system/helpers/email_helper.php

<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
/**
 * CodeIgniter
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 */

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

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

if ( ! function_exists('valid_email'))
{
	/**
	 * Validate email address
	 *
	 * @param	string
	 * @return	bool
	 */
	function valid_email($address)
	{
		return (bool) preg_match('/^([a-z0-9\+_\-]+)(\.[a-z0-9\+_\-]+)*@([a-z0-9\-]+\.)+[a-z]{2,6}$/ix', $address);
	}
}

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

if ( ! function_exists('send_email'))
{
	/**
	 * Send an email
	 *
	 * @param	string
	 * @param	string
	 * @param	string
	 * @return	bool
	 */
	function send_email($recipient, $subject = 'Test email', $message = 'Hello World')
	{
		return mail($recipient, $subject, $message);
	}
}

/* End of file email_helper.php */
/* Location: ./system/helpers/email_helper.php */