Send a welcome email

[hoponhiggo]

Hi Guys

I am creating a site which allows the registration of new  users. I already have my user registration page up and running which is  lnked to my database.

I would now like to add a function which  will send a 'welcome to...' email to the email address provided on the  registration form provided by the new user.

Could anybody please point me in the right direction i.e where to start?

I am using dreamweaver and Cpanel.

Thanksin advance

[Ben M]

Just use the PHP Mail function in your script when they sign up:

http://php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

You'll get the address from the form and then include your message.

[Angelic_friends15D5]

how about something like this:

<?php if (!isset($_POST['submit'])); { ?>
  
            <form action="<?php $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">
                <table border="0">
          <tr>
            <td>Your Return Email: </td>
            <td><?php echo $row_rsUser['userEmail']; ?></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>Subject: </td>
            <td><label>
              <input name="emailSubject" type="text" id="emailSubject" size="32" />
            </label></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td> </td>
            <td><label>
              <textarea name="emailText" cols="32" id="emailText"></textarea>
            </label></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td> </td>
            <td><label>
              <input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="Send" />
            </label></td>
          </tr>
        </table> 
            </form>
   <?php } ?>

   <?php
   if (isset($_POST['submit'])) { 
  
   // send e-mail to ...
$to= "replace this with where you want the email to go";

// Your subject
$subject= $_POST['emailSubject'];

// From
$header="from: your from address";

// Your message
$messages= $_POST['emailSubject'];

// send email
$sentmail = mail($to, $header, $subject,$messages);

}

// if your email succesfully sent
if($sentmail){
echo "Status: Your Question Has Been Sent.";
}
else {
echo "Status : Message Not Sent";

} ?>