PHP mail sending PHPMailer usage example

PHP mail sending PHPMailer usage example

The example in this article describes PHPMailer usage of PHP mail sending class and detailed the operation steps. Share it with you for your reference. The procedure is as follows:

1. Install sendmail on the server

1	Sudo apt-get install sendmail

2. Start sendmail

1	Sudo/etc/init. d/sendmail start

3. Modify php. ini

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[Mail function] SMTP = localhost Smtp_port = 25 Sendmail_from = me@example.com

4. Function sendMail Function:

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<? Php /* Call PHPMailer to send an email * @ Param String $ receiver recipient * @ Param String $ sender * @ Param String $ sender_name if the sender name is null, use the sender address instead. * @ Param String $ subject * @ Param String $ content * @ Param boolean $ whether ishtml is an html email * @ Param Array $ attachements attachment * @ Return boolean */ Function sendMail ($ receiver, $ sender, $ sender_name, $ subject, $ content, $ ishtml = true, $ attachments = array ()){ Include_once "class-phpmailer.php "; If (empty ($ receiver) | empty ($ sender) | empty ($ subject) | empty ($ content )){ Return false; } $ Mail = new PHPMailer (); // $ Mail-> IsSMTP (); // sent by smtp // $ Mail-> Host = "smtp.gmail.com"; // SMTP Server // $ Mail-> Port = 465; // SMTP Port // $ Mail-> SMTPSecure = 'ssl '; // Encryption Method // $ Mail-> SMTPAuth = true; // enable SMTP authentication // $ Mail-> Username = "username"; // User Name // $ Mail-> Password = "password"; // Password $ Mail-> IsMail (); // The using PHP mail () function may prompt that this email may not be sent by the following users. $ Mail-> From = $ sender; // sender $ Mail-> FromName = $ sender_name; // sender alias $ Mail-> AddReplyTo ($ sender); // reply $ Mail-> AddAddress ($ email ER); // recipient // Send in html Format If ($ ishtml ){ $ Mail-> IsHTML (true ); } // Send the attachment If ($ attachments ){ If (is_array ($ attachments )){ $ Send_attachments = array (); $ Tmp_attachments = array_slice ($ attachments, 0, 1 ); If (! Is_array (array_pop ($ tmp_attachments ))){ If (isset ($ attachments ['path']) { Array_push ($ send_attachments, $ attachments ); } Else { Foreach ($ attachments as $ attachment ){ Array_push ($ send_attachments, array ('path' => $ attachment )); } } } Else { $ Send_attachments = $ attachments; } Foreach ($ send_attachments as $ attachment ){ $ Attachment ['name'] = isset ($ attachment ['name'])? $ Attachment ['name']: null; $ Attachment ['encoding'] = isset ($ attachment ['encoding'])? $ Attachment ['encoding']: 'base64 '; $ Attachment ['type'] = isset ($ attachment ['type'])? $ Attachment ['type']: 'application/octet-stream '; If (isset ($ attachment ['path']) & file_exists ($ attachment ['path']) { $ Mail-> AddAttachment ($ attachment ['path'], $ attachment ['name'], $ attachment ['encoding'], $ attachment ['type']); } } } Elseif (is_string ($ attachments )){ If (file_exists ($ attachments )){ $ Mail-> AddAttachment ($ attachments ); } } } $ Mail-> Subject = $ subject; // mail title $ Mail-> Body = $ content; // email content Return $ mail-> Send (); } // DEMO example: $ Author ER = 'author er @ test.com '; $ Sender = 'sender @ test.com '; $ Sender_name = 'sender name '; $ Subject = 'subjecct '; $ Content = 'content '; // All four formats are supported $ Attachments = 'attachment1.jpg '; $ Attachments = array ('path' => 'attachment1.jpg ', 'name' => 'attachment 1.jpg '); $ Attachments = array('attachment1.jpg ', 'attachment2.jpg '); $ Attachments = array ( Array ('path' => 'attachment1.jpg ', 'name' => 'attachment 1.jpg '), Array ('path' => 'attachment2.jpg ', 'name' => 'attachment 2.jpg '), Array ('path' => 'attachment3.jpg ', 'name' => 'attachment 3.jpg '), ); $ Flag = sendMail ($ sender er, $ sender, $ sender_name, $ subject, $ content, true, $ attachments ); Echo $ flag; ?>