PHP Mail

PHP mail() function is used to send email in PHP. You can send text message, html message and attachment with message using PHP mail() function.

PHP mail() function:

Syntax:

bool mail ( string $to , string $subject , string $message [, string $additional_headers [, string $additional_parameters ]] ) 

$to :

Here we are providing receiver or receivers of the mail. The receiver must be specified one of the following forms:

• user@example.com
• user@example.com, anotheruser@example.com
• User <user@example.com>
• User <user@example.com>, Another User <anotheruser@example.com>

$subject: 
Here we are providing subject of the mail.

$message: 

Here we are providing message of the mail to be sent.

Note : Each line of the message should be separated with a CRLF ( \r\n ) and lines should not be larger than 70 characters.

additional_headers (optional)

String to be inserted at the end of the email header.
Note : This is typically used to add extra headers (From, Cc, and Bcc). Multiple extra headers should be separated with a CRLF (\r\n). If outside data are used to compose this header, the data should be sanitized so that no unwanted headers could be injected.

PHP Mail Function example :

<?php  
   ini_set("sendmail_from", "skptricks@gmail.com");  
   $to = "skptricks@gmail.com";//change receiver address  
   $subject = "This is subject";  
   $message = "This is simple text message.";  
   $header = "From:skptricks@gmail.com \r\n";  
  
   $result = mail ($to,$subject,$message,$header);  
  
   if( $result == true ){  
      echo "Message sent successfully...";  
   }else{  
      echo "Sorry, unable to send mail...";  
   }  ?>

PHP Mail: Sending mail with extra headers:

<?php
$to      = 'nobody@example.com';
$subject = 'the subject';
$message = 'hello';
$headers = 'From: webmaster@example.com' . "\r\n" .
    'Reply-To: webmaster@example.com' . "\r\n" .
    'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();

mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
?>

PHP Mail: Send HTML Message:

To send HTML message, you need to mention Content-type text/html in the message header.

<?php  
   $to = "abc@example.com";//change receiver address  
   $subject = "This is subject";  
   $message = "<h1>This is HTML heading</h1>";  
  
   $header = "From:xyz@example.com \r\n";  
   $header .= "MIME-Version: 1.0 \r\n";  
   $header .= "Content-type: text/html;charset=UTF-8 \r\n";  
  
   $result = mail ($to,$subject,$message,$header);  
  
   if( $result == true ){  
      echo "Message sent successfully...";  
   }else{  
      echo "Sorry, unable to send mail...";  
   }  ?>