Send Email from a PHP Script Example
The first argument to this function is the recipient, the second specifies the message's subject and the third one should contain the body. So to send a simple sample message, we could use:
<?php
$to = "recipient@example.com";
$subject = "Hi!";
$body = "Hi,\n\nHow are you?";
if (mail($to, $subject, $body)) {
echo("<p>Message successfully sent!</p>");
} else {
echo("<p>Message delivery failed...</p>");
}
?>
Send Mail from HTML Form
<html><body>
<form method="post" action="sendmail.php">
Send Mail To:<input type="text" name="sendto">
Name:<input name="Name">
Email:<input type="text" name="Email">
Company:<input type="text" name="Company">
Phone:<input type="text"name="Phone">
Subscribe to mailing list:<input type="radio" name="list" value="No"> No Thanks <input type="radio" name="list" value="Yes" checked> Yes, keep me informed<br>
Message:<textarea name="Message" rows=5 cols=35></textarea>
<input type=submit name="send" value="Submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>
code in sendmail.php
<?php
$to = $_REQUEST['sendto'] ;
$from = $_REQUEST['Email'] ;
$name = $_REQUEST['Name'] ;
$headers = "From: $from";
$subject = "Web Contact Data";
$fields = array();
$fields{"Name"} = "Name";
$fields{"Company"} = "Company";
$fields{"Email"} = "Email";
$fields{"Phone"} = "Phone";
$fields{"list"} = "Mailing List";
$fields{"Message"} = "Message";
$body = "We have received the following information:\n\n"; foreach($fields as $a => $b){ $body .= sprintf("%20s: %s\n",$b,$_REQUEST[$a]); }
$headers2 = "From: noreply@YourCompany.com";
$subject2 = "Thank you for contacting us";
$autoreply = "Thank you for contacting us. Somebody will get back to you as soon as possible, usualy within 48 hours. If you have any more questions, please consult our website at www.oursite.com";
if($from == '') {print "You have not entered an email, please go back and try again";}
else {
if($name == '') {print "You have not entered a name, please go back and try again";}
else {
$send = mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers);
$send2 = mail($from, $subject2, $autoreply, $headers2);
if($send)
{header( "Location: http://www.YourDomain.com/thankyou.html" );}
else
{print "We encountered an error sending your mail, please notify webmaster@YourCompany.com"; }
}
}
?>
PHP mail() and SMTP Authentication
Part of what makes the PHP mail() function is so simple is its lack of flexibility. Most importantly and frustratingly, the stock mail() does not usually allow you to use the SMTP server of your choice, and it does not support SMTP authentication, required by many a mail server today, at all.
Fortunately, overcoming PHP's built-in shortcomings need not be difficult, complicated or painful either. For most email uses, the free PEAR Mail package offers all the power and flexibility needed, and it authenticates with your desired outgoing mail server, too. For enhanced security, secure SSL connections are supported.
Send Email from a PHP Script Using SMTP Authentication
To connect to an outgoing SMTP server from a PHP script using SMTP authentication and send an email:
- Make sure the PEAR Mail package is installed.
- Typically, in particular with PHP 4 or later, this will have already been done for you. Just give it a try. <
*Adapt the example below for your needs. Make sure you change the following variables at least:- from: the email address from which you want the message to be sent.
- to: the recipient's email address and name.
- host: your outgoing SMTP server name.
- username: the SMTP user name (typically the same as the user name used to retrieve mail).
- password: the password for SMTP authentication.
Sending Mail from PHP Using SMTP Authentication - Example
<?php
require_once "Mail.php";
$from = "Sandra Sender <sender@example.com>";
$to = "Ramona Recipient <recipient@example.com>";
$subject = "Hi!";
$body = "Hi,\n\nHow are you?";
$host = "mail.example.com";
$username = "smtp_username";
$password = "smtp_password";
$headers = array ('From' => $from,
'To' => $to,
'Subject' => $subject);
$smtp = Mail::factory('smtp',
array ('host' => $host,
'auth' => true,
'username' => $username,
'password' => $password));
$mail = $smtp->send($to, $headers, $body);
if (PEAR::isError($mail)) {
echo("<p>" . $mail->getMessage() . "</p>");
} else {
echo("<p>Message successfully sent!</p>");
}
?>
Sending Mail from PHP Using SMTP Authentication and SSL Encryption - Example
<?php
require_once "Mail.php";
$from = "Sandra Sender <sender@example.com>";
$to = "Ramona Recipient <recipient@example.com>";
$subject = "Hi!";
$body = "Hi,\n\nHow are you?";
$host = "ssl://mail.example.com";
$port = "465";
$username = "smtp_username";
$password = "smtp_password";
$headers = array ('From' => $from,
'To' => $to,
'Subject' => $subject);
$smtp = Mail::factory('smtp',
array ('host' => $host,
'port' => $port,
'auth' => true,
'username' => $username,
'password' => $password));
$mail = $smtp->send($to, $headers, $body);
if (PEAR::isError($mail)) {
echo("<p>" . $mail->getMessage() . "</p>");
} else {
echo("<p>Message successfully sent!</p>");
}
?>
More Email Quick Tips
$subject2 = "Thank you for contacting us";
$autoreply = "Thank you for contacting us. Somebody will get back to you as soon as possible, usualy within 48 hours. If you have any more questions, please consult our website at www.oursite.com";
if($from == '') {print "You have not entered an email, please go back and try again";}
else {
if($name == '') {print "You have not entered a name, please go back and try again";}
else {
$send = mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers);
$send2 = mail($from, $subject2, $autoreply, $headers2);
if($send)
{header( "Location: http://www.YourDomain.com/thankyou.html" );}
else
{print "We encountered an error sending your mail, please notify webmaster@YourCompany.com"; }
}
}
?>
source: http://php.about.com/
Sending emails with attachments using PHP’s mail() function
First, generate a random hash to serve as a MIME Boundary:
$random_hash = md5(date('r', time()));
Next, set some email headers:
$headers = "From: noreply@geekology.co.za\r\nReply-To: noreply@geekology.co.za";
$headers .= "\r\nContent-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=\"PHP-mixed-".$random_hash."\"";
then convert the attachment into a base64 string:
$attachment = chunk_split(base64_encode(file_get_contents("abc.zip")));
$to = "willem@geekology.co.za";
$subject = "A test email";
$random_hash = md5(date('r', time()));
$headers = "From: noreply@geekology.co.za\r\nReply-To: noreply@geekology.co.za";
$headers .= "\r\nContent-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=\"PHP-mixed-".$random_hash."\"";
$attachment = chunk_split(base64_encode(file_get_contents("geekology.zip")));
$output = "
--PHP-mixed-$random_hash;
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary='PHP-alt-$random_hash'
--PHP-alt-$random_hash
Content-Type: text/plain; charset='iso-8859-1'
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Hello World!
This is the simple text version of the email message.
--PHP-alt-$random_hash
Content-Type: text/html; charset='iso-8859-1'
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Hello World!
This is the HTML version of the email message.
--PHP-alt-$random_hash--
--PHP-mixed-$random_hash
Content-Type: application/zip; name=geekology.zip
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: attachment
$attachment
--PHP-mixed-$random_hash--";
echo @mail($to, $subject, $output, $headers);
taken from http://www.geekology.co.za/
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