Email function - the FROM address

[Anon]

I am having trouble figureing out how to make an email sent from a php script to have a specific address in the FROM address.

Anyone know?
Here is the script....someone help me out please.....

<?php
$to = "[e-mail]";
$from = $useraddress;
$subject = "Request to join the Mailing List";
$message = "$from wishes to join the mailing list!";
mail( $to, $subject, $message, $from)
or print "Could not send mail, please notify the webmaster on the Contact Us page!";
?>

Also, (since I am new) how can I have this script push them to a page once successful?

[chowdary]

Hi John,

Try using this

$mi=@mail($to,$subject,$message,"From:".$from);

if($mi){header("Location: success.html");
}else{ echo "Sorry------Couldn't send mail";}

[jcornett]

Here is how you should set up the $from variable to get it to populate the header correctly:

$from = "From: $username <$useraddress>\r\n";

Notice you can put the name just before the actual e-mail address. This would put their actual NAME into the "From" field and replies would be correctly sent to the e-mail address provided right after the name.

Also, to have the script redirect to a "success" or error page depending on if they mail was sent successfully:

If (mail( $to, $subject, $message, $from)) {
header("Location: email_sent.php");
} else {
header("Location: mail_error.php");
}