How to send mail by using PHP?

[Rekha Kumaran]

Hello Friends....

I want to send mail by using PHP. I am using Linux. Please guide me to do this... DO i need to install any special s/w for this???

Please help me...

[Markus]

Hi, Rekha.

In PHP there is the mail function, however, it is fairly limited in functionality. Instead, you'll typically use a library such as SwiftMailer or PHPMailer.

[Rekha Kumaran]

Will u plz post any simple code?

PHPMailer - Do i need to install it???

[Rekha Kumaran]

I tried this one. But its not working :(

<?php
 $to = "[e-mail]";
 $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>");
  }
 ?>
 

[Markus]

The respective documentation for both libraries (that will need downloading) have example code for you to look at - I will not rewrite it.

SwiftMailer: http://swiftmailer.org/docs/introduction
PHPMailer: http://phpmailer.worxware.com/index.php?pg=examples

[Rekha Kumaran]

Thanks for your link...

I will read and try it..........