Just on this topic, I found swiftmailer library to be really useful esp. in dealing with 'template' emails with custom variables per recipient: http://swiftmailer.org/ The e.g. on email template processing: http://swiftmailer.org/docs/decorator-plugin-howto There are batchSend() functionalities, ability to compose various mime type emails etc... Ravi On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 8:20 AM, chris h <chris404@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Ignore the other parameters unless you are very familiar with RFCs 2821, >> 2822 and their associated RFCs >> > > > I would advise against ignoring the other parameters. Doing so will pretty > much guarantee having your email end up in SPAM. Instead look up the > examples in the docs, or better yet use something like phpmailer as Tom > suggested. > > > Chris. > > > On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 6:37 PM, TR Shaw <tshaw@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> >> On Sep 19, 2010, at 6:00 PM, Joe Jackson wrote: >> >> > Hi >> > >> > Sorry for the simple question but I am trying to get my head around PHP. >> I >> > have a sample PHP script that I am trying to use to send a php powered >> email >> > message. The snippet of code is shown below.... >> > >> > mail('email@xxxxxxxxxxx', 'Subject', $values['message'], "From: >> > \"{$values['name']}\" <{$values['emailaddress']}>"); >> > >> > This works fine, but how can I add in other fields to the email that is >> > recieved? >> > >> > For example in the form there are fields called, 'emailaddress', >> > 'telephone', 'address' and 'name' which I need to add into the form along >> > with the message field >> > >> > Also with the formatting how can I change the format of the email to >> > >> > Name: $values['name'], >> > Address: etc >> > Message: >> > >> >> Joe >> >> The mail command lets you send mail (an RFC2821 envelop). The function is: >> >> bool mail ( string $to , string $subject , string $message [, string >> $additional_headers [, string$additional_parameters ]] ) >> >> $to is where you want it to go >> $subject is whatever you want the subject to be >> $message is the information you want to send > > Ignore the other parameters unless you are very familiar with RFCs 2821, >> 2822 and their associated RFCs > > >> So if you want to send info from a form you might want to roll it up in xml >> and send it via the message part. when you receive it you can easily decode >> it. If you don't want to do that put it in a format that you can easily >> decode on the receiving end. >> >> Basically "mail" is a way to deliver information in the $message body. How >> you format the information there is up to you. However, depending on your >> system's config you are probably constrained to placing only 7bit ascii in >> the $message body. >> >> You might also move away from the mail function and look at phpmailer at >> sf.net if you need more complex capabilities. >> >> Tom >> >> >> >> > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
