PHP

Send an email from a plain PHP script with messagebird/sdk. You need a Bird API key: create one in Developers > API keys (Send your first email walks through it), then export it as BIRD_API_KEY.

1. Install

Codevoorbeeld

composer require messagebird/sdk
mkdir -p examples

The SDK requires PHP 8.2+ and automatically discovers an installed PSR-18 HTTP client.

2. Send

Create examples/quickstart-email.php so the generated example's autoload path resolves correctly:

Codevoorbeeld

<?php

// Send your first email. Set BIRD_API_KEY in your environment, then run:
//   php examples/quickstart-email.php

declare(strict_types=1);

require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';

use MessageBird\Bird;

$bird = new Bird(getenv('BIRD_API_KEY') ?: '');

$message = $bird->email->send(
    from: 'Bird <onboarding@messagebird.dev>',
    to: ['delivered@messagebird.dev'],
    subject: 'Hello from Bird',
    html: '<p>My first Bird email.</p>',
);

echo $message->getId(), ' ', $message->getStatus(), "\n";

onboarding@messagebird.dev is Bird's shared onboarding sender and delivered@messagebird.dev is a sandbox recipient that always delivers: no domain verification needed. The SDK infers the region from your key's bk_us1_ / bk_eu1_ prefix (no base URL to configure) and auto-generates an Idempotency-Key per call, so retried sends are safe.

3. Run it

Codevoorbeeld

php examples/quickstart-email.php

The script prints the message ID and status:

Codevoorbeeld

em_01ky7ma8y2es1s2akzk53tmjn0 accepted

accepted is the API's 202: Bird has the message and delivers it asynchronously. Fetch it by its em_ ID with $bird->email->get($message->getId()) and watch the status move to delivered.

Next steps

PHP SDK: the full client, error model, and webhook verification.
Send your first email: creating an API key and the full set of sandbox addresses.
Sending domains: verify your own domain for production sending.
Email API reference: the full request and response schema.

Gerelateerde bronnen

Ga verder met de documentatie, gidsen en voorbeelden voor dit onderwerp. De bronnen zijn in het Engels.

Bekijk de gidsGetting started with email Begrijp het conceptShould I use a Bird SDK or call the API directly?Ontdek de mogelijkheidEmail Volg het leerpadBuild your first integration

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