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Example #1 Sending mail.

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Example #2 Sending mail with extra headers.

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Example #3 Sending mail with extra headers as <span class='function-type'>array</span>

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Example #4 Sending mail with an additional command line parameter.

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Example #5 Sending HTML email

<?php
// Multiple recipients
$to = 'johny@example.com, sally@example.com'; // note the comma
// Subject
$subject = 'Birthday Reminders for August';
// Message
$message = '
<html>
<head>
  <title>Birthday Reminders for August</title>
</head>
<body>
  <p>Here are the birthdays upcoming in August!</p>
  <table>
    <tr>
      <th>Person</th><th>Day</th><th>Month</th><th>Year</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Johny</td><td>10th</td><td>August</td><td>1970</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Sally</td><td>17th</td><td>August</td><td>1973</td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</body>
</html>
';
// To send HTML mail, the Content-type header must be set
$headers[] = 'MIME-Version: 1.0';
$headers[] = 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1';
// Additional headers
$headers[] = 'To: Mary <mary@example.com>, Kelly <kelly@example.com>';
$headers[] = 'From: Birthday Reminder <birthday@example.com>';
$headers[] = 'Cc: birthdayarchive@example.com';
$headers[] = 'Bcc: birthdaycheck@example.com';
// Mail it
mail($to, $subject, $message, implode("\r\n", $headers));

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mail

Example #1 Sending mail.

Example #2 Sending mail with extra headers.

Example #3 Sending mail with extra headers as <span class='function-type'>array</span>

Example #4 Sending mail with an additional command line parameter.

Example #5 Sending HTML email

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