[RESOLVED] Setting email 'From' name

[sssphp]

What is the variable used to set the 'From' name on an email?

Emails sent by my forum site display in the receiver's inbox as 'From: [e-mail]'. I want it to display as 'John Doe' (without changing the actual address, of course).

What do I need to add to my mail code?

[SpecialFX]

$headers = 'From: [e-mail] \r\n';

Then within your mail()

mail($to, $my_subject, $msg_body, $headers);

That should do the trick.

[scrupul0us]

SpecialFX wrote:

$headers = 'From: [e-mail] \r\n';

will give him what he already has...

you want:

$headers = 'From: John Doe <[e-mail]>\r\n';

[SpecialFX]

Oh my apologies I didn't read it close enough

[sssphp]

Thanks guys -- that works.