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Asked: 2026-05-18T01:41:05+00:00

I am having problems changing the ‘from’ email header in the following script. Everthing

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I am having problems changing the ‘from’ email header in the following script. Everthing else works ok but the from line in the email received is the server name and not admin@mywebsite.com:

ini_set("sendmail_from", " admin@mywebsite.com ");

    $adminSendTo = "admin@mywebsite.com";

    $adminSubject = "Contact Form";
    $adminMessage = "Contact Form: $subfirstname $sublastname \r\rEmail: $subemail \r\rSubject of feedback: $subsubject \r\rComments: $subcommentquestion\r\n";
    $adminHeaders = "From: My website Contact Form\r\n";
    $adminHeaders = "Reply-To: admin@mywebsite.com";

    mail($adminSendTo, $adminSubject, $adminMessage, $adminHeaders);

Do I need to change settings in the php.ini file for this to work?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Actually, you don’t provide any “From” field.

    By writing:

    $adminHeaders = "From: My website Contact Form\r\n";
$adminHeaders = "Reply-To: admin@mywebsite.com";

    you assign the “From…” value to $adminHeaders, then overwrite just on the next line by a new value “Reply-To…”.

    Instead, you should write:

    $adminHeaders = "From: My website Contact Form\r\n";
$adminHeaders .= "Reply-To: admin@mywebsite.com";

    Here, “Reply-To…” will be concatenated to the actual value of $adminHeaders, instead of overwriting it.

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