How do i add from address using CodeIgniter? - php

Question

I'm working on small CodeIgniter application where I have to build my own contact us form, everything is working fine, receiving email but I need just add From Address in the mail function?
CodeIgniter Mail Function
public function form() {
$this->load->library('form_validation');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('name', 'Name', 'trim|required|alpha');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('email', 'Email', 'trim|required|valid_email');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('phone', 'Phone', 'trim|required|numeric');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('message', 'Message', 'trim|required');
$data['success'] = false;
if ($this->form_validation->run() == TRUE) {
#mail(config('webmaster_email'), 'Contact Us from ABC',""
. "Full Name: $_POST[name]\n"
. "Email: $_POST[email]\n"
. "Phone: $_POST[phone]\n"
. "Message: $_POST[message]\n"
. "");
$data['success'] = true;
}
$this->load->view($this->module, $data);
}
Need To Add This Line In The Form Mail Function
'From: webmaster#example.com'

Answer 1

You need to use mail headers to send email from your desired email address.
if you need simple email without attachment and markup use mail function else i would prefer using PHP Mailer, see How to send mail using phpmailer
function sendmail($to, $subject, $message, $from)
{
$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0" . "\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type:text/html;charset=iso-8859-1" . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'From: ' . $from . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'Reply-To: ' . $from . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
#mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
if ($result) return 'sent';
else return 'error';
}
$to = config('webmaster_email');
$from = "webmaster#example.com";
$subject = "Contact Us from ABC";
$message =
"Full Name: $_POST[name]\n"
. "Email: $_POST[email]\n"
. "Phone: $_POST[phone]\n"
. "Message: $_POST[message]\n";
$result = sendmail($to, $subject, $message, $from);
var_dump($result);
PHP mail() 4th parameter used for headers.
Complete PHP Email headers:
$headers = "From: Your Website < mail#yourwebsite.com >\n";
$headers .= "Cc: Your Website < mail#yourwebsite.com >\n";
$headers .= "X-Sender: Your Website < mail#yourwebsite.com >\n";
$headers .= 'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
$headers .= "X-Priority: 1\n"; // Urgent message!
$headers .= "Return-Path: mail#Your Website.com\n"; // Return path for errors
$headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\n";