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Email Helper

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The Email Helper provides some assistive functions for working with +Email. For a more robust email solution, see CodeIgniter’s Email +Class.

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Important

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The Email helper is DEPRECATED and is currently +only kept for backwards compatibility.

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Loading this Helper

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This helper is loaded using the following code:

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$this->load->helper('email');
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Available Functions

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The following functions are available:

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+valid_email($email)
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Parameters:
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  • $email (string) – E-mail address
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Returns:

TRUE if a valid email is supplied, FALSE otherwise

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Return type:

bool

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Checks if the input is a correctly formatted e-mail address. Note that is +doesn’t actually prove that the address will be able recieve mail, but +simply that it is a validly formed address.

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Example:

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if (valid_email('email@somesite.com'))
+{
+        echo 'email is valid';
+}
+else
+{
+        echo 'email is not valid';
+}
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Note

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All that this function does is to use PHP’s native filter_var():

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(bool) filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL);
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+send_email($recipient, $subject, $message)
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Parameters:
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  • $recipient (string) – E-mail address
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  • $subject (string) – Mail subject
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  • $message (string) – Message body
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Returns:

TRUE if the mail was successfully sent, FALSE in case of an error

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Return type:

bool

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Sends an email using PHP’s native mail() +function.

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Note

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All that this function does is to use PHP’s native mail

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mail($recipient, $subject, $message);
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For a more robust email solution, see CodeIgniter’s Email Library.

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