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Send mail() using php but Sender name always Apache

I really need a quick fix and haven't found any solution to my problem. I want to send email to the user but the sender name always shows Apache.

Here is my coding.

<?php

$password = rand(1000,9999);

$firstname = "syamsul";
$surname = "rizal";
$email = "[email protected]";
$max_id = 3;


//Generate Email

$to = $email;
$subject = "Welcome to ShopOnline!";
$message = "Dear " .$firstname. ", welcome to use ShopOnline! Your Customer id is " .$max_id. " and the password is ".$password.".";
$headers = "From [email protected]" ;

// send mail
    mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers, "-r [email protected]");
    echo "Thank you for sending us feedback";
    ?>

And why i can't send this email to gmail account but works to non-gmail account? Thanks in advance!

Solution

  • set your header like 

    $headers = "From: [email protected]" . "\r\n" .
           "Reply-To: [email protected]" . "\r\n" .
           "X-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion();

    UPDATE 2 :

    with sender name

    $headers = "From: Sender_Name<[email protected]>" . "\r\n" .
           "Reply-To: [email protected]" . "\r\n" .
           "X-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion();