Sendmail: how do i get my name next to my email address.

[nadz]

what i mean is when the person reads the email i sent them through my sendmail form it just shows the email address i am choosing to display:

 

From: [email protected]

 

but i want it to show:

 

From: <[email protected]> My Name

 

i think its really simple but im a total noob.

[anthylon]

Try this:

 

$to = 'Your Name <[email protected]>';

 

[nadz]

thank for the reply, now to make it slightly more complicated, the emails are sent by different users so im using this as the "from" header in the form:

 

$from = trim($_POST['sender']);

 

where the user supplies the email address they want it to be from. The name of the person sending it is defined by

 

$_POST['name']

 

so I tried this:

 

$from = $_POST['name'] <trim($_POST['sender'])>;

 

and

 

$from = trim($_POST['name']) <trim($_POST['sender'])>;

 

and i got this error:

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '>' in /home/.loekie/nexman/*********.co.uk/import/import.php on line 108

 

 

[techiefreak05]

Try this, I havent tested it, but I'm pretty sure it should work:

 

$from = trim($_POST['name']) . " <" . trim($_POST['sender']) . ">";

[nadz]

wow thanks alot techiefreak05 (and anthylon), it worked. appreciated very much.