code> $this-&gt;load-&gt;helper('email');<br />
<br />
if (valid_email('email@somesite.com'))<br />
{<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;echo 'email is valid';<br />
}<br />
else<br />
{<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;echo 'email is not valid';<br />
}</code>
<h2>send_email('<var>recipient</var>', '<var>subject</var>', '<var>message</var>')</h2>
<p>Sends an email using PHP's native <a href="http://www.php.net/function.mail">mail()</a> function. For a more robust email solution, see CodeIgniter's <a href="../libra