$mail

Provides an API interface to email and WireMail.

// Simple usage example
$message = $mail->new();
$message->subject('Hello world')
  ->to('user@domain.com')
  ->from('you@company.com')
  ->body('Hello there big world')
  ->bodyHTML('<h2>Hello there big world</h2>');
$numSent = $message->send();

// ProcessWire 3.0.113 lets you skip the $mail->new() call if you want:
$numSent = $mail->subject('Hello world')
  ->to('user@domain.com')
  ->from('you@company.com')
  ->body('Hello there big world')
  ->bodyHTML('<h2>Hello there big world</h2>')
  ->send();

Click any linked item for full usage details and examples. Hookable methods are indicated with the icon. In addition to those shown below, the WireMailTools class also inherits all the methods and properties of: Wire.

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Additional methods and properties

In addition to the methods and properties above, WireMailTools also inherits the methods and properties of these classes:

API reference based on ProcessWire core version 3.0.253

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