@mail not sending mail in php

Question

This is the first time I am using the mail function. I tried to send a mail using this and the code tells me it\'s \"successfully sent\", but I didn\'t receive any mail. I\'

Answer 1

Some hosting requires the extra parameter for mail. It could possibly be that.

    $ffrom = '-fmary@yahoo.com';
    if(@mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers, $ffrom));

It's not very common, but I have had to deal with it, and it took me ages to diagnose, so thought I would share it just in case.