PHP Send Mail

In web application, it is common to send email messages. Almost every website has some query form or contact form where user fill form & form data will be sent in email to site administrator.

PHP provides built-in mail() function to send emails. You can add sender, recipients & subject as per your choice using mail() function parameters.

Basic Syntax PHP mail() Function:

<?php
         mail(to, subject, message, headers, parameters);
?>

PHP mail() parameters

ParameterDescription
toRequired. It is used to specifies the receivers/recipients of the email.
subjectRequired. It specifies the subject of the email.
messageRequired. It is used to specify main email message.
headersOptional. It is used to specifies additional headers, such as From, Cc, and Bcc.
parametersOptional. It is used to specifies an additional parameter for sendmail program

Complete Example of PHP mail() function:

<?php
$to = "testmail@gmail.com";
$subject = "Tutorias Class Test Mail";
$txt = "Hello Tutorials Class! This is test message";
$headers = "From: youremail@gmail.com" . "\r\n" .
"CC: anotheremail@gmail.com";

mail($to,$subject,$txt,$headers);
?>

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