php mail() - "From" header interrupts sending

Question

I got a code like this:

$headers = '';
//$headers .= 'Reply-To: "site\'s name" <[email protected]>'."\r\n";
//$headers .= 'From: "site\'s name" <[email protected]>'."\r\n";
$headers .= 'MIME-Version: 1.0'."\r\n";
$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8'."\r\n";

mail($_POST['email'], stripslashes($result['title']), $message, $headers);

As long as those two lines are commented out, it sends emails correctly. Otherwise - it just doesn't. Without giving any error or even notice. It worked (uncommented code) until yesterday and now it stopped. Any ideas, why would it happen? I cannot use Swift or anything like that, because it's not my project.

Edit: incorrect quoting, but that wasn't the problem. Edit: damn, it was just server admins, they blocked all mails with headers from non-existing accounts. I just had to create such mailbox, and i started working back again...

Taken From PHP.net "If messages are not received, try using a LF (\n) only. Some Unix mail transfer agents (most notably » qmail) replace LF by CRLF automatically (which leads to doubling CR if CRLF is used). This should be a last resort, as it does not comply with » RFC 2822." — Marc Towler
– Marc Towler, Commented Jun 10, 2014 at 9:12

Rakesh Sharma · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-10 08:56:53Z

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You have an error on site's name try with correct quoting

$headers .= 'Reply-To: "site\'s name" <[email protected]>'."\r\n";
$headers .= 'From: "site\'s name" <[email protected]>'."\r\n";

answered Jun 10, 2014 at 8:56

Rakesh Sharma

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Avris Over a year ago

It's not that :( The real site's name has no quotes, it's only here where I messed it up.

Rakesh Sharma Over a year ago

can you paste an example

Nithyanandhan M · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-10 09:14:27Z

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You can add header as the code below. Remove unwanted single quotes and double quotes. Just simple write as below.

$headers = "From: site name <[email protected]> \r\n";
$headers .= "Reply-To: site\'s name <[email protected]> \r\n";
$headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";

answered Jun 10, 2014 at 9:14

Nithyanandhan M

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