Email Model not working in CodeIgniter - codeigniter

Question

I am trying to send an email through email function in email_model, but email is not being sent
class email_model extends CI_Model {
public function __construct() {
parent::__construct();
}
public function email($name) {
$this->db->select('*');
$this->db->from('dna_crm_emails');
$this->db->where('email_name',$name);
$query = $this->db->get();
return $query->result();
}
}
Any reference or help will be much appreciated.
Regards

Answer 1

The email function in email_model just retrieve data upon given email_name
what do you need is to send mail through mail class as Mudshark mentioned
you need to create a function at your controller , it'll be like this :
function sendMail($sender_email, $sender_name, $target_email, $subject, $message_data) {
$this -> load -> library('email');
// whatever email you want it to be as a sender
//just make sure it end with your domain name to not get blocked
// ex : 'noreply#yourdomain.com','Support'
$this -> email -> from($email, $sender);
$this -> email -> to($target_email);//the email you're targeting
$this -> email -> subject($subject); // message subject
$message = "This is message data : ". $message_data;
$this -> email -> message($message); // message body as plain text
$this -> email -> send();
}
you could use more advanced options though like sending mail as html , by creating a view message.php with designed html for your email message and parsing an array of data to it.
your function would be like this :
function sendMail($sender_email, $sender_name, $target_email, $subject, $message_data) {
$this -> load -> library('email');
$config['mailtype'] = 'html';
$this -> email -> initialize($config); // to define email as html type
$this -> email -> from($email, $sender);
$this -> email -> to($target_email);//the email you're targeting
$this -> email -> subject($subject); // message subject
$this->email->message( $this->load->view( 'message', $message_data, true )); //html message
$this -> email -> send();
}