How can I catch an error caused by mail()?

Question

Does anyone know how can I catch a mail error (error is displayed while sending email and the error is caused by the mailserver down) in php?

Error that was caused b

Answer 1

You could use the PEAR Mail classes and methods, which allows you to check for errors via:

if (PEAR::isError($mail)) {
    echo("
" . $mail->getMessage() . "
");
} else {
    echo("
Message successfully sent!
");
}

You can find an example here.