Question

Greetings!

I just downloaded version 2.0.1 of CodeIgniter framework and I am attempting to write my own email controller like so:

<?php

class Email extends CI_Controller
{
     function __construct()     {         parent::__construct();     } 

    function index()     {   
        $this->load->library('email', $config);
        $this->email->set_newline("\r\n");

        $this->email->from('[e-mail]', 'some.email.name');
        $this->email->to('[e-mail]');        
        $this->email->subject('This is an email test');        
        $this->email->message('It is working!');

        $path = $this->config->item('server_root');        

        $file = $path . '/attachments/readme.txt';

        $this->email->attach($file);

        if($this->email->send())         {             echo 'Email sent.';         }        
        else        {            show_error($this->email->print_debugger());        }
    }
}

If I point my browser to “http://localhost/CodeIgniter/index.php/email”, I get this PHP error message

A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: Notice
Message: Undefined variable: config
Filename: controllers/email.php
Line Number: 24

The line number 24 points to this line of code in my controller $this->load->library(’email’, $config);

In spite of the PHP error, email is being sent fine, with a file attachment.

How can I remove this PHP error? What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

As the message states, $config is not defined. You could fix it by defining it.

$config = Array();

somewhere before line 24 should do it