PHP mail() Function

Jeanne — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 20:16:36 +0000

The PHP mail() function is handy. You can use it to have people contact you through a form on your Web page if you don’t feel comfortable displaying your email address. The sample code below will send an email to “contact@mydomain.com” with the subject and message as the respective text inputs below.

// check to see if send button has been clicked

```
if (isset($_REQUEST["submit"])) {
```
```
 
```
```
	$to = "contact@mydomain.com";
```
```
	$from = $_REQUEST["email"];
```
```
	$subject = $_REQUEST["subject"];
```
```
	$message = $_REQUEST["message"];
```
```
 
```
```
	// validate email address
```

	if (!filter_var($from, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {

```
		$err_from = true;
```
```
	}
```
```
 
```
```
	if ($err_from) {
```
```
		// error message goes here
```
```
	} else {
```
```
		// try to send it
```

		if (mail($to, $subject, $message, "From: $from")) {

```
			// message has been sent
```
```
		} else {
```
```
			// there's been an error
```
```
		}
```
```
	}
```
```
}
```
```
?>
```
```
 echo $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']; ?>">
```
```
	From:
 echo $from; ?>" />
```
```
	Subject:
 echo $subject; ?>" />
```

	Message:
<span class="kw2"><?php</span> <span class="kw1">echo</span> <span class="re0">$message</span><span class="sy0">;</span> <span class="sy1">?></span>

```
	
```

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PHP mail() Function