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  19 years ago

  by ReyMan

  Kyle Simmons

  Florida, United States

  Joined 19 years ago

  I'm making a website, and under contact us, I want a form that sends an email. Now i know how to make it send through there default email account, but can i make a sendmail.asp type file in php?
  If so, how?

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  19 years ago

  by ReyMan

  Kyle Simmons

  Florida, United States

  Joined 19 years ago

  anyone anyone?

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  19 years ago

  by James Crowley

  James Crowley

  London, United Kingdom

  Joined 20 years ago

  Use the mail() command. Below is an example
  

  Code:

  mail("[email protected]",$Subject,$Message,"From: $Email\n");

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  19 years ago

  by gringod

  Gringod

  London, United Kingdom

  Joined 19 years ago

  the php mail function is as follows:
  

  
  

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  mail (string to, string subject, string message [, string additionalheaders [, string additionalparameters]])

  
  

  
  If you print view the full headers of a email you have received you will see all the options that can go in the "additional_headers" section, for example: From, X-Sender, X-Priority, Return-Path, cc, bcc, etc.
  

  
  for example:
  

  
  

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  /* recipients */
  $recipient .= "[email protected]";
  

  
  /* subject */
  $subject = "Xmas List";
  

  
  /* message */
  $message .= "This is a simple mail example\n";
  

  
  /* additional header pieces for errors, From cc’s, bcc’s, etc */
  $headers .= "From: Birthday Reminder <[email protected]>\n";
  $headers .= "X-Sender: <[email protected]>\n";
  $headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP\n"; // mailer
  $headers .= "X-Priority: 1\n"; // Urgent message!
  $headers .= "Return-Path: <[email protected]>\n"; // Return path for errors
  

  
  /* If you want to send html mail, uncomment the following line */
  // $headers .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\n"; // Mime type
  $headers .= "cc: [email protected]\n"; // CC to
  $headers .= "bcc: [email protected], [email protected]"; // BCCs to
  

  
  /* and now mail it */
  mail($recipient, $subject, $message, $headers);
  

  
  

  
  Hope this is useful
  

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  18 years ago

  by psn

  psn

  , United States

  Joined 18 years ago

  does the $ sign in front of reciepent and message etc does that mean, that thats the form name. Or what.
  If not how would a form look like

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  18 years ago

  by James Crowley

  James Crowley

  London, United Kingdom

  Joined 20 years ago

  if something has a $ in front of it, and you're using php, then its a variable., ie
  

  
  

  Code:

  
  $myvariable = "hello"
  

  
  myfunction ($myvariable)

  
  

  
  is the same as
  

  Code:

  
  myfunction ("hello")

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  18 years ago

  by gringod

  Gringod

  London, United Kingdom

  Joined 19 years ago

  err... yes.  They could be the names of the input boxes in a form e.g.
  

  
  

  Code:

  
  <form action="mailscript.php" method="post">
   <input type="text" name="recipient" />
   <input type="text" name="subject" />
   <textarea name="message"></textarea>
  </form>
  

  
  

  
  on the mail script you will probably (if you have a fairly recent version of php [4.1.x +]) need to refer to the variables as $_POST['recipient'].... etc.

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