system/helpers/email_helper.php

<?php
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 *
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 * @package	CodeIgniter
 * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
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 * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
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 * @since	Version 1.0.0
 * @filesource
 */
defined('BASEPATH') OR exit('No direct script access allowed');

/**
 * CodeIgniter Email Helpers
 *
 * @package		CodeIgniter
 * @subpackage	Helpers
 * @category	Helpers
 * @author		EllisLab Dev Team
 * @link		https://codeigniter.com/user_guide/helpers/email_helper.html
 */

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------

if ( ! function_exists('valid_email'))
{
	/**
	 * Validate email address
	 *
	 * @deprecated	3.0.0	Use PHP's filter_var() instead
	 * @param	string	$email
	 * @return	bool
	 */
	function valid_email($email)
	{
		return (bool) filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL);
	}
}

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------

if ( ! function_exists('send_email'))
{
	/**
	 * Send an email
	 *
	 * @deprecated	3.0.0	Use PHP's mail() instead
	 * @param	string	$recipient
	 * @param	string	$subject
	 * @param	string	$message
	 * @return	bool
	 */
	function send_email($recipient, $subject, $message)
	{
		return mail($recipient, $subject, $message);
	}
}