RE: [PHP-DB] Re: send email

Thanks to all for the input. I will attempt to make this work. I am not a programmer but like to hack around when I can. If I get lost I will probably shoot another email out. thanks, DF On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 16:24, Jack van Zanen wrote: > Hi > > > my example earlier does not show the email address in the source of the > displayed web page. > It is in the source code, but you can change that to be put in a config file > and include this file in the script. > > > Jack > > -----Original Message----- > From: howard gramer [mailto:hagdb@hotmail.com] > Sent: dinsdag 25 november 2003 21:09 > To: kim@steinhaug.com > Cc: php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Re: send email > > > I am in the same boat, > ( I posted a couple of days ago Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Send formmail data to > Email and Database ), not knowing where to put the Mail() into my own code. > I am working on it but no success yet. > > But, my real question in this topic; with formmail.pl using Sendmail your > able to use "recipients_alias = myemail@address.com" inside of the > FormMail.conf file. So this means you can hide the email address in the > configuration file without it being seen in the page source. > > How do you accomplish the same with Mail()? i.e. hiding the email > > > howard grämer > New York City > hagdb@hotmail.com > > > >From: "Kim Steinhaug" <kim@steinhaug.com> > >Reply-To: "Kim Steinhaug" <kim@steinhaug.com> > >To: php-db@lists.php.net > >Subject: [PHP-DB] Re: send email > >Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 19:57:44 +0100 > > > >Well this shouldnt be any problem. I suspect you dont > >know how to set up the email routine since your asking. > > > >All you need to do is insert a sendmail script together with the > >update of the mySQL database. You could use PHPs internal > >functions for this, but Ill recommend you using PHPmailer which > >is heavily documentet with tons of examples on how to use. > > > >The PHPmailer is located at sourceforge and you should find it > >right away. It has to be the most elegant way I know of sending > >emails from PHP scripts. > > > >And as a bonus, the PHPmailer is under active development so > >you will most likely never run into problems using it, :) > > > >-- > >Kim Steinhaug > >--------------------------------------------------------------- > >There are 10 types of people when it comes to binary numbers: > >those who understand them, and those who don't. > >--------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >"Redhat" <redhat@fayelectric.com> wrote in message > >news:1069767834.2095.11.camel@development... > > > I have created a simple form that dumps input information into a mysql > > > database. The person that I created it for said it would be nice if it > > > would also notify him by email that an entry was added to the database. > > > I have no idea where to begin with that - any ideas? > > > thanks, > > > DF > > _________________________________________________________________ > online games and music with a high-speed Internet connection! Prices start > at less than $1 a day average. https://broadband.msn.com > (Prices may vary > by service area.) > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php