email FROM users WHERE email = ?', $_POST['email']);

            $result = $dbRead->fetchRow($sql);

            if (!$result) {

                    $errors = TRUE;

            } else {

        // update database and send mail

                    $token = md5(uniqid(mt_rand(), TRUE));

                    $data = array('token' => $token);

                    $where = $dbWrite->quoteInto('email = ?', $_POST['email']);

                    $dbWrite->update('users', $data, "user_id = {$result['user_id']}");

            }

            $mail = new Zend_Mail('UTF-8');

            $mail->addTo($result['email'], "{$result['first_name']} {$result['family_name']}");

            $mail->setSubject('Instructions for resetting your password');

            $mail->setFrom('calvin@agri-organica.com', 'Calvin');

            $link = "http://phpcs5/lesson8/reset.php?id={$result['user_id']}&token=$token";

            $message = "Use the following link to reset your password. This link can be used once only. $link";

            $mail->setBodyText($message, 'UTF-8');

            $mail->send();

          }

  } catch (Exception $e) {

          echo $e->getMessage();

  }

}

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CalvinCCCCAuthor
Inspiring
March 28, 2013

Good new ! After I re-entered the setting in mail_connector.php and request_rest.php, everything is working fine now.

Thank You !

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