PHP - Error When Sending Email With A $_session As Destinatary

I have been working a a program to send text messages using php  but my headers containing the "From:" part of the text message keep on returning an error. Could someone please explain what i'm doing wrong. I have attached the php script and the html page I am using as a form.   
<?php
$from = $_POST['from'];
$to = $_POST['to'];
$carrier = $_POST['carrier'];
$carrierFrom = $_POST['carrierFrom']
$message = stripslashes($_POST['message']);

//From Function

 if ($carrierFrom == "verizon") 
{$formatted_from = $from."@vtext.com";}

 if ($carrierFrom == "tmobile") 
{$formatted_from = $from."@tomomail.net";}

 if ($carrierFrom == "sprint") 
{$formatted_from = $from."@messaging.sprintpcs.com";}

if ($carrierFrom == "att") {
$formatted_from = $from."@txt.att.net";

if ($carrierFrom == "gmail") {
$formatted_from = $from."@gmail.com";
}

//To Function

 if ($carrierFrom == "verizon")
{$formatted_number = $to."@vtext.com";}

 if ($carrier == "tmobile") 
{$formatted_number = $to."@tomomail.net";}

if ($carrier == "sprint") 
{$formatted_number = $to."@messaging.sprintpcs.com";}

 if ($carrier == "att") 
{$formatted_number = $to."@txt.att.net";}

 if ($carrier == "gmail") 
{$formatted_number = $to."@gmail.com";}

//Send

$sent = mail($formatted_number,$message,$formattedFrom) ; 
if($sent) 
{print "Your text was sent successfully"; }
else 
{print "We encountered an error sending your text"; }

?>

First let me explain my code.
It comprises of three php files.

inc_fn_header_and_menu.php,  contains the HTML and CSS header details and it initializes the session via session_start();

 

This  is later included in project_status.php] .

 

In project_status.php] , I have included another file project_status_app.php which contains a HTML form.

 project_status.php:

<?php
 include 'inc_fn_header_and_menu.php';
function includeFile($file,$variable) {
    $var = $variable;
    include($file);
}
if (isset($_GET['id']) && $_GET['id']!="") {
    $pid    = $_GET['id'];
    $_SESSION['pidForApproval'] = $_GET['id'];
    $query = 'SELECT * FROM `profile` WHERE pid ='.'\''.$pid.'\'';
    $result=mysqli_query($db,$queryToRetrievePP) or die("There are no records to display ... \n" . mysqli_error());
    foreach ($result as $row) {
        $status = $row['status'];
    }        
}
...........some PHP and HTML code.......
	<div id="customerPurchaseApprovalForm">
<?php  
  echo '<p>APPROVAL FOR CUSTOMER PURCHASE</p>';
  $discountApprovalStatus = "Granted";
  if ($discountApprovalStatus == "Granted") {  
 
  includeFile("project_status_app.php",$highestannualvalue);
  } else {
     //.........
  }

In project_status_app.php I am attempting to retrieve pidForApproval from the $_SESSION array.

<?php
        // put your code here  UPDATE `pp` SET `customer_purchase_remarks` = 'hahaha' WHERE `pp`.`id` = 207;
        
        if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {
            include '../../inc/fastlogin.php';      
            $sql = "UPDATE pp SET customer_purchase_remarks ='{$_POST['remarkstxt']}' WHERE pp.pid='{$_SESSION['pidForApproval']}'"; 
            $result = mysqli_query ( $fastdb, $sql ) ;
            if (mysqli_affected_rows($fastdb) != 1) { 
               $_SESSION['err_cpa_rmks'] = "<p>Error while updating WHERE id='{$_SESSION['pidForApproval']}'</p>";
                //echo "<p>Error while updating WHERE id='{$_POST['pidForApproval']}'</p>".mysqli_error($fastdb);                 
            } else { 
                $_SESSION['suc_cpa_rmks'] = "<p>Records was updated successfully.</p>";
                //echo "Records was updated successfully."; 
            }
            header ("location: project_status.php?id="$_SESSION['pidForApproval']);
            exit();
        }    
        
        ?>

When I load  project_status.php,  project_status_app.php is supposed to display the form. Once the user fills in the form the and the submit button has been pressed, the UPDATE statement is supposed to run and then it is supposed to navigate back to project_status.php?id=FA142. But the update is failing and the when the project_status.php is loaded back, the url looks like this http://localhost/fast/project_status.php?id= . The id is empty. It is supposed to be something like this http://localhost/fast/project_status.php?id=FA142. With the id being populated at the 

header ("location: project_status.php?id=".$_SESSION['pidForApproval']);

I suspected that my $_SESSION['pidForApproval'] is not being populated in project_status.php but I echoed back $_SESSION['pidForApproval'] in that file itself and I can see it is being populated. Hence, I suspect that the $_SESSION['pidForApproval'] is not being passed to project_status_app.php. I have already attempted to include session_start(); clause in project_status_app.php but that gives an error, stating that the session has already started, in inc_fn_header_and_menu.php. Can someone help me as to why the $_SESSION['pidForApproval'] is not being passed on to the project_status_app.php file. Thank you.

Edited August 9, 2020 by Robinson
Missing some information.

From our website we are connecting to GMAIL to send our emails through SMTP. For some reason it is not sending the emails to the CC or BCC email address event though GMAIL shows it was included in the email. Am I missing something in the below code?

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$currentTime = time();

$emailTo = "redbrad0@domain.com";
$emailCC = "brad@domain.com";
$emailBCC = "events@domain.com";
$emailSubject = "TEST Email at (" . $currentTime . ")";
$emailBody = "This is the body of the email";

$headers = array();
if (!empty($emailTo))
$headers['TO'] = $emailTo;
if (!empty($emailCC))
$headers['CC'] = $emailCC;
if (!empty($emailBCC))
$headers['BCC'] = $emailBCC;
if (!empty($emailSubject))
$headers['Subject'] = $emailSubject;
$headers['From'] = "events@domain.com";

$mime = new Mail_mime("\n");
$mime->setTXTBody($emailBody);
$body = $mime->get();
$headers = $mime->headers($headers);

$mail = Mail::factory('smtp',
   array ('host' => 'ssl://smtp.gmail.com',
     'auth' => true,
     'port' => 465,
     'username' => 'events@domain.com',
     'password' => 'thepasswordhere'));

try {
  $result = $mail->send($emailTo, $headers, $emailBody);
} catch (TixException $ex) {     
  echo "<font color=red>Error:" . $ex->getCode() . "</font><br>";
}

echo "Emailed at (" . $currentTime . ")<br>";
die;

Everything about the email is sending except the message text does anyone know what the issue could be?

here is the block of code that sends the email
Thanks in advance
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$image = "http://www.visualrealityink.com/dev/clients/arzan/snell_form/images/email.png";
echo "got to process form";
$target_path = "upload/";                   
$path = $target_path = $target_path . basename( $_FILES['file']['name']);                 
$boundary = '-----=' . md5( uniqid ( rand() ) );

$message .= "Content-Type: application/msword; name=\"my attachment\"\n";
$message .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n";
$message .= "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"$path\"\n\n";


echo $path;
$fp = fopen($path, 'r');
do //we loop until there is no data left
{
$data = fread($fp, 8192);
if (strlen($data) == 0) break;
$content .= $data;
  } while (true);
$content_encode = chunk_split(base64_encode($content));
$message .= $content_encode . "\n";
$message .= "--" . $boundary . "\n";
$message .= $image . "<br />" . $_POST['name'] . "submitted a resume on our website. Please review the applications and contact the candidate if their resume is a fit for any open opportunities with the company. <br><br> Thank you. <br><br> SEI Team";
$headers  = "From: \"Me\"<me@example.com>\n";
$headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
$headers .= "Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=\"$boundary\"";
mail('george@visualrealityink.com', 'Email with attachment from PHP', $headers, $message);

Hi the user fill details and then the email his sent to me the only problem is that the emails keeps going to my spam, can someone help me out please I looked already php website and email format looks the same.
This is the link to my form.
http://www.people.eurico.co.uk/

here my form script
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<?php

// Set email variables
$email_to = 'xxxxx@xxxxxxx.co.uk';
$email_subject = 'Call back form';

// Set required fields
$required_fields = array('fullname','email','telephone','comment');

// set error messages
$error_messages = array(
'fullname' => 'Please enter a Name to proceed.',
'email' => 'Please enter a valid Email.',
'telephone' => 'Please telephone.',
'comment' => 'Please enter your Message to continue.' 
);

// Set form status
$form_complete = FALSE;

// configure validation array
$validation = array();

// check form submittal
if(!empty($_POST)) {
// Sanitise POST array
foreach($_POST as $key => $value) $_POST[$key] = remove_email_injection(trim($value));

// Loop into required fields and make sure they match our needs
foreach($required_fields as $field) {
// the field has been submitted?
if(!array_key_exists($field, $_POST)) array_push($validation, $field);

// check there is information in the field?
if($_POST[$field] == '') array_push($validation, $field);

// validate the email address supplied
if($field == 'email') if(!validate_email_address($_POST[$field])) array_push($validation, $field);
}

// basic validation result
if(count($validation) == 0) {
// Prepare our content string
$email_content = 'peoplesmartlearning.co.uk: ' . "\n\n";

// simple email content
foreach($_POST as $key => $value) {
if($key != 'submit') $email_content .= $key . ': ' . $value . "\n";
}

// if validation passed ok then send the email
mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_content);

// Update form switch
$form_complete = TRUE;
}
}

function validate_email_address($email = FALSE) {
return (preg_match('/^[^@\s]+@([-a-z0-9]+\.)+[a-z]{2,}$/i', $email))? TRUE : FALSE;
}

function remove_email_injection($field = FALSE) {
   return (str_ireplace(array("\r", "\n", "%0a", "%0d", "Content-Type:", "bcc:","to:","cc:"), '', $field));
}

?>
The HTML
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<div class="call_us_form">
        <p class="title">WE'LL CALL YOU BACK</p>
<?php if($form_complete === FALSE): ?>
<form class="contact_form" id="fm-form" method="post" action="index.php" >
                <fieldset>
                    <div class="fm-req">
                        <label for="fm-firstname">Name</label>
 <input type="text" id="fullname" class="detail" name="fullname" value="<?php echo isset($_POST['fullname'])? $_POST['fullname'] : ''; ?>" />
<?php if(in_array('fullname', $validation)): ?><script type="text/javascript">alert("Please enter a Name"); history.back();</script><?php endif; ?>
                    </div>
               
                    <div class="fm-req">
                    <label for="fm-firstname">Email</label>
                 <input type="text" id="email" class="detail" name="email" value="
<?php echo isset($_POST['email'])? $_POST['email'] : ''; ?>" />
<?php if(in_array('email', $validation)): ?><script type="text/javascript">alert("Please enter a valid Email Address"); history.back();</script><?php endif; ?>
                    </div>
                   
<div class="fm-req">
                    <label for="fm-firstname">Number</label>
 <input type="text" id="telephone" class="detail" name="telephone" value="<?php echo isset($_POST['telephone'])? $_POST['telephone'] : ''; ?>" />
  <?php if(in_array('telephone', $validation)): ?><script type="text/javascript">alert("Please enter telephone number"); history.back();</script><?php endif; ?>
                    </div>

                    <div class="fm-req">
                        <label for="fm-lastname">Message</label>
<textarea cols="40" rows="5" id="comment" name="comment" class="mess"><?php echo isset($_POST['comment'])? $_POST['comment'] : ''; ?></textarea>
<?php if(in_array('comment', $validation)): ?><script type="text/javascript">alert("Please enter your message"); history.back();</script><?php endif; ?>
                    </div>
                <input class="submit_button" type="submit" value="Call us" />
                </fieldset>
            </form>
<?php else: ?>
<p>Thank you for your Message!</p>
<p>We will get back to you as soon as we can</p>

<script type="text/javascript">
setTimeout ('ourRedirect()', 5000)
function ourRedirect () {
location.href='index.php'
}
</script>
<?php endif; ?>