Chris Davenport: New page: Returns a reference to the global mail object, only creating it if it doesn't already exist. The object returned will be of type JMail. ===Syntax=== object JMail getMailer() ===E...

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New page: Returns a reference to the global mail object, only creating it if it doesn't already exist. The object returned will be of type JMail. ===Syntax=== object JMail getMailer() ===E...

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Returns a reference to the global mail object, only creating it if it doesn't already exist. The object returned will be of type [[JMail]].
===Syntax===
object [[JMail]] getMailer()

===Example===
In this example, a test email is sent to the email address of the site owner.
<source lang="php">
$mail =& JFactory::getMailer();

$config =& JFactory::getConfig();
$mail->addRecipient( $config->getValue( 'config.mailfrom' ) );
$mail->setSubject( 'Test message' );
$mail->setBody( 'This is an example email to test the Joomla! JFactory::getMailer() method. Please ignore it' );

if ($mail->Send()) {
echo "Mail sent successfully.";
} else {
echo "An error occurred. Mail was not sent.";
}
</source>
===See also===
* [http://api.joomla.org/Joomla-Framework/JFactory.html#getMailer JFactory->getMailer on api.joomla.org]
* [[JMail]]
<noinclude>[[Category:Development]][[Category:Framework]][[Category:JFactory]]</noinclude>

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Chris Davenport: New page: Returns a reference to the global mail object, only creating it if it doesn't already exist. The object returned will be of type JMail. ===Syntax=== object JMail getMailer() ===E...