added check for FALSE and NULL for servers who have popen listed in php.ini's disable_functions. $fp cannot be trusted on those retarded servers
diff --git a/user_guide/changelog.html b/user_guide/changelog.html
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--- a/user_guide/changelog.html
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@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
<li>Fixed a fatal error in the Oracle and ODBC drivers (#6752)</li>
<li>Fixed a bug where Database Forge's add_column and modify_column were not looping through when sent multiple fields.</li>
<li>Fixed a bug where the File Helper was using '/' instead of the DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR constant.</li>
+ <li>Fixed a bug to prevent PHP errors when attempting to use sendmail on servers that have manually disabled the PHP popen() function.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Version 1.7.1</h2>