PHP Email
Welcome! In this section we going to cover how to use the mail
function in PHP to send emails.
PHP has a built in function mail for
sending emails. Using this function we can send plain text emails or
HTML emails.
Visit
AJAX email script for a working email example code.
PHP Mail Function
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
As you can see above, the mail function has four parameters.
to - the recipients email address
subject - the subject of the email.
message - the email message to be sent.
headers - the header contains information such as the format of the
email (plain text or HTML), senders name and email, reply to
address, CC and BCC.
Sending Plain Text Email in PHP
PHP: Send plain text email
<?php
function send_email($from, $to, $cc, $bcc, $subject, $message){
$headers = "From: ".$from."\r\n";
$headers .= "Reply-To: ".$from."\r\n";
$headers .= "Return-Path: ".$from."\r\n";
$headers .= "CC: ".$cc."\r\n";
$headers .= "BCC: ".$to."\r\n";
if (mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers) ) {
echo "email sent";
} else {
echo "email could not be sent";
}
}
$subject = "Hello!";
$message = "Hello! How are you today?";
send_email("youraddress@domain.com", "recpeient@domain.com",
"someone@domain.com", "hidden_email@domain.com",
$subject ,
$message);
?>
In our send_email function we set the appropriate headers. Reply-To
and Return-Path points to the email you want the recipient to reply
to. Some server requires the use of Return-Path, so it's good to
leave it in there.
Next we call the send_email function which sends out the email.
Sending HTML Email in PHP
The following function will send out an HTML formatted email using
the PHP built in mail function.
PHP: Send HTML email
<?php
function send_email($from, $to, $subject, $message){
$headers = "From: ".$from."\r\n";
$headers .= "Reply-To: ".$from."\r\n";
$headers .= "Return-Path: ".$from."\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html\r\n";
if (mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers) ) {
echo "email sent";
} else {
echo "email couldn't be sent";
}
}
$subject = "Helloooo!";
$message .= "<html><body>";
$message .= "<b>Hey! How are you today?</b>";
$message .= "<br>Regards";
$message .= "</body></html>";
send_email("youraddress@domain.com", "recpeient@domain.com",
$subject ,
$message);
?>
In our send_email function we set the content type headers to
text/html. It is important to do so because it tells the email
server that the email contains html code and to format and display
the email correctly when it is opened.
Also visit
AJAX email script for a working example code.
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