CodeIgniter's Email Class support following features.
We will use following step to send mail in CodeIgniter.
Step 1To Send mail,Create Controller file inside application/controllers/email.php.
<?php
class email extends CI_Controller{
function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
$this->load->helper('url');
$this->load->helper('form');
$this->load->library('email');
}
function index()
{
if($this->input->post('submit'))
{
$config['protocol'] = 'sendmail';
$config['wordwrap'] = TRUE;
$config['mailtype'] = 'html';
$this->email->initialize($config);
$from=$this->input->post('name');
$email=$this->input->post('email');
$mobile=$this->input->post('mobile');
$comment=$this->input->post('comment');
$message = '<html><body>';
$message .= '<table rules="all" style="border-color: #666;" cellpadding="10">';
$message .= "<tr><td><strong>Name:</strong> </td><td>$email</td></tr>";
$message .= "<tr><td><strong>From Mail:</strong> </td><td>$from </td></tr>";
$message .= "<tr><td><strong>Mobile:</strong> </td><td>$mobile</td></tr>";
$message .= "<tr><td><strong>Comment:</strong> </td><td>$comment</td></tr>";
$message .= "</table>";
$message .= "</body></html>";
$this->email->from($from);
$this->email->to('[email protected]');
$this->email->cc('[email protected]');
$this->email->bcc('[email protected]');
$this->email->subject('Codeigniter Email Test');
$this->email->message($message);
$this->email->send();
}
$this->load->view('email');
}
}
?>
Step 2
Create view file inside application\views\email.php to create form.
<html> <head> <title>Codeigniter Email </title> </head> <body> <h3>Codeigniter Email </h3> <form name="emailform" action="<?php echo base_url();?>email" method="post"> <p>Name : <input type="text" name="name"/></p> <p>Email : <input type="text" name="email"/></p> <p>Mobile: <input type="text" name="mobile"/></p> <p>Comment: <textarea name="comment"></textarea></p> <p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit"></p> </form> </body> </html>
$this->email->from()
This function is used to set the email address and name of sender.
$this->email->from('[email protected]', 'Sender Name');
$this->email->reply_to()
This function is used to set the reply-to address.
$this->email->reply_to('[email protected]', 'Sender Name');
$this->email->to()
This function is used to set the email address and name of recipient(s). we can
$this->email->to('[email protected]', 'Recipient Name');
$this->email->to()
This function is used to set the email address and name of recipient(s). we can set single email, a comma-delimited list or an array of recipient(s).
$this->email->to('[email protected]', 'Recipient Name');
$this->email->to('[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]');
$arraylist = array('[email protected]', '[email protected]', '[email protected]');
$this->email->to($arraylist);
$this->email->cc()
This function is used to set the CC email address(s). we can set single email, a comma-delimited list or an array of recipient(s).
$this->email->cc('[email protected]');
$this->email->bcc()
This function is used to set the BCC email address(s). we can set single email, a comma-delimited list or an array of recipient(s).
$this->email->bcc('[email protected]');
$this->email->subject()
This function is used to set subject of email.
$this->email->subject('This is My Mail subject');
$this->email->send()
This function return boolean TRUE or FALSE based on success or failure of mail.
if ( ! $this->email->send())
{
// Generate error
}
$this->email->attach()
This function used to send an attachment with email.Note: Use a file path, not a URL.
$this->email->attach('/path/to/one.jpg');
$this->email->attach('/path/to/two.jpg');
$this->email->attach('/path/to/three.jpg');
$this->email->send();
