It's always useful to be able to send e-mails and CodeIgniter comes with an excellent library for sending e-mails. There are a few recipes in this chapter, which deal with sending e-mails. However, this is the basic Hello World type example that is very simple.
A simple way to send plain e-mails using CodeIgniter Email is as follows:
Create a file
email.php
atpath/to/codeigniter/application/controllers/
.Add the following code to the controller file
email.php
:<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed'); class Email extends CI_Controller { function __construct() { parent::__construct(); $this->load->helper('url'); $this->load->library('email'); } public function index() { redirect('email/send_email'); } public function send_email() { $config['protocol'] = 'sendmail'; $config['mailpath'] = '/usr/sbin/sendmail'; ...