function DefaultMailSystem::mail

Send an e-mail message, using Drupal variables and default settings.

Parameters

$message: A message array, as described in hook_mail_alter().

Return value

TRUE if the mail was successfully accepted, otherwise FALSE.

Overrides MailSystemInterface::mail

See also

http://php.net/manual/function.mail.php

drupal_mail()

1 method overrides DefaultMailSystem::mail()
TestingMailSystem::mail in modules/system/system.mail.inc
Accept an e-mail message and store it in a variable.

File

modules/system/system.mail.inc, line 42

Class

DefaultMailSystem
The default Drupal mail backend using PHP's mail function.

Code

public function mail(array $message) {
    // If 'Return-Path' isn't already set in php.ini, we pass it separately
    // as an additional parameter instead of in the header.
    // However, if PHP's 'safe_mode' is on, this is not allowed.
    if (isset($message['headers']['Return-Path']) && !ini_get('safe_mode')) {
        $return_path_set = strpos(ini_get('sendmail_path'), ' -f');
        if (!$return_path_set) {
            $message['Return-Path'] = $message['headers']['Return-Path'];
            unset($message['headers']['Return-Path']);
        }
    }
    $mimeheaders = array();
    foreach ($message['headers'] as $name => $value) {
        $mimeheaders[] = $name . ': ' . mime_header_encode($value);
    }
    $line_endings = variable_get('mail_line_endings', MAIL_LINE_ENDINGS);
    // Prepare mail commands.
    $mail_subject = mime_header_encode($message['subject']);
    // Note: e-mail uses CRLF for line-endings. PHP's API requires LF
    // on Unix and CRLF on Windows. Drupal automatically guesses the
    // line-ending format appropriate for your system. If you need to
    // override this, adjust $conf['mail_line_endings'] in settings.php.
    $mail_body = preg_replace('@\\r?\\n@', $line_endings, $message['body']);
    // For headers, PHP's API suggests that we use CRLF normally,
    // but some MTAs incorrectly replace LF with CRLF. See #234403.
    $mail_headers = join("\n", $mimeheaders);
    // We suppress warnings and notices from mail() because of issues on some
    // hosts. The return value of this method will still indicate whether mail
    // was sent successfully.
    if (!isset($_SERVER['WINDIR']) && strpos($_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE'], 'Win32') === FALSE) {
        // We validate the return path, unless it is equal to the site mail, which
        // we assume to be safe.
        if (isset($message['Return-Path']) && !ini_get('safe_mode') && (variable_get('site_mail', ini_get('sendmail_from')) === $message['Return-Path'] || self::_isShellSafe($message['Return-Path']))) {
            // On most non-Windows systems, the "-f" option to the sendmail command
            // is used to set the Return-Path. There is no space between -f and
            // the value of the return path.
            $mail_result = @mail($message['to'], $mail_subject, $mail_body, $mail_headers, '-f' . $message['Return-Path']);
        }
        else {
            // The optional $additional_parameters argument to mail() is not
            // allowed if safe_mode is enabled. Passing any value throws a PHP
            // warning and makes mail() return FALSE.
            $mail_result = @mail($message['to'], $mail_subject, $mail_body, $mail_headers);
        }
    }
    else {
        // On Windows, PHP will use the value of sendmail_from for the
        // Return-Path header.
        $old_from = ini_get('sendmail_from');
        ini_set('sendmail_from', $message['Return-Path']);
        $mail_result = @mail($message['to'], $mail_subject, $mail_body, $mail_headers);
        ini_set('sendmail_from', $old_from);
    }
    return $mail_result;
}

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