(PHP ActiveX) Explaining the Email FromName, FromAddress, and From Properties

This example explains the email object's FromName, FromAddress, and From properties.

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<?php

// The email's FROM name and address can be set in several ways.
// It can include an optional friendly name (which is just a description),
// and it must include an address.

// For example:
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Email')
$email1 = new COM("Chilkat.Email");
$email1->Subject = 'test';
$email1->Body = 'test';

$email1->FromName = 'Joe Sample';
$email1->FromAddress = 'joe.sample@example.com';

// the From property contains both the FromName and FromAddress
// This produces the following output:
// From: "Joe Sample" <joe.sample@example.com>
print 'From: ' . $email1->From . "\n";
print '--------------------------------------------------' . "\n";

// Examine the MIME of the email:
print $email1->getMime() . "\n";
print '--------------------------------------------------' . "\n";

// Output is:

// 	MIME-Version: 1.0
// 	Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 12:32:13 -0600
// 	Message-ID: <02B461C6D12FA6686C3151A649ED8D5BBFBE0721@CHILKAT13>
// 	Content-Type: text/plain
// 	Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
// 	X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
// 	Subject: test
// 	From: "Joe Sample" <joe.sample@example.com>
// 	CKX-Bounce-Address: joe.sample@example.com
// 
// 	test

// --------------------------------------------
// Alternatively, the From property can be set, and this 
// implicitly sets the FromName and FromAddress properties.

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Email')
$email2 = new COM("Chilkat.Email");
$email2->From = 'Joe Sample <joe.sample@example.com>';

print 'FromName: ' . $email2->FromName . "\n";
print 'FromAddress: ' . $email2->FromAddress . "\n";
print '--------------------------------------------------' . "\n";

print $email2->getMime() . "\n";

?>