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Hi, I have a form to email working just fine, but I would like to send the form to two different emails. Any help please.
Thanks

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This thread shows a common situation: a form that looks correct in the code but is affected by host-side mail handling. resolved it on the host side after early replies by and pointed toward script changes and recipient formatting. For future readers, a couple of practical, reliable options and checks are worth noting.

A more robust approach is to stop relying on raw outbound delivery from the web host and use authenticated SMTP or a transactional service. Maintained libraries handle multiple recipients, headers and authentication cleanly; for PHP, a popular choice is PHPMailer. Example (minimal) usage to add two recipients:

use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer;

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$mail = new PHPMailer(true);
$mail->isSMTP();
$mail->Host = 'smtp.example.com';
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->Username = 'smtp-user';
$mail->Password = 'smtp-pass';
$mail->addAddress('first@example.com');
$mail->addAddress('second@example.com');
$mail->Subject = 'Form submission';
$mail->Body = 'Form data here';
$mail->send();

Quick troubleshooting checklist for host-related failures: confirm the host allows outbound mail or requires SMTP/authentication; check mail/sendmail/exim logs and PHP error_log for delivery errors; verify envelope sender and DNS records (SPF/DKIM) if messages are dropped or classified as spam; and, for simple built-in sends, confirm the mail API formatting rules (PHP’s mail() behavior is documented at PHP mail() manual). These steps clarify whether the fix belongs in the script or with the hosting provider.

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Member Avatar for drjohn

Just edit your PHP script to send it to two destinations.
Normally you build up the message in steps from each field, so just add a bit for a cc as well or if you don't want to do that, repeat the entire code in the same script, but with a different destination.

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the default for multiple addresses is separated by ; semicolon
try just editing the to: address address1;address2

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Thanks guys, got it sorted. The problem was on the hosting server...

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