Mailto Script in php

Question

I am new to Php and I want to know how mailto script works in php? Can anyone please provide a script for that?

Answer 1

It's actually very simple: Just use php's "mail" function. See:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

It's as easy as typing

mail($to, $subject, $message, "From: some@address.com");

This returns a boolean so you can check to see if it was sent successfully (it will be, unless your server's mail system is misconfigured) by doing something like:

$success = mail([...]);
if ($success)
    echo "your message was sent successfully";
else
    echo "your message did not send for some reason :(";

or even just

if (mail([...]))
    echo "success";
else
    echo "failure";

Answer 2

PHP's built-in mail command is useful and works for most cases - simple & sparse. If you need more features, trying use a mail script like PHPMailer.

Answer 3

See mail function in PHP.

Answer 4

Article

Answer 5

Of course the easiest way to do it is using PHP's mail() command but it is not particularly efficient. The PEAR Mail Package is a good option or you can use a PHP class. (You can find loads on PHP Classes.)

Answer 6

To save a lot of heartache, use something like SwiftMailer.