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Description

Mail function (uses phpMailer)

Syntax

static sendMail($from, $fromname, $recipient, $subject, $body, $mode=0, $cc=null, $bcc=null, $attachment=null, $replyto=null, $replytoname=null)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$from		$from From e-mail address
$fromname		$fromname From name
$recipient		$recipient Recipient e-mail address(es)
$subject		$subject E-mail subject
$body		$body Message body
$mode	0	$mode false = plain text, true = HTML
$cc	null	$cc CC e-mail address(es)
$bcc	null	$bcc BCC e-mail address(es)
$attachment	null	$attachment Attachment file name(s)
$replyto	null	$replyto Reply to email address(es)
$replytoname	null	$replytoname Reply to name(s)

Returns

boolean True on success

Defined in

libraries/joomla/utilities/utility.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.utilities.utility' );

Source Body

public static function sendMail($from, $fromname, $recipient, $subject, $body, $mode=0, $cc=null, $bcc=null, $attachment=null, $replyto=null, $replytoname=null)
{
        // Get a JMail instance
        $mail = &JFactory::getMailer();

        return $mail->sendMail($from, $fromname, $recipient, $subject, $body, $mode, $cc,
                $bcc, $attachment, $replyto, $replytoname);
}

Examples

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