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How to send Email text in PHP

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Now, we are moving to the next level of developing a website. When you build a website, you should know that you need to send Email text to users who visit your website. The Email will convey whatever message to the user’s . There are several messages you can send to users via Email:
    • Welcome messages
    • Confirmation message
    • Reminder
    • Security check
    • Newsletter
    • Feedback
    • And many more.
In this post, we would learn how to send messages via Email using PHP.
To send a mail message , you use the PHP built-in mail () function. This function is used for creating and sending Email messages to one or more recepient.

But how does this work?

Here is the first, follow the syntax carefully.

  SYNTAX

mail(to ,  subject  , message  , headers  , parameters )

   

Right now  you will be thinking, what does this syntax mean.
 Let’s break it down.

• To – This is the recepient Email address
• Subject—This will contain the subject of the mail to be sent. You should be very familiar with the subject if you use the normal Gmail.
• Message – This will contain the body of the message.

Now, let’s move to the coding part.

Sending plain text email
The best and simplest way to send Email is send a plain text. Let’s take a quick example.
The example below will send message to new user that visits a website.
SYNTAX

<?php
$to = 'recipient@email.com';
$subject = 'Welcome message';
$message ='We are delighted to have you as our new member. Please explore ';
$from = 'admin@email.com';

//Sending email
if(mail($to, $subject, $message)){
  echo 'Your mail was sent successfully.';
}
else {
  echo 'Unable to send email.';
}
?>

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Well, the code itself is self-explanatory. But just in case you don’t understand let me give a quick explanation.
• $to – is the Email address of the recipient
• $subject – the subject matter
• $message – the message itself
• $from – the senders Email address

And yes, there is an if statement. At this learning stage, you should be familiar with If statement.
The statement is just trying to tell you that if the recipient receives the message, then it would echo “ Your mail has  been sent successfully and if it’s not it echo otherwise.

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