php-swiftmailerHow to use Swiftmailer to send RFC 2822 compliant emails?

Swiftmailer is a popular library for sending emails in PHP. It can be used to send RFC 2822 compliant emails.

Example code

<?php
// Require the Swift Mailer library
require_once 'lib/swift_required.php';

// Create the Transport
$transport = Swift_SmtpTransport::newInstance('smtp.example.org', 25)
  ->setUsername('yourusername')
  ->setPassword('yourpassword');

// Create the Mailer using your created Transport
$mailer = Swift_Mailer::newInstance($transport);

// Create a message
$message = Swift_Message::newInstance('Wonderful Subject')
  ->setFrom(array('[email protected]' => 'John Doe'))
  ->setTo(array('[email protected]', '[email protected]' => 'A name'))
  ->setBody('Here is the message itself');

// Send the message
$result = $mailer->send($message);

Output example

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Code explanation

• require_once 'lib/swift_required.php': This line requires the Swift Mailer library.
• $transport = Swift_SmtpTransport::newInstance('smtp.example.org', 25): This line creates a new SMTP transport instance.
• ->setUsername('yourusername') and ->setPassword('yourpassword'): These lines set the username and password for the SMTP server.
• $mailer = Swift_Mailer::newInstance($transport): This line creates a new mailer instance using the transport instance.
• $message = Swift_Message::newInstance('Wonderful Subject'): This line creates a new message instance.
• ->setFrom(array('[email protected]' => 'John Doe')) and ->setTo(array('[email protected]', '[email protected]' => 'A name')): These lines set the sender and recipient of the message.
• ->setBody('Here is the message itself'): This line sets the body of the message.
• $result = $mailer->send($message): This line sends the message.

Helpful links

• Swiftmailer Documentation
• RFC 2822

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