mail function problem

[zedan_80]

Hallo

i can i specify the sender email address in mail function

[bpat1434]

Using headers:

$headers = 'From: No-One <[e-mail]>';

mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers);

If you want to send from a specific address (and not through a non-existant account), look at PEAR::Mail or imap_mail.

~Brett

[zedan_80]

what is the differnce between

$headers = "From: $adv_email";

and

$headers = "From: ".$adv_email;

i recieved $adv_email in the from part not the email address

[bpat1434]

Nothing, they give the same output.

$adv_email = '[e-mail]';
$headers1 = "From: $adv_email";
$headers2 = "From: ".$adv_email;

echo $headers1."<br>".$headers2;

That gives teh output:

From: [e-mail]
From: [e-mail]

Are you trying to make it look like it came from a specified account, or actually send it through the account? There is a difference. Sending from the account requires a more robust function set like PEAR::Mail or imap_mail. Masking the FROM header field can be set via headers and can take the form of:
FROM: Persons Name <email_address>

~Brett

[zedan_80]

what i m trying to do is send an email from $a to $b where $a is variable and $b is fixed

so what is the best way to do it?

[bpat1434]

So, look into PEAR::Mail package, or [man]imap_mail/man function so you can connect as that user, and send the message from their account.

[man]mail/man sends it from a general account, and you can't control which one. But you can mask it using headers so it looks like it came from you (or a specific address). You want to send from a specific account. PHP can't do that with the [man]mail/man function, but can with [man]imap_mail/man and PEAR::Mail can do it as well.

~Brett