Send mail through an SMTP server in CodeIgniter

SnippetSeptember 20, 2011

$this->load->library('email', array(
    'protocol'  => 'smtp',
    'smtp_host' => 'mail.example.com',
    'smtp_user' => '[email protected]',
    'smtp_pass' => $password,
    'smtp_port' => 587,
));

$this->email->from('[email protected]', 'Orders');
$this->email->to($order->email);
$this->email->subject('Order 10428 confirmed');
$this->email->message($body);

if (! $this->email->send()) {
    log_message('error', $this->email->print_debugger());
}