Sending a mail using php

[kumuda v]

Hi all,
I am new to php, I want to sent mail using php. What are the pre-settings that I am supposed to do. Please help me out.

With regards,
kumuda

[pareshprajapati]

just use mail function of php to send a mail.

You can get details regarding this function on this link
http://in2.php.net/manual/en/ref.mail.php

basic steps are,
- setup smtp server in your php.ini if not set and restart your webserver
- setup mail parameters in your php program and run

[ak1dnar]

Hi there,
Both are welcome to TSDN ! Stay in touch !
-ajaxrand

[kumuda v]

Thank u for the reply. I will try it out.

just use mail function of php to send a mail.

You can get details regarding this function on this link
http://in2.php.net/manual/en/ref.mail.php

basic steps are,
- setup smtp server in your php.ini if not set and restart your webserver
- setup mail parameters in your php program and run

[ak1dnar]

Thank u for the reply. I will try it out.

If there is a problem with your coding, post back the errors and coding snippets back to the thread.
good luck!

[kumuda v]

HI
I made the changes as given in the table of this link http://in2.php.net/manual/en/ref.mail.php and what are the other changes I am supposed to do. Please help me out.

Thanks

just use mail function of php to send a mail.

You can get details regarding this function on this link
http://in2.php.net/manual/en/ref.mail.php

basic steps are,
- setup smtp server in your php.ini if not set and restart your webserver
- setup mail parameters in your php program and run

[realin]

Now try to send youself a simple email, to start with and to check if the settings are working correctly..

[php]
<?php
$to=youremail@d omain.com
$subject="hi this is my first email";
$msg="this is the body of the email";

$sent=mail($to, $subject,$msg);

if($sent)
echo "mail was sent to $to";
else
echo "ERROR: sending the mail";
?>[/php]

yuo can paste the code after making the necessary changes :)

[ak1dnar]

Now try to send youself a simple email, to start with and to check if the settings are working correctly..

[php]
<?php
$to=youremail@d omain.com
$subject="hi this is my first email";
$msg="this is the body of the email";

$sent=mail($to, $subject,$msg);

if($sent)
echo "mail was sent to $to";
else
echo "ERROR: sending the mail";
?>[/php]

yuo can paste the code after making the necessary changes :)

Try isset() function for :

[CODE=php] if(isset($sent) ){

}else{

}[/CODE]