How to web codeCodeIgniter’s robust Email Class supports the following features:
> 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 and enabling large email lists to be broken into small BCC batches.
> Email Debugging tools
How to send email in CodeIgniter
Create a view file send_email.php and save the below code it in application/views/send_email.php.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Send Mail</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.4.0/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.4.0/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container mt-4">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-6">
<form action="<?= base_url('demo/send_mail') ?>" method="post">
<label>Email</label>
<input type="email" name="to" class="form-control" placeholder="Enter Receiver email">
<br/>
<label>Subject</label>
<input type="text" name="subject" placeholder="Enter Subject" class="form-control">
<br>
<label>Message</label>
<textarea rows="6" name="message" placeholder="Enter your message here" class="form-control"></textarea>
<br/>
<input type="submit" value="Send Email" class="form-control">
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Create a controller file Demo.php and save it in application/controller/Demo.php.
<?php
defined('BASEPATH') OR exit('No direct script access allowed');
class Demo extends CI_Controller {
function index(){
$this->load->view("send_mail");
}
function send_mail(){
$this->load->library('email');
$config['protocol'] = 'smtp';
$config['smtp_host'] = 'ssl://smtp.googlemail.com';
$config['smtp_port'] = '465';
$config['smtp_timeout'] = '7';
$config['smtp_user'] = 'Enter your email';
$config['smtp_pass'] = 'Enter your email password';
$config['charset'] = 'utf-8';
$config['wordwrap'] = TRUE;
$config['newline'] = "\r\n";
$config['mailtype'] = 'html'; // or html
$config['validation'] = TRUE; // bool whether to validate email or not
$this->email->initialize($config);
$to = $this->input->post("to");
$subject = $this->input->post("subject");
$message = $this->input->post("message");
$this->email->from('Enter your email', 'Hello');
$this->email->to($to);
$this->email->subject($subject);
$this->email->message($message);
$this->email->send();
redirect("demo");
}
}
After Login to your google account and click on the link : Less secure app access
After you Allow less secure apps:ON
Let us execute this example by the following URL in the browser. This URL may be different based on your website.
https://howtowebcode.com/demo