(PHP 3, PHP 4 ) mail -- send mail Descriptionbool mail (string to, string subject, string message [, string additional_headers])
Mail() automatically mails the message specified in message to the receiver specified in to. Multiple recipients can be specified by putting a comma between each address in to.
Example 1. Sending mail.
mail("rasmus@lerdorf.on.ca", "My Subject", "Line 1\nLine 2\nLine 3"); |
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If a fourth string argument is passed, this string is inserted at the end of the header. This is typically used to add extra headers. Multiple extra headers are separated with a newline.
Example 2. Sending mail with extra headers.
mail("nobody@aol.com", "the subject", $message, "From: webmaster@$SERVER_NAME\nReply-To: webmaster@$SERVER_NAME\nX-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion()); |
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You can also use fairly simple string building techniques to build complex email messages. Example 3. Sending complex email.
/* recipients */ $recipient .= "Mary <mary@u.college.edu>" . ", " ; //note the comma $recipient .= "Kelly <kelly@u.college.edu> . ", "; $recipient .= "ronabop@php.net"; /* subject */ $subject = "Birthday Reminders for August"; /* message */ $message .= "The following email includes a formatted ASCII table\n"; $message .= "Day \t\tMonth \t\tYear\n"; $message .= "3rd \t\tAug \t\t1970\n"; $message .= "17rd\t\tAug \t\t1973\n"; /* you can add a stock signature */ $message .= "--\r\n"; //Signature delimiter $message .= "Birthday reminder copylefted by public domain"; /* additional header pieces for errors, From cc's, bcc's, etc */ $headers .= "From: Birthday Reminder <birthday@php.net>\n"; $headers .= "X-Sender: <birthday@php.net>\n"; $headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP\n"; // mailer $headers .= "X-Priority: 1\n"; // Urgent message! $headers .= "Return-Path: <birthday@php.net>\n"; // Return path for errors /* If you want to send html mail, uncomment the following line */ // $headers .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\n"; // Mime type $headers .= "cc:birthdayarchive@php.net\n"; // CC to $headers .= "bcc:birthdaycheck@php.net, birthdaygifts@php.net\n"; // BCCs to /* and now mail it */ mail($recipient, $subject, $message, $headers); |
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