how php mail works code example

Example 1: php mail

<?php
$to = $_POST['email'];
$subject = "Email Subject";

$message = 'Dear '.$_POST['name'].',<br>';
$message .= "We welcome you to be part of family<br><br>";
$message .= "Regards,<br>";

// Always set content-type when sending HTML email
$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0" . "\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type:text/html;charset=UTF-8" . "\r\n";

// More headers
$headers .= 'From: <[email protected]>' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'Cc: [email protected]' . "\r\n";

mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
?>

Example 2: php mail

$mailtext = '<html>
<head>
    <title>HTML-E-Mail mit PHP erstellen</title>
</head>

<body>
...
</body>
</html>
';

$empfaenger = "[email protected]";  // Mailadresse
$absender   = "[email protected]";
$betreff    = "Mail-Test - HTML-E-Mail mit PHP erstellen";
$antwortan  = "[email protected]";

$header  = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$header .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8\r\n";

$header .= "From: $absender\r\n";
$header .= "Reply-To: $antwortan\r\n";
// $header .= "Cc: $cc\r\n";  // falls an CC gesendet werden soll
$header .= "X-Mailer: PHP ". phpversion();

mail( $empfaenger,
      $betreff,
      $mailtext,
      $header);

echo "Mail wurde gesendet!";

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