How to get a from address with mail()

webtailor

Hi, I am new to php, and i am writting a script that will take a forms details and send them back to a compaines email adress.

Everything works fine except for getting it to display a from address. Instead it displays the servers address. I have searched high and lo and have had no luck 🙁 I have enclosed my code below. Could anyone tell me where i am going wrong as i am totally bamboozeled 🙁(

<HTML>
<?php

$to = "Andrew@webtailoruk.com";

$from = "WebSite Enquiry";
$subject = "Modern Screws Enquiries";

$additional = "";
if(isset($from) and strlen($from))
{
$additional .= "From: " . $from;
}

$message = "Dear Staff of Modern Screws,

\r\n My name is : $name
\r\n My E-mail Address is: $email
\r\n My Contact Number is: $phone
\r\n My Sector is: $sector
\r\n My Enquiry is as follows: $enquiry
\r\n Many thanks for your time.

Kind Regards \r\n \r\n $name";

mail( $to, $subject, $message, $additional ) or print "Could not send mail.";

Mnay thanks for your time.

zalath

The From: header should be enough - are you sure that $additional actually gets a value?

sfullman

The mail command has a fourth parameter, headers, where you specify this,

$headers = "From: " . $email_from . "\r\n";
$headers .= "Reply-to: " . $reply_to . "\r\n";
//NOTE: Include this line for an HTML email
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";
$headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion(). "\r\n";
$headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-Base: http://relatebase.com/\r\n";
#$headers .= "Content-Location: images/\r\n"; //can live without this I think

mail("sam@compasspointmedia.com","subject","email message", $headers);

That should do it!

webtailor

Thankyou i will try these suggestions.

Wow that was a quick reply