codeigniter Sending Email Contact Form

Example

Controller (Pages.php)

public function contact()
{
    
    $this->load->library('email');
    $this->load->library('form_validation');

    //Set form validation
    $this->form_validation->set_rules('name', 'Name', 'trim|required|min_length[4]|max_length[16]');
    $this->form_validation->set_rules('email', 'Email', 'trim|required|valid_email|min_length[6]|max_length[60]');
    $this->form_validation->set_rules('message', 'Message', 'trim|required|min_length[12]|max_length[200]');

    //Run form validation
    if ($this->form_validation->run() === FALSE)
    {
        $this->load->view('contact');
    } else {

        //Get the form data
        $name = $this->input->post('name');
        $from_email = $this->input->post('email');
        $subject = $this->input->post('subject');
        $message = $this->input->post('message');

        //Web master email
        $to_email = '[email protected]'; //Webmaster email, who receive mails

        //Mail settings
        $config['protocol'] = 'smtp';
        $config['smtp_host'] = 'ssl://smtp.gmail.com';
        $config['smtp_port'] = '465';
        $config['smtp_user'] = '[email protected]'; // Your email address
        $config['smtp_pass'] = 'mailpassword'; // Your email account password
        $config['mailtype'] = 'html'; // or 'text'
        $config['charset'] = 'iso-8859-1';
        $config['wordwrap'] = TRUE; //No quotes required
        $config['newline'] = "\r\n"; //Double quotes required

        $this->email->initialize($config);                        

        //Send mail with data
        $this->email->from($from_email, $name);
        $this->email->to($to_email);
        $this->email->subject($subject);
        $this->email->message($message);
        
        if ($this->email->send())
        {
            $this->session->set_flashdata('msg','<div class="alert alert-success">Mail sent!</div>');

            redirect('contact');
        } else {
            $this->session->set_flashdata('msg','<div class="alert alert-danger">Problem in sending</div>');
            $this->load->view('contact');
        }

    }

Views (contact.php)

<div class="container">
<h2>Contact</h2>
<div class="row">
    <div class="col-lg-6">
        <?php echo $this->session->flashdata('msg'); ?>
        <form action="<?php echo base_url('contact'); ?>" method="post">
        <div class="form-group">
            <input name="name" placeholder="Your name" type="text" value="<?php echo set_value('name'); ?>" class="form-control" />
            <?php echo form_error('name', '<span class="text-danger">','</span>'); ?>
        </div>
        <div class="form-group">
            <input name="email" placeholder="Your e-mail" type="text" value="<?php echo set_value('email'); ?>" class="form-control" />
            <?php echo form_error('email', '<span class="text-danger">','</span>'); ?>
        </div>
        <div class="form-group">
            <input name="subject" placeholder="Subject" type="text" value="<?php echo set_value('subject'); ?>" class="form-control" />
        </div>
        <div class="form-group">
            <textarea name="message" rows="4" class="form-control" placeholder="Your message"><?php echo set_value('message'); ?></textarea>
            <?php echo form_error('message', '<span class="text-danger">','</span>'); ?>
        </div>
        <button name="submit" type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" />Send</button>
        </form>
    </div>
</div>