I want to send an email with PHP when a user has finished filling in an HTML form and then emailing information from the form. I want to do it from the same script that displays the web page that has the form.
I found this code, but the mail does not send.
<?php
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
$to = $_POST['email'];
$subject = $_POST['name'];
$message = getRequestURI();
$from = "zenphoto#example.com";
$headers = "From:" . $from;
if (mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)) {
echo "Mail Sent.";
}
else {
echo "failed";
}
}
?>
What is the code to send an email in PHP?
EDIT (#1)
If I understand correctly, you wish to have everything in one page and execute it from the same page.
You can use the following code to send mail from a single page, for example index.php or contact.php
The only difference between this one and my original answer is the <form action="" method="post"> where the action has been left blank.
It is better to use header('Location: thank_you.php'); instead of echo in the PHP handler to redirect the user to another page afterwards.
Copy the entire code below into one file.
<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
$to = "email#example.com"; // this is your Email address
$from = $_POST['email']; // this is the sender's Email address
$first_name = $_POST['first_name'];
$last_name = $_POST['last_name'];
$subject = "Form submission";
$subject2 = "Copy of your form submission";
$message = $first_name . " " . $last_name . " wrote the following:" . "\n\n" . $_POST['message'];
$message2 = "Here is a copy of your message " . $first_name . "\n\n" . $_POST['message'];
$headers = "From:" . $from;
$headers2 = "From:" . $to;
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
mail($from,$subject2,$message2,$headers2); // sends a copy of the message to the sender
echo "Mail Sent. Thank you " . $first_name . ", we will contact you shortly.";
// You can also use header('Location: thank_you.php'); to redirect to another page.
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<title>Form submission</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="" method="post">
First Name: <input type="text" name="first_name"><br>
Last Name: <input type="text" name="last_name"><br>
Email: <input type="text" name="email"><br>
Message:<br><textarea rows="5" name="message" cols="30"></textarea><br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>
Original answer
I wasn't quite sure as to what the question was, but am under the impression that a copy of the message is to be sent to the person who filled in the form.
Here is a tested/working copy of an HTML form and PHP handler. This uses the PHP mail() function.
The PHP handler will also send a copy of the message to the person who filled in the form.
You can use two forward slashes // in front of a line of code if you're not going to use it.
For example: // $subject2 = "Copy of your form submission"; will not execute.
HTML FORM:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<title>Form submission</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="mail_handler.php" method="post">
First Name: <input type="text" name="first_name"><br>
Last Name: <input type="text" name="last_name"><br>
Email: <input type="text" name="email"><br>
Message:<br><textarea rows="5" name="message" cols="30"></textarea><br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>
PHP handler (mail_handler.php)
(Uses info from HTML form and sends the Email)
<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
$to = "email#example.com"; // this is your Email address
$from = $_POST['email']; // this is the sender's Email address
$first_name = $_POST['first_name'];
$last_name = $_POST['last_name'];
$subject = "Form submission";
$subject2 = "Copy of your form submission";
$message = $first_name . " " . $last_name . " wrote the following:" . "\n\n" . $_POST['message'];
$message2 = "Here is a copy of your message " . $first_name . "\n\n" . $_POST['message'];
$headers = "From:" . $from;
$headers2 = "From:" . $to;
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
mail($from,$subject2,$message2,$headers2); // sends a copy of the message to the sender
echo "Mail Sent. Thank you " . $first_name . ", we will contact you shortly.";
// You can also use header('Location: thank_you.php'); to redirect to another page.
// You cannot use header and echo together. It's one or the other.
}
?>
To send as HTML:
If you wish to send mail as HTML and for both instances, then you will need to create two separate sets of HTML headers with different variable names.
Read the manual on mail() to learn how to send emails as HTML:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php
Footnotes:
In regards to HTML5
You have to specify the URL of the service that will handle the submitted data, using the action attribute.
As outlined at https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/forms.html under 4.10.1.3 Configuring a form to communicate with a server. For complete information, consult the page.
Therefore, action="" will not work in HTML5.
The proper syntax would be:
action="handler.xxx" or
action="http://www.example.com/handler.xxx".
Note that xxx will be the extension of the type of file used to handle the process. This could be a .php, .cgi, .pl, .jsp file extension etc.
Consult the following Q&A on Stack if sending mail fails:
PHP mail form doesn't complete sending e-mail
PHP script to connect to a SMTP server and send email on Windows 7
Sending an email from PHP in Windows is a bit of a minefield with gotchas and head scratching. I'll try to walk you through one instance where I got it to work on Windows 7 and PHP 5.2.3 under (IIS) Internet Information Services webserver.
I'm assuming you don't want to use any pre-built framework like CodeIgniter or Symfony which contains email sending capability. We'll be sending an email from a standalone PHP file. I acquired this code from under the codeigniter hood (under system/libraries) and modified it so you can just drop in this Email.php file and it should just work.
This should work with newer versions of PHP. But you never know.
Step 1, You need a username/password with an SMTP server:
I'm using the smtp server from smtp.ihostexchange.net which is already created and setup for me. If you don't have this you can't proceed. You should be able to use an email client like thunderbird, evolution, Microsoft Outlook, to specify your smtp server and then be able to send emails through there.
Step 2, Create your Hello World Email file:
I'm assuming you are using IIS. So create a file called index.php under C:\inetpub\wwwroot and put this code in there:
<?php
include("Email.php");
$c = new CI_Email();
$c->from("FromUserName#foobar.com");
$c->to("user_to_receive_email#gmail.com");
$c->subject("Celestial Temple");
$c->message("Dominion reinforcements on the way.");
$c->send();
echo "done";
?>
You should be able to visit this index.php by navigating to localhost/index.php in a browser, it will spew errors because Email.php is missing. But make sure you can at least run it from the browser.
Step 3, Create a file called Email.php:
Create a new file called Email.php under C:\inetpub\wwwroot.
Copy/paste this PHP code into Email.php:
https://github.com/sentientmachine/standalone_php_script_send_email/blob/master/Email.php
Since there are many kinds of smtp servers, you will have to manually fiddle with the settings at the top of Email.php. I've set it up so it automatically works with smtp.ihostexchange.net, but your smtp server might be different.
For example:
Set the smtp_port setting to the port of your smtp server.
Set the smtp_crypto setting to what your smtp server needs.
Set the $newline and $crlf so it's compatible with what your smtp server uses. If you pick wrong, the smtp server may ignore your request without error. I use \r\n, for you maybe \n is required.
The linked code is too long to paste as a stackoverflow answer, If you want to edit it, leave a comment in here or through github and I'll change it.
Step 4, make sure your php.ini has ssl extension enabled:
Find your PHP.ini file and uncomment the
;extension=php_openssl.dll
So it looks like:
extension=php_openssl.dll
Step 5, Run the index.php file you just made in a browser:
You should get the following output:
220 smtp.ihostexchange.net Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service ready at
Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:43:58 -0400 250 2.6.0
<534edd7c92761#summitbroadband.com> Queued mail for delivery
lang:email_sent
done
Step 6, check your email, and spam folder:
Visit the email account for user_to_receive_email#gmail.com and you should have received an email. It should arrive within 5 or 10 seconds. If you does not, inspect the errors returned on the page. If that doesn't work, try mashing your face on the keyboard on google while chanting: "working at the grocery store isn't so bad."
If you haven't already, look at your php.ini and make sure the parameters under the [mail function] setting are set correctly to activate the email service. After you can use PHPMailer library and follow the instructions.
You can also use mandrill app to send the mail in php. You will get the API from https://mandrillapp.com/api/docs/index.php.html where you can find the complete details about emails sended and other details.
You need to add an action into your form like:
<form name='form1' method='post' action='<?php echo($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);'>
<!-- All your input for the form here -->
</form>
Then put your snippet at the top of the document en send the mail. What echo($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']); does is that it sends your information to the top of your script so you could use it.
You need a SMPT Server in order for
... mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
to work.
You could try light weight SMTP servers like xmailer
Here are the PHP mail settings I use:
//Mail sending function
$subject = $_POST['name'];
$to = $_POST['email'];
$from = "zenphoto#example.com";
//data
$msg = "Your MSG <br>\n";
//Headers
$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8\r\n";
$headers .= "From: <".$from. ">" ;
mail($to,$subject,$msg,$headers);
echo "Mail Sent.";
I think one error in the original code might have been that it had:
$message = echo getRequestURI();
instead of:
$message = getRequestURI();
(The code has since been edited though.)
Related
I tried to send mail using the SMTP server and I did all configurations. I got the message that say email sent thank you. But when I go to my email account there is no mail. Also, since I am trying to send an email from my mail address to another address, I got mail that says someone tries to login your account. What I understand here is that the code is able to login to my account but can't sent the mail. What is the problem might be here?
Here what I did in sendmail.ini file:
**
smtp_server=smtp.gmail.com
smtp_port=465
smtp_ssl=ssl
default_domain=localhost
error_logfile=error.log
debug_logfile=debug.log
auth_username=[mygmailadress]#gmail.com
auth_password=[mypassword]
pop3_server=
pop3_username=
pop3_password=
force_sender=
force_recipient=
hostname=localhost
**
here is my code:
<?php
ini_set("SMTP","ssl://smtp.gmail.com");
ini_set("smtp_port","465");
if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
$to = "mygmailadres#gmail.com"; // this is my Email address
$from = $_POST['email']; // this is the user's Email address
$first_name = $_POST['first_name'];
$last_name = $_POST['last_name'];
$subject = "Form submission";
$subject2 = "Copy of your form submission";
$message = $first_name . " " . $last_name . " wrote the following:" . "\n\n" . $_POST['message'];
$message2 = "Here is a copy of your message " . $first_name . "\n\n" . $_POST['message'];
$headers = "From:" . $from;
$headers2 = "From:" . $to;
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
mail($from,$subject2,$message2,$headers2); // sends a copy of the message to the sender
echo "Mail Sent. Thank you " . $first_name . ", we will contact you shortly.";
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE html><head><title>Form submission</title></head><body>
<form action="" method="post">
First Name: <input type="text" name="first_name"><br>
Last Name: <input type="text" name="last_name"><br>
Email: <input type="text" name="email"><br>
Message:<br><textarea rows="5" name="message" cols="30"></textarea><br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form></body>
</html>
There are couple of settings needs to be done in GMAIL in order to make it work. Please check below points.
Please ensure that 2-steps-verification is disabled in GMail if you are using GMail’s SMTP server to send email (sending email using GMail), otherwise you might get “Email sent” message but the email won’t get sent actually.
Enable IMAP access which is already done in your account.
You might need to allow less secure apps to access your account in GMAIL. Follow the link & direct link for secure apps
It worked for me when I tried all above steps. If none of them works, then you need to check error log file to identify the exact cause why it stops sending email.
So this is my first post, I try to tell what my issue's are.
I have bought a domain name that I want to sell.
So I code a simple HTML website with some CSS stuff.
OK. I also have a form in my HTML, that contains this:
<input type="text" placeholder="Amount" name="amount">
<input type="text" placeholder="Name" required name="name">
<input type="text" placeholder="Email Address" required name="email">
<div class="validation">
<button class="btn" name="submit">Send request</button>
$email_to = "email#email.com";
$amount = $_POST["amount"];
$name = $_POST["name"];
$email = $_POST["email"];
$email_subject = "Domeiname";
$headers = "From: " . $email . "\n";
$headers .= "Reply-To: " . $email . "\n";
ini_set("sendmail", $email);
$sent = mail($email_to, $email_subject, $amount, $headers, "-f" .$email);
if ($sent)
{
header("Location: https:mywebsite.com");
} else {
echo "There has been an error sending your comments. Please try later.";
}l
It's working and I receive emails. So my question is, is it safe? Is it vulnerable to hackers?
(I also receive in my Gmail, that this email can be spam/not from me).
Am I doing something wrong?
EDIT: Found another issue: In my email, I only receive the "amount" status and not the "name + email".
There are a number of libraries that will take all the hard work of securely sending email from you - such as swiftmailer.
<?php
require_once 'lib/swift_required.php';
// Sendmail
$transport = Swift_SendmailTransport::newInstance('/usr/sbin/sendmail -bs');
// Create the Mailer using your created Transport
$mailer = Swift_Mailer::newInstance($transport);
// Create a message
$message = Swift_Message::newInstance('Wonderful Subject')
->setFrom(array('john#doe.com' => 'John Doe'))
->setTo(array('receiver#domain.org', 'other#domain.org' => 'A name'))
->setBody('Here is the message itself')
;
// Send the message
$result = $mailer->send($message);
You may also find it very valuable to sign up for a service such as Mailgun and also setup your code to use their servers to actually send the email (there are libraries would setup as a 'transport' to send the message to them via HTTP, and then they email it to the final destination). There are a number of such 'ESP' (Email Service Providers), and many offer a substantial free-tier, so it won't cost you anything for even thousands of emails per month.
It looks as though you are sending an E-mail when a form is submitted. This is perfectly secure; there is no way a hacker could manipulate who the E-mail gets sent to; PHP is server-side code. Thus, $email_to = "email#email.com"; cannot get manipulated from the form itself, as it is hard-coded into your PHP.
Obviously, the $_POST data variables get passed through from the form, so their contents can be manipulated by the form -- though this is required in order for you to be able to retrieve the visitor's name and E-mail address.
PHPMailer did have a recent vulnerability in it, where an attacker could breach your website by entering a certain 'From' E-mail address, but this has since been patched. You still need to allow the user to enter their E-mail address, or you won't know who to reply to.
However, a user would still be able to create additional headers based on you not validating that the 'From' address is an actual valid E-mail address. You should validate this, and only send the E-mail if it is found to be valid:
if (!filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL) === false) {
$sent = mail($email_to, $email_subject, $amount, $headers, "-f" .$email);
}
Note that you're also not actually doing anything with the $name variable. Assuming you're trying to make it display the person's name in the 'FROM' field in the E-mail, you need to pass it as:
$headers = "From: " . $name . " <" . $email . ">\n";
So that it gets rendered as From: Person <email#email.com>.
Hope this helps! :)
I want to send an email with PHP when a user has finished filling in an HTML form and then emailing information from the form. I want to do it from the same script that displays the web page that has the form.
I found this code, but the mail does not send.
<?php
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
$to = $_POST['email'];
$subject = $_POST['name'];
$message = getRequestURI();
$from = "zenphoto#example.com";
$headers = "From:" . $from;
if (mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)) {
echo "Mail Sent.";
}
else {
echo "failed";
}
}
?>
What is the code to send an email in PHP?
EDIT (#1)
If I understand correctly, you wish to have everything in one page and execute it from the same page.
You can use the following code to send mail from a single page, for example index.php or contact.php
The only difference between this one and my original answer is the <form action="" method="post"> where the action has been left blank.
It is better to use header('Location: thank_you.php'); instead of echo in the PHP handler to redirect the user to another page afterwards.
Copy the entire code below into one file.
<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
$to = "email#example.com"; // this is your Email address
$from = $_POST['email']; // this is the sender's Email address
$first_name = $_POST['first_name'];
$last_name = $_POST['last_name'];
$subject = "Form submission";
$subject2 = "Copy of your form submission";
$message = $first_name . " " . $last_name . " wrote the following:" . "\n\n" . $_POST['message'];
$message2 = "Here is a copy of your message " . $first_name . "\n\n" . $_POST['message'];
$headers = "From:" . $from;
$headers2 = "From:" . $to;
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
mail($from,$subject2,$message2,$headers2); // sends a copy of the message to the sender
echo "Mail Sent. Thank you " . $first_name . ", we will contact you shortly.";
// You can also use header('Location: thank_you.php'); to redirect to another page.
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<title>Form submission</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="" method="post">
First Name: <input type="text" name="first_name"><br>
Last Name: <input type="text" name="last_name"><br>
Email: <input type="text" name="email"><br>
Message:<br><textarea rows="5" name="message" cols="30"></textarea><br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>
Original answer
I wasn't quite sure as to what the question was, but am under the impression that a copy of the message is to be sent to the person who filled in the form.
Here is a tested/working copy of an HTML form and PHP handler. This uses the PHP mail() function.
The PHP handler will also send a copy of the message to the person who filled in the form.
You can use two forward slashes // in front of a line of code if you're not going to use it.
For example: // $subject2 = "Copy of your form submission"; will not execute.
HTML FORM:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<title>Form submission</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="mail_handler.php" method="post">
First Name: <input type="text" name="first_name"><br>
Last Name: <input type="text" name="last_name"><br>
Email: <input type="text" name="email"><br>
Message:<br><textarea rows="5" name="message" cols="30"></textarea><br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>
PHP handler (mail_handler.php)
(Uses info from HTML form and sends the Email)
<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
$to = "email#example.com"; // this is your Email address
$from = $_POST['email']; // this is the sender's Email address
$first_name = $_POST['first_name'];
$last_name = $_POST['last_name'];
$subject = "Form submission";
$subject2 = "Copy of your form submission";
$message = $first_name . " " . $last_name . " wrote the following:" . "\n\n" . $_POST['message'];
$message2 = "Here is a copy of your message " . $first_name . "\n\n" . $_POST['message'];
$headers = "From:" . $from;
$headers2 = "From:" . $to;
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
mail($from,$subject2,$message2,$headers2); // sends a copy of the message to the sender
echo "Mail Sent. Thank you " . $first_name . ", we will contact you shortly.";
// You can also use header('Location: thank_you.php'); to redirect to another page.
// You cannot use header and echo together. It's one or the other.
}
?>
To send as HTML:
If you wish to send mail as HTML and for both instances, then you will need to create two separate sets of HTML headers with different variable names.
Read the manual on mail() to learn how to send emails as HTML:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php
Footnotes:
In regards to HTML5
You have to specify the URL of the service that will handle the submitted data, using the action attribute.
As outlined at https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/forms.html under 4.10.1.3 Configuring a form to communicate with a server. For complete information, consult the page.
Therefore, action="" will not work in HTML5.
The proper syntax would be:
action="handler.xxx" or
action="http://www.example.com/handler.xxx".
Note that xxx will be the extension of the type of file used to handle the process. This could be a .php, .cgi, .pl, .jsp file extension etc.
Consult the following Q&A on Stack if sending mail fails:
PHP mail form doesn't complete sending e-mail
PHP script to connect to a SMTP server and send email on Windows 7
Sending an email from PHP in Windows is a bit of a minefield with gotchas and head scratching. I'll try to walk you through one instance where I got it to work on Windows 7 and PHP 5.2.3 under (IIS) Internet Information Services webserver.
I'm assuming you don't want to use any pre-built framework like CodeIgniter or Symfony which contains email sending capability. We'll be sending an email from a standalone PHP file. I acquired this code from under the codeigniter hood (under system/libraries) and modified it so you can just drop in this Email.php file and it should just work.
This should work with newer versions of PHP. But you never know.
Step 1, You need a username/password with an SMTP server:
I'm using the smtp server from smtp.ihostexchange.net which is already created and setup for me. If you don't have this you can't proceed. You should be able to use an email client like thunderbird, evolution, Microsoft Outlook, to specify your smtp server and then be able to send emails through there.
Step 2, Create your Hello World Email file:
I'm assuming you are using IIS. So create a file called index.php under C:\inetpub\wwwroot and put this code in there:
<?php
include("Email.php");
$c = new CI_Email();
$c->from("FromUserName#foobar.com");
$c->to("user_to_receive_email#gmail.com");
$c->subject("Celestial Temple");
$c->message("Dominion reinforcements on the way.");
$c->send();
echo "done";
?>
You should be able to visit this index.php by navigating to localhost/index.php in a browser, it will spew errors because Email.php is missing. But make sure you can at least run it from the browser.
Step 3, Create a file called Email.php:
Create a new file called Email.php under C:\inetpub\wwwroot.
Copy/paste this PHP code into Email.php:
https://github.com/sentientmachine/standalone_php_script_send_email/blob/master/Email.php
Since there are many kinds of smtp servers, you will have to manually fiddle with the settings at the top of Email.php. I've set it up so it automatically works with smtp.ihostexchange.net, but your smtp server might be different.
For example:
Set the smtp_port setting to the port of your smtp server.
Set the smtp_crypto setting to what your smtp server needs.
Set the $newline and $crlf so it's compatible with what your smtp server uses. If you pick wrong, the smtp server may ignore your request without error. I use \r\n, for you maybe \n is required.
The linked code is too long to paste as a stackoverflow answer, If you want to edit it, leave a comment in here or through github and I'll change it.
Step 4, make sure your php.ini has ssl extension enabled:
Find your PHP.ini file and uncomment the
;extension=php_openssl.dll
So it looks like:
extension=php_openssl.dll
Step 5, Run the index.php file you just made in a browser:
You should get the following output:
220 smtp.ihostexchange.net Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service ready at
Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:43:58 -0400 250 2.6.0
<534edd7c92761#summitbroadband.com> Queued mail for delivery
lang:email_sent
done
Step 6, check your email, and spam folder:
Visit the email account for user_to_receive_email#gmail.com and you should have received an email. It should arrive within 5 or 10 seconds. If you does not, inspect the errors returned on the page. If that doesn't work, try mashing your face on the keyboard on google while chanting: "working at the grocery store isn't so bad."
If you haven't already, look at your php.ini and make sure the parameters under the [mail function] setting are set correctly to activate the email service. After you can use PHPMailer library and follow the instructions.
You can also use mandrill app to send the mail in php. You will get the API from https://mandrillapp.com/api/docs/index.php.html where you can find the complete details about emails sended and other details.
You need to add an action into your form like:
<form name='form1' method='post' action='<?php echo($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);'>
<!-- All your input for the form here -->
</form>
Then put your snippet at the top of the document en send the mail. What echo($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']); does is that it sends your information to the top of your script so you could use it.
You need a SMPT Server in order for
... mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
to work.
You could try light weight SMTP servers like xmailer
Here are the PHP mail settings I use:
//Mail sending function
$subject = $_POST['name'];
$to = $_POST['email'];
$from = "zenphoto#example.com";
//data
$msg = "Your MSG <br>\n";
//Headers
$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8\r\n";
$headers .= "From: <".$from. ">" ;
mail($to,$subject,$msg,$headers);
echo "Mail Sent.";
I think one error in the original code might have been that it had:
$message = echo getRequestURI();
instead of:
$message = getRequestURI();
(The code has since been edited though.)
How do I send an email to the user with the data they submitted in the form that includes a little message using there name and thanking them on submit of php form.
Here is my current php code. It currently just shows them a message that says there name and that the message has been sent and then sends me an email to my email address.
<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
$to = "benlevygraphics#gmail.com";
$headers = "From: " . $_POST['email'];
$subject = "Ben, you have been contacted...";
$body = "Name: " . $_POST['name'] . "\nEmail: " . $_POST['email'] . "\nWebsite: " . $_POST['web'] . "\nMessage: " . $_POST['message'];
if(mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers)){
echo("<p class=contactformsent>".$_POST['name'].", your message has been sent!</p>");
}
else{
echo("<p class=contactformnotsent>".$_POST['name'].", Message delivery failed...</p>");
}
}
?>
I am new to php and I have read stuff online and I still don't understand so if you could be clear in your examples or help I would greatly appreciate it very much. Thanks!
Assuming your current code is already working fine, you can do this to send yourself an email together with the recipient:
Set $to to $_POST['email']
Set $headers to "From: {$_POST['email']}\r\nBcc: benlevygraphics#gmail.com"
Adjust $body and $subject to your needs.
Btw, I can't say this often enough; make sure that your page has some form of CSRF protection.
How to properly add CSRF token using PHP
The above is just one way, there are others, just search for it :)
Look into your php.ini beacuse you have to enter a SMTP Server.
At my file it begins in line 1087 with "[mail function]"
I want to send email with php using xampp.
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);
$to = $_POST['email_add'];
//define the subject of the email
$subject = $_POST['sbjct'];
//define the message to be sent. Each line should be separated with \n
$message = $_POST['msg'];
//define the headers we want passed. Note that they are separated with \r\n
$headers = "From: webmaster#example.com\r\nReply-To: webmaster#example.com";
$mail_sent = #mail( $to, $subject, $message, $headers );
echo $mail_sent ? "Mail sent" : "Mail failed";
?>
<form action="send_email.php" method="post">
Email Add<input type="text" name="email_add" />
Subject<input type="text" name="sbjct" /> <br>
<textarea name="msg" rows="9" cols="20"></textarea><br>
<input type="submit" value="Send"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
It's not working. Is there something wrong with my code?
I found some tutorials on the cloud, but it mentions SMTP and I do not understand it.
PHP doesn't actually send the email... in Linux it'll forward it to sendmail or similar daemon, in Windows it'll forward it to an SMTP server. Depending on your OS you have to setup these other processes and explain to PHP how/where to contact them (in php.ini in the [mail function] section).
PHP need a SMTP server to send emails.
You can specify it in your php config file (and set it to your ISP one for example), or use "Test Mail Server Tool" ( http://www.toolheap.com/test-mail-server-tool/ ) that catches the smtp local calls and saves them in a directory of your hard disk, so that you can debug everything.
Obviously, this solution works only if you need to debug it.
If your need is to send the mail, please refer to php documentation and use your ISP SMTP server.
If you are using the mail() function on Windows from a local development environment, you may need to specify an SMTP server that can relay the mail for you. Linux has this functionality baked in, Windows may not. Your ISP may provide you with this or a webmail provider may allow you to relay mail through them.
Look inside your php.ini file and locate the [mail] section and fill in:
SMTP = smtp.yourprovider.com
SMTP_PORT = 25
From the PHP mail manpage
"The Windows implementation of mail() differs in many ways from the Unix implementation. First, it doesn't use a local binary for composing messages but only operates on direct sockets which means a MTA is needed listening on a network socket (which can either on the localhost or a remote machine)."
I think you're looking for http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php ?
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>" method="post">
Email Add<input type="text" name="email_add" />
Subject<input type="text" name="sbjct" /> <br>
<textarea name="msg" rows="9" cols="20"></textarea><br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<?php
If(isset('submit'))
{
error_reporting(E_ALL);
$to = $_POST['email_add'];
//define the subject of the email
$subject = $_POST['sbjct'];
//define the message to be sent. Each line should be separated with \n
$message = $_POST['msg'];
//define the headers we want passed. Note that they are separated with \r\n
$headers = "From: webmaster#example.com\r\nReply-To: webmaster#example.com";
$mail_sent = mail( $to, $subject, $message, $headers );
echo $mail_sent ? "Mail sent" : "Mail failed";
}
?>
Here is a script I re-use in a lot of my projects, pretty straight forward just copy in and change the obvious values.
$email_to = "myemail#gmail.com,anotheremail#gmail.com";
$email_subject = "This is the subject line";
$break = 'echo "/n"';
$form_email = "no-reply#myemail.com";
//Function to convert /n to line breaks in HTML
function nl2br2($email_message) {
$string = str_replace(array("\r\n", "\r", "\n"), "<br />", $string);
return $email_message;
}
//Unformatted email body
$email_message = "This is the main blody of the email";
//Format string against function
nl2br2($email_message);
// create email headers
$headers = 'From: '.$form_email."\r\n".
'Reply-To: '.$form_email."\r\n" .
'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
#mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers);