Wicked Cool PHP

Chapter 9. WORKING WITH EMAIL

You won't need to manipulate much email in PHP, but one thing that you will need to do is send confirmation messages to users and administrators about account settings, orders, and so on. The easiest way to send email in PHP is with the mail() function. If your mail server is set up correctly, and you need only to send messages to yourself, then this is probably the only function you'll ever need.

Here's a simple script to illustrate how mail() works. Replace [e-mail] with a working email address:

if (mail('[e-mail]', 'PHP email test', 'It worked!')) { echo "Mail sent."; } else { echo "Mail delivery ...