CodeIgniter does not send an email to user during registration [duplicate] - php

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I am trying to make a registration where website sends a confirmation email and users enter this email and continue registering. However, it doesn't send anything to email. Where am I wrong?
Here is my controller.php:
<?php
class user extends CI_Controller
{
public function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
$this->load->helper(array('form','url', 'security'));
$this->load->library(array('session', 'form_validation', 'email'));
$this->load->database();
$this->load->model('User_model');
}
function index()
{
$this->register();
}
function register()
{
//set validation rules
$this->form_validation->set_rules('username', 'Username', 'trim|required|alpha|min_length[3]|max_length[30]|is_unique[instructors.instructors_slug]xss_clean');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('mail', 'Email', 'trim|required|valid_email|is_unique[instructors.mail]');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('password', 'password', 'trim|required|md5');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('password2', 'Confirm Password', 'trim|required|md5|matches[password]');
$data['courses'] = $this->Popular_courses_model->get_popular_courses();
$data['news'] = $this->News_model->get_news();
//validate form input
if ($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE)
{
// fails
$this->load->view('templates/header');
$this->load->view('pages/index', $data);
$this->load->view('templates/footer');
}
else
{
//insert the user registration details into database
$data = array(
'instructors_slug' => $this->input->post('username'),
'mail' => $this->input->post('mail'),
'password' => $this->input->post('password')
);
// insert form data into database
if ($this->User_model->insertUser($data))
{
// send email
if ($this->User_model->sendEmail($this->input->post('mail')))
{
// successfully sent mail
$this->session->set_flashdata('msg','<div class="alert alert-success text-center">You are Successfully Registered! Please confirm the mail sent to your Email-ID!!!</div>');
redirect('user/register');
}
else
{
// error
$this->session->set_flashdata('msg','<div class="alert alert-danger text-center">Oops! Error. Please try again later!!!</div>');
redirect('user/register');
}
}
else
{
// error
$this->session->set_flashdata('msg','<div class="alert alert-danger text-center">Oops! Error. Please try again later!!!</div>');
redirect('user/register');
}
}
}
function verify($hash=NULL)
{
if ($this->User_model->verifyEmailID($hash))
{
$this->session->set_flashdata('verify_msg','<div class="alert alert-success text-center">Your Email Address is successfully verified! Please login to access your account!</div>');
redirect('user/register');
}
else
{
$this->session->set_flashdata('verify_msg','<div class="alert alert-danger text-center">Sorry! There is error verifying your Email Address!</div>');
redirect('user/register');
}
}
}
?>
Here is my model:
<?php
class user_model extends CI_Model
{
function __construct()
{
// Call the Model constructor
parent::__construct();
}
//insert into user table
function insertUser($data)
{
return $this->db->insert('instructors', $data);
}
//send verification email to user's email id
function sendEmail($to_email)
{
$from_email = 'support#wtf.az'; //change this to yours
$subject = 'Verify Your Email Address';
$message = 'Dear User,<br /><br />Please click on the below activation link to verify your email address.<br /><br /> http://wtf.az/user/verify/' . md5($to_email) . '<br /><br /><br />Thanks<br />Mydomain Team';
//configure email settings
$config['protocol'] = 'smtp';
$config['smtp_host'] = 'cpanel.freehosting.com'; //smtp host name
$config['smtp_port'] = '465'; //smtp port number
$config['smtp_user'] = $from_email;
$config['smtp_pass'] = '*my password here*'; //$from_email password
$config['mailtype'] = 'html';
$config['charset'] = 'iso-8859-1';
$config['wordwrap'] = TRUE;
$config['newline'] = "\r\n"; //use double quotes
$this->email->initialize($config);
//send mail
$this->email->from($from_email, 'WTF');
$this->email->to($to_email);
$this->email->subject($subject);
$this->email->message($message);
return $this->email->send();
}
//activate user account
function verifyEmailID($key)
{
$data = array('status' => 1);
$this->db->where('md5(mail)', $key);
return $this->db->update('instructors', $data);
}
}
?>
Here is my view:
<div class="modal-body">
<div>
<?php echo $this->session->flashdata('msg'); ?>
</div>
<?php $attributes = array('class' => 'rex-forms', 'name' => 'registrationform'); ?>
<?= form_open_multipart('user/register', $attributes); ?>
<div class="form-group">
<span class="text-danger"><?php echo form_error('username'); ?></span>
<input name="username" type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Имя пользователя">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<span class="text-danger"><?php echo form_error('mail'); ?></span>
<input name="mail" type="email" class="form-control" placeholder="Электронный адрес">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<span class="text-danger"><?php echo form_error('password'); ?></span>
<input name="password" type="password" class="form-control" placeholder="Пароль">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input name="password2" type="password" class="form-control" placeholder="Повторный ввод пароля">
</div>
</div>
<div class="modal-footer">
<button type="submit" name="submitforreg" class="rex-bottom-medium rex-btn-icon">
<span class="rex-btn-text">регистрация</span>
<span class="rex-btn-text-icon"><i class="fa fa-arrow-circle-o-right"></i></span>
</button>
</div>
</form>
</div>

Answer 1

Not sure if this is the issue, but as per the documentation, the model class name must start with a capital letter.
In your model, try changing this:
class user_model extends CI_Model
to this:
class User_model extends CI_Model