With PHP 5.3 just over the horizon, I decided to see how well prepared WorkXpress was. Our coding standard is pretty strict and was developed to ensure that our application conforms to E_STRICT standards. However, we all know that some things are inevitably going to fall through the cracks.

    Sending mail is a common task for many applications today.  Whether sending mail through a webform or as an automated tasks, sending mail can be simple using PHP and PEAR.  Using the sendMail() function below, you can send HTML formatted mail through any smtp server.

    Update March 11, 2009: Removed the demo since GoDaddy does not support external SMTP servers.