This section contains the detail about E-mail in PHP.
E-mail in PHP
For sending e-mail to any person, PHP provide a function known as mail().
The syntax of the mail() function is given below :
mail(to, subject, message, headers, parameters)
Here,
to - Compulsory field, It should contain email of the receiver / receivers.
subject - Compulsory Field, This field should contain the subject of the email. This parameter cannot contain any newline characters
message - Compulsory Field, This field contain message body. Each line should be separated with a LF (\n). Lines should not exceed 70 characters.
headers - Optional. Specifies additional headers, like From, Cc, and Bcc. The additional headers should be separated with a CRLF (\r\n).
parameters - Optional. Specifies an additional parameter to the sendmail program.
Example :
This example contains a html contact form and a PHP script to send mail. This will give you a clear idea how to use it.
Html form
<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Send Email</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <table width="400" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"> <tr> <td><strong>Send Email</strong></td> </tr> </table> <table width="400" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1"> <tr> <td><form name="form1" method="post" action="send_mail.php"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"> <tr> <td width="16%">Subject</td> <td width="2%">:</td> <td width="82%"><input name="subject" type="text" id="subject" size="50"></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Message Body</td> <td>:</td> <td><textarea name="message" cols="50" rows="4" id="message"></textarea></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Email</td> <td>:</td> <td><input name="e_mail" type="text" id="e_mail" size="50"></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit"> <input type="reset" name="Submit2" value="Reset"></td> </tr> </table> </form> </td> </tr> </table> </BODY> </HTML>
send_mail.php
<?php
session_start();
$from ="admin@devmanuals.com";
$to = $_POST['e_mail'];
$subject = $_POST['subject'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$header="from: Admin <$from>";
//sending email
$send_mail=mail($to,$subject,$message,$header);
// display message if message sent to your email
if($send_mail){
echo "Message successfully sent!";
}
else {
echo "Message delivery failed...";
}
?>
Output :
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