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11. Sending Email
CodeIgniter
Sending email in CodeIgniter is much easier. You also configure the preferences
regarding email in CodeIgniter. CodeIgniter provides following features for sending
emails:
Multiple Protocols: Mail, Sendmail, and SMTP
TLS and SSL Encryption for SMTP
Multiple recipients
CC and BCCs
HTML or Plaintext email
Attachments
Word wrapping
Priorities
BCC Batch Mode, enabling large email lists to be broken into small BCC batches.
Email Debugging tools
Email class has the following functions to simplify the job of sending emails.
Syntax
from($from[, $name = ''[, $return_path = NULL]])
Parameters
$from (string) – “From” e-mail address
$name (string) – “From” display name
$return_path (string) – Optional email address to
redirect undelivered e-mail to
Return
Return type
CI_Email instance (method chaining)
CI_Email
Syntax
reply_to($replyto[, $name = ''])
Parameters
$replyto (string) – E-mail address for replies
$name (string) – Display name for the reply-to e-mail
address
Return
Return type
CI_Email instance (method chaining)
CI_Email
Syntax
Parameters
to($to)
$to (mixed) – Comma-delimited string or an array of
e-mail addresses
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