A PHP Script for Sending Emails

PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) is an easier programming language used for faster development. In this article, we will learn, How to Send Email using PHP Script.

1. Sending Email using PHP

Lets create a php file sendEmail.php in your web document root with following content. Change the $to_email with your recipient email address, $subject and $body as per your need, Keep as it is for testing purpose, $from_email with sender email address.

# vim /var/www/html/sendEmail.php

Add below content

<?php
   $to_email = "[email protected]";
   $subject = "Simple Email Test via PHP";
   $body = "Hi,nn This is test email send by PHP Script";
   $from_email = "[email protected]";

   if (mail($to_email, $subject, $body, "From: $from_email rn")) {
      echo("Email successfully sent to $to_email...");
   } else {
      echo("Email sending failed...");
   }
?>

Now we can test it by access in web browser or simply execute it from command line like below.

# php sendEmail.php

2. Sending Email using PHP with HTML Form

Lets create a PHP script file sendEmail.php in your web document root of your domain with following content. This will show a simple form in the browser, using that we can also send an email for testing purpose.

Now Access in web browser and fill the all fields and hit Send Email button to finally send the email.

 http://localhost/sendEmail.php

For more details visit php official website for details about mail function.