PHP Mail

PHP mail() function is used to send email in PHP. You can send text message, html message and attachment with message using PHP mail() function.

PHP Mail() Function

bool mail ( string $to , string $subject , string $message [, string $additional_headers [, string $additional_parameters ]] )

Send Plan Message

   ini_set("sendmail_from", "sonoojaiswal@javatpoint.com");  
   $to = "sonoojaiswal1987@gmail.com";//change receiver address  
   $subject = "This is subject";  
   $message = "This is simple text message.";  
   $header = "From:sonoojaiswal@javatpoint.com \r\n";  
  
   $result = mail ($to,$subject,$message,$header);  
  
   if( $result == true ){  
      echo "Message sent successfully...";  
   }else{  
      echo "Sorry, unable to send mail...";  
   }  

Send HTML Message

$to = "abc@example.com";//change receiver address  
   $subject = "This is subject";  
   $message = "<h1>This is HTML heading</h1>";  
  
   $header = "From:xyz@example.com \r\n";  
   $header .= "MIME-Version: 1.0 \r\n";  
   $header .= "Content-type: text/html;charset=UTF-8 \r\n";  
  
   $result = mail ($to,$subject,$message,$header);  
  
   if( $result == true ){  
      echo "Message sent successfully...";  
   }else{  
      echo "Sorry, unable to send mail...";  
   }  

Send Mail with Attachment

  $to = "abc@example.com";  
  $subject = "This is subject";  
  $message = "This is a text message.";  
  # Open a file  
  $file = fopen("/tmp/test.txt", "r" );//change your file location  
  if( $file == false )  
  {  
     echo "Error in opening file";  
     exit();  
  }  
  # Read the file into a variable  
  $size = filesize("/tmp/test.txt");  
  $content = fread( $file, $size);  
  
  # encode the data for safe transit  
  # and insert \r\n after every 76 chars.  
  $encoded_content = chunk_split( base64_encode($content));  
    
  # Get a random 32 bit number using time() as seed.  
  $num = md5( time() );  
  
  # Define the main headers.  
  $header = "From:xyz@example.com\r\n";  
  $header .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";  
  $header .= "Content-Type: multipart/mixed; ";  
  $header .= "boundary=$num\r\n";  
  $header .= "--$num\r\n";  
  
  # Define the message section  
  $header .= "Content-Type: text/plain\r\n";  
  $header .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding:8bit\r\n\n";  
  $header .= "$message\r\n";  
  $header .= "--$num\r\n";  
  
  # Define the attachment section  
  $header .= "Content-Type:  multipart/mixed; ";  
  $header .= "name=\"test.txt\"\r\n";  
  $header .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding:base64\r\n";  
  $header .= "Content-Disposition:attachment; ";  
  $header .= "filename=\"test.txt\"\r\n\n";  
  $header .= "$encoded_content\r\n";  
  $header .= "--$num--";  
  
  # Send email now  
  $result = mail ( $to, $subject, "", $header );  
  if( $result == true ){  
      echo "Message sent successfully...";  
   }else{  
      echo "Sorry, unable to send mail...";  
   }