HTML form PHP post to email - php

Question

I'd like to make a form that posts data to my email.
I found the following code and it works fine except I didn't get any email from the form.
Here is the Php File
<?php
// Contact subject
$name ="$name";
// Details
$address="$address";
$id="$id";
$passport="$passport";
$issue="$issue";
$mula="$mula";
$tamat="$tamat";
$tel="$tel";
$select_dd="$select_dd";
$date="$date";
$textarea="$textarea";
$file="$file";
// Mail of sender
$email="$email";
// From
$header="from: $name <$mail>";
// Enter your email address
$to ='rodhiahazzahra#gmail.com';
$send_contact=mail($to,$subject,$message,$header);
// Check, if message sent to your email
// display message "We've recived your information"
if($send_contact){
echo "We've recived your contact information";
}
else {
echo "ERROR";
}?>

Answer 1

Where did you try this code? Local or on a Server? Is there sendmail (or similar) installed and properly configured on your server?
Quote from PHP - Mail Function
It is important to note that just because the mail was accepted for delivery, it does NOT mean the mail will actually reach the intended destination.
You should check your configuration on the server and check the mail logs and you spam-folder.

Answer 2

If i am not mistaken, you need to set the SMTP server before you call mail().
ini_set('SMTP','mySMTP.serv');
Cheers
Edit:
Caution
(Windows only) When PHP is talking to a SMTP server directly, if a full stop is found
on the start of a line, it is removed. To counter-act this, replace these occurrences
with a double dot.
<?php
$text = str_replace("\n.", "\n..", $text);
?>
If you just started learning, one of the basic rules is always RTM before you start using a function. here is the link for PHP Mail function http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php