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<h1 class="refname">mb_send_mail</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">mb_send_mail</span> — <span class="dc-title">Send encoded mail</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mb_send_mail</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$to</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$subject</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$message</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$additional_headers</code><span class="initializer"> = <strong><code>NULL</code></strong></span></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$additional_parameter</code><span class="initializer"> = <strong><code>NULL</code></strong></span></span>
]] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Sends email. Headers and messages are converted and encoded according
to the <span class="function"><a href="function.mb-language.html" class="function">mb_language()</a></span> setting. It's a wrapper function
for <span class="function"><a href="function.mail.html" class="function">mail()</a></span>, so see also <span class="function"><a href="function.mail.html" class="function">mail()</a></span> for details.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.mb-send-mail-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">to</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The mail addresses being sent to. Multiple
recipients may be specified by putting a comma between each
address in <em><code class="parameter">to</code></em>.
This parameter is not automatically encoded.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">subject</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The subject of the mail.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">message</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The message of the mail.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">additional_headers</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
<em><code class="parameter">additional_headers</code></em> is inserted at
the end of the header. This is typically used to add extra
headers. Multiple extra headers are separated with a
newline ("\n").
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">additional_parameter</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
<em><code class="parameter">additional_parameter</code></em> is a MTA command line
parameter. It is useful when setting the correct Return-Path
header when using sendmail.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.mb-send-mail-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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<div class="refsect1 changelog" id="refsect1-function.mb-send-mail-changelog">
<h3 class="title">Changelog</h3>
<p class="para">
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<th>Version</th>
<th>Description</th>
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</thead>
<tbody class="tbody">
<tr>
<td>5.0.0</td>
<td>
The <em>Content-Type</em> and <em>Content-Transfer-Encoding</em>
headers may be redefined as of PHP 5.0.0. Before this time, the values defined by
<span class="function"><a href="function.mb-language.html" class="function">mb_language()</a></span> are always used.
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.mb-send-mail-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.mail.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mail()</a> - Send mail</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.mb-encode-mimeheader.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mb_encode_mimeheader()</a> - Encode string for MIME header</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.mb-language.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mb_language()</a> - Set/Get current language</span></li>
</ul>
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