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How to Send Email in codeigniter?

public function contactus()
{

$this->form_validation->set_rules("name", "Name", "trim|required");
$this->form_validation->set_rules("mobile", "Mobile", "trim|required");
//$this->form_validation->set_rules('email', 'Email', 'required|trim');
$this->form_validation->set_rules("message", "Message", "trim|required");

$this->form_validation->set_error_delimiters('<div class="error">', '</div>');
//if ($this->form_validation->run() == TRUE) {
if ($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE)
{
//$data = array();
$title['title'] = "Contact Us";
$this->load->view('header',$title);
$this->load->view('contact');
$this->load->view('footer');

}
else
{
$data = array(
'name' => $this->input->post('name'),
'mobile' => $this->input->post('mobile'),
'email' => $this->input->post('email'),
'message' => $this->input->post('message'),
'created_at' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s')

);

$name = $this->input->post('name');
$email = $this->input->post('email');
$mobile = $this->input->post('mobile');
$info = $this->input->post('message');
$subject = "For Enquiry";

$this->load->library('email');
/* $config = Array(
'protocol' => 'smtp',
'smtp_host' => 'ssl://smtp.gmail.com',
'smtp_port' => '465',
'smtp_user' => 'mahtab.habib@gmail.com',
'smtp_pass' => '***************',
'smtp_crypto' => 'ssl',
'mailtype' => 'html',
'charset' => 'iso-8859-1',
'smtp_timeout' => '4',
'wordwrap' => TRUE
);
$this->email->initialize($config);
*/
$this->email->set_mailtype("html");
$this->email->set_newline("\r\n");
$this->email->from($email,'Rahat Foundation');
//$this->email->to('info@itechxpert.in');
$this->email->to('mahtab.habib@yahoo.com');
//$this->email->cc('');
$this->email->subject($subject);

$message = '<html><body>';
$message .= '<table rules="all" style="border-color: #666;" cellpadding="10">';
$message .= "<tr style='background: #eee;'><td><strong>Subject :</strong> </td><td>" . strip_tags($subject) . "</td></tr>";
$message .= "<tr style='background: #eee;'><td><strong>Name :</strong> </td><td>" . strip_tags($name) . "</td></tr>";
$message .= "<tr style='background: #eee;' ><td><strong>Email :</strong> </td><td>" . strip_tags($email) . "</td></tr>";
$message .= "<tr style='background: #eee;'><td><strong>Phone :</strong> </td><td>" . strip_tags($mobile) . "</td></tr>";
$message .= "<tr style='background: #eee;'><td><strong>Message :</strong> </td><td>" . strip_tags($info) . "</td></tr>";
$message .= "</table>";
$message .= "</body></html>";

$this->email->message($message);

if($this->email->send())
{
$result = $this->User_model->contact_us($data);
//$this->session->set_flashdata('msg', '<div class="alert text-center">Thankyou for contacting us.</div>');
$this->session->set_flashdata('msg', '<div> <p><b> Thankyou for contacting us</b></p> </div>');
redirect('home/contact');
exit;
}
else
{
//$this->session->set_flashdata('successmsg', '<div class="alert text-center">Sorry your mail is not send.</div>');
$this->session->set_flashdata('msg',"Error in sending Email.");
redirect('home/contact');
exit;
}

}

}

How to Load Email Library

$this->load->library('email');

// from address
$this->email->from('your@example.com', 'Your Name');
$this->email->to('someone@example.com'); // to Email address
$this->email->cc('another@another-example.com'); // cc Email address (optional)
$this->email->bcc('them@their-example.com'); // BCC Email Address (optional)

$this->email->subject('Email Test'); // email Subject
$this->email->message('Testing the email class.'); // email Body or Message
$this->email->send(); // send Email

How to send HTML mail

$message = $this->load->view('emails_view',$dataToView,TRUE);
$this->load->library('email');
// from address
$this->email->from('your@example.com', 'Your Name');
$this->email->to('someone@example.com'); // to Email address
$this->email->cc('another@another-example.com'); // cc Email address (optional)
$this->email->bcc('them@their-example.com'); // BCC Email Address (optional)

$this->email->subject('Email Test'); // email Subject
$this->email->message($message); // email Body or Message
$this->email->send(); // send Email

CodeIgniter Email errors and debugging
print_r($this->email->print_debugger(), true);

Example :-

How to send Email mail

<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

class Contactus extends CI_Controller {
public function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
$this->load->helper(array('form','url'));
$this->load->library(array('session', 'form_validation', 'email'));
$this->load->helper('security');
$this->load->helper('email');

}

function index()
{
//set validation rules
$this->form_validation->set_rules('name', 'Name', 'trim|required|xss_clean|callback_alpha_space_only');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('email', 'Emaid ID', 'trim|required|valid_email');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('subject', 'Subject', 'trim|required|xss_clean');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('message', 'Message', 'trim|required|xss_clean');

//run validation on form input
if ($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE)
{
//validation fails
$this->load->view('contactus');
}
else
{
//get the form data
$name = $this->input->post('name');
$from_email = $this->input->post('email');
$subject = $this->input->post('subject');
$message = $this->input->post('message');

//configure email settings
/*
$config['protocol'] = 'smtp';
$config['smtp_host'] = 'ssl://smtp.gmail.com';
$config['smtp_port'] = '465';
$config['smtp_user'] = 'mahtab.habib@gmail.com';
$config['smtp_pass'] = 'mah***';
$config['mailtype'] = 'html';
$config['charset'] = 'iso-8859-1';
$config['wordwrap'] = TRUE;
$config['newline'] = "\r\n"; //use double quotes
$this->load->library('email', $config);
$this->email->initialize($config);
*/

//$from = '<info@funtoosapp.com>';
$from = '<'.$from_email.'>';
//$to = 'mahtab.habib@gmail.com';
$to = 'info@funtoosapp.com';

//send mail
$this->email->from($from, $name);
$this->email->to($to);
$this->email->subject($subject);
$this->email->message($message);
if ($this->email->send())
{
// mail sent
$this->session->set_flashdata('msg','<div class="alert alert-success text-center">Your mail has been sent successfully!</div>');
redirect('admin/Contactus/index');
}
else
{
//error
$this->session->set_flashdata('msg','<div class="alert alert-danger text-center">There is error in sending mail! Please try again later</div>');
redirect('admin/Contactus/index');
}
}
}

//custom validation function to accept only alphabets and space input
function alpha_space_only($str)
{
if (!preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z ]+$/",$str))
{
$this->form_validation->set_message('alpha_space_only', 'The %s field must contain only alphabets and space');
return FALSE;
}
else
{
return TRUE;
}
}
}

view :- contactus.php

<?php $this->load->view('header');?>

<section id="main-content">
<section class="wrapper site-min-height">


<section class="panel">
<header class="panel-heading">
<h3> Contact Us
<div style="float: right;">Welcome   
<?php
$user_id = $this->session->userdata('username');
echo $user_id;
?>
</div>
</h3>
</header>

<div class="panel-body">

<link href="<?php echo base_url("path/to/bootstrap/bootstrap.css"); ?>" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

<div class="col-md-6 col-md-offset-3 well">
<?php echo $this->session->flashdata('msg'); ?>
<?php $attributes = array("class" => "form-horizontal", "name" => "contactform");
echo form_open("admin/Contactus/index", $attributes);?>
<fieldset>
<legend>Contact Form</legend>
<div class="form-group">
<div class="col-md-12">
<label for="name" class="control-label">Name</label>
</div>
<div class="col-md-12">
<input class="form-control" name="name" placeholder="Your Full Name" type="text" value="<?php echo set_value('name'); ?>" />
<span class="text-danger"><?php echo form_error('name'); ?></span>
</div>
</div>

<div class="form-group">
<div class="col-md-12">
<label for="email" class="control-label">Email ID</label>
</div>
<div class="col-md-12">
<input class="form-control" name="email" placeholder="Your Email ID" type="text" value="<?php echo set_value('email'); ?>" />
<span class="text-danger"><?php echo form_error('email'); ?></span>
</div>
</div>

<div class="form-group">
<div class="col-md-12">
<label for="subject" class="control-label">Subject</label>
</div>
<div class="col-md-12">
<input class="form-control" name="subject" placeholder="Your Subject" type="text" value="<?php echo set_value('subject'); ?>" />
<span class="text-danger"><?php echo form_error('subject'); ?></span>
</div>
</div>

<div class="form-group">
<div class="col-md-12">
<label for="message" class="control-label">Message</label>
</div>
<div class="col-md-12">
<textarea class="form-control" name="message" rows="4" placeholder="Your Message"><?php echo set_value('message'); ?></textarea>
<span class="text-danger"><?php echo form_error('message'); ?></span>
</div>
</div>

<div class="form-group">
<div class="col-md-12">
<input name="submit" type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" value="Send" />
</div>
</div>
</fieldset>
<?php echo form_close(); ?>

</div>

</div>

</section>


</section>
</section>


<?php $this->load->view('footer');?>

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