Can I change the name of the sender for a PHP generated email?

[The Noob Coder]

Is it possible to change the name of the sender for a PHP generated email?

PHP Code:

mail($recipient, $subject, $message) 


My company's website is hosted with GoDaddy (not my choice, it was done long before I began working for them). The sender associated with a PHP email (i.e., the server) has this cryptic looking name with a mix of random numbers and letters. I guess this is the server's name. This server is owned by GoDaddy, if I'm not mistaken, and I guess I can't change the name through them. I'm also afraid that if the server's name is changed, then it would break the site, since it runs on Wordpress.

So is there a way to just change the name of the sender for a PHP email? Could I possibly make it go through some other email address? The reason I need to do this is that the current email address is too cryptic and people might think it is spam or something, because the company's name isn't in it.

[tangoforce]

Yes. Look at http://www.php.net/mail

You'll notice it has a 4th and 5th parameter that you can use to set the from address.

[The Noob Coder]

Originally Posted by tangoforce

Yes. Look at http://www.php.net/mail

You'll notice it has a 4th and 5th parameter that you can use to set the from address.

Thanks. I never knew there were more parameters to the mail function. I'll give it a shot. Otherwise I'll be back .