How to Send Mail Using PHP 7

Mailing is a very important functionality in any web application, I’ll share how to send mail using PHP mail() function.PHP mail() function is used to send mail from the web server. You can send mail as plain text or with HTML element.

You can add HTML content and CSS styles with the message body of the mail. I am sharing a separate article for sending HTML content emails using PHP.

What’s mail() function in php

PHP mail() function has features to send mail to multiple recipients using php email headers. You can add in mail header like From, Cc, and Bcc using php mail headers.

You can also check other tutorial of php mail,

• How To Send Email From Localhost Using PHP
• How to Send Mail in PHP
• How to Send Nice HTML Email with PHP

The syntax:

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

Where mail() function Parameters are:

• to: This is used for the Receiver’s email id or receiver’s email ids of the mail.
• subject: Subject of the email to be sent.
• message: Message to be sent.
• additional_headers: This will use to add extra headers (From, Cc, and Bcc). Multiple extra headers should be separated with a CRLF (\r\n).

Return Type: This method returns TRUE if mail was sent successfully and FALSE on Failure.

Runtime Configuration of PHP mail

The behavior of the php mail functions is affected by settings in php.ini, You can set the below configuration into the php.ini file.

Name	Default	Description	Changeable
mail.add_x_header	“0”	Add X-PHP-Originating-Script that will include UID of the script followed by the filename. For PHP 5.3.0 and above	PHP_INI_PERDIR
mail.log	NULL	The path to a log file that will log all mail() calls. Log  include full path of script, line number, To address and headers. For PHP 5.3.0 and above	PHP_INI_PERDIR
SMTP	“localhost”	Windows only: The DNS name or IP address of the SMTP server	PHP_INI_ALL
smtp_port	“25”	Windows only: The SMTP port number. For PHP 4.3.0 and above	PHP_INI_ALL
sendmail_from	NULL	Windows only: Specifies the “from” address to be used when sending mail from mail()	PHP_INI_ALL
sendmail_path	“/usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i”	Specifies where the sendmail program can be found. This directive works also under Windows. If set, SMTP, smtp_port and sendmail_from are ignored	PHP_INI_SYSTEM

Example 1: Sending mail Using PHP

<?php
$to = "phpflow@gmail.com";
$sub = "Sample Mail";
$msg="Hello Geek! This is a sample email.";
if (mail($to,$sub,$msg))
 echo "Your Mail is sent successfully.";
else
 echo "Your Mail is not sent. Try Again.";
?>

Output:

Your Mail is sent successfully.

Example 2: Sending Mail Using PHP with Extra Parameters:

<?php  
$to = "parxx@gmail.com";  
$subject = "parxx";  
$body = "Body of your message here you can use HTML too. e.g.   
 <b> Bold ";  
$headers = "From: Peterrn";  
$headers .= "Reply-To: info@yoursite.comrn";  
$headers .= "Return-Path: info@yoursite.comrn";  
$headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP5n";  
$headers .= ‘MIME-Version: 1.0′ . "n";  
$headers .= ‘Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1′ . "rn";    
if(mail($to,$subject,$body,$headers))
      echo "Your Mail is sent successfully.";
  else
      echo "Your Mail is not sent. Try Again.";
?>  

Output:

Your Mail is sent successfully.