Mail() with php

Question

Hi,

i wanna write a script sending e-mail to my client automatically using php

How do i send it automatically, for example, if they enter their email. and click submit

i wanna send this e-mail automatically

And, second do i need smtp server on my host? can i just this in any free hosting?

Thanks you guys and im so sorry for my language

Nikky

Answer 1

http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

Answer 2

As simple as it can get...

<?php
$email = @$_REQUEST['email'];
if ( !empty( $email ) )
{
  mail( $email, 'subject', 'message' );
}
?>

Answer 3

I probably wouldn't go with using the mail function directly : to many things you have to care about...

Instead, I would recommend using some mail-related library, which will deal with a lot of things for you.

One of those (which seems to have some success nowadays -- it's being integrated in the Symfony framework, for instance) is Swift Mailer.

Of course, it might be a bit overkill for just a simple mail... But investing some time in learning how to use such a library is always worth it ;-)