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Verifying email identities using the Amazon SES API and the Amazon SDK for PHP Version 3

When you first start using your Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) account, all senders and recipients must be verified in the same Amazon Region that you are sending emails to. For more information about sending emails, see Sending Email with Amazon SES.

The following examples show how to:

All the example code for the Amazon SDK for PHP is available here on GitHub.

Credentials

Before running the example code, configure your Amazon credentials, as described in Credentials. Then import the Amazon SDK for PHP, as described in Basic usage.

For more information about using Amazon SES, see the Amazon SES Developer Guide.

Verify an email addresses

Amazon SES can send email only from verified email addresses or domains. By verifying an email address, you demonstrate that you’re the owner of that address and want to allow Amazon SES to send email from that address.

When you run the following code example, Amazon SES sends an email to the address you specified. When you (or the recipient of the email) click the link in the email, the address is verified.

To add an email address to your Amazon SES account, use the VerifyEmailIdentity operation.

Imports

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Aws\Exception\AwsException;

Sample Code

$SesClient = new Aws\Ses\SesClient([
    'profile' => 'default',
    'version' => '2010-12-01',
    'region' => 'us-east-2'
]);

$email = 'email_address';

try {
    $result = $SesClient->verifyEmailIdentity([
        'EmailAddress' => $email,
    ]);
    var_dump($result);
} catch (AwsException $e) {
    // output error message if fails
    echo $e->getMessage();
    echo "\n";
}

Verify an email domain

Amazon SES can send email only from verified email addresses or domains. By verifying a domain, you demonstrate that you’re the owner of that domain. When you verify a domain, you allow Amazon SES to send email from any address on that domain.

When you run the following code example, Amazon SES provides you with a verification token. You have to add the token to your domain’s DNS configuration. For more information, see Verifying a Domain with Amazon SES in the Amazon Simple Email Service Developer Guide.

To add a sending domain to your Amazon SES account, use the VerifyDomainIdentity operation.

Imports

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Aws\Exception\AwsException;

Sample Code

$SesClient = new Aws\Ses\SesClient([
    'profile' => 'default',
    'version' => '2010-12-01',
    'region' => 'us-east-2'
]);

$domain = 'domain.name';

try {
    $result = $SesClient->verifyDomainIdentity([
        'Domain' => $domain,
    ]);
    var_dump($result);
} catch (AwsException $e) {
    // output error message if fails
    echo $e->getMessage();
    echo "\n";
}

List email addresses

To retrieve a list of email addresses submitted in the current Amazon Region, regardless of verification status, use the ListIdentities operation.

Imports

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Aws\Exception\AwsException;

Sample Code

$SesClient = new Aws\Ses\SesClient([
    'profile' => 'default',
    'version' => '2010-12-01',
    'region' => 'us-east-2'
]);

try {
    $result = $SesClient->listIdentities([
        'IdentityType' => 'EmailAddress',
    ]);
    var_dump($result);
} catch (AwsException $e) {
    // output error message if fails
    echo $e->getMessage();
    echo "\n";
}

List email domains

To retrieve a list of email domains submitted in the current Amazon Region, regardless of verification status use the ListIdentities operation.

Imports

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Aws\Exception\AwsException;

Sample Code

$SesClient = new Aws\Ses\SesClient([
    'profile' => 'default',
    'version' => '2010-12-01',
    'region' => 'us-east-2'
]);

try {
    $result = $SesClient->listIdentities([
        'IdentityType' => 'Domain',
    ]);
    var_dump($result);
} catch (AwsException $e) {
    // output error message if fails
    echo $e->getMessage();
    echo "\n";
}

Delete an email address

To delete a verified email address from the list of identities, use the DeleteIdentity operation.

Imports

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Aws\Exception\AwsException;

Sample Code

$SesClient = new Aws\Ses\SesClient([
    'profile' => 'default',
    'version' => '2010-12-01',
    'region' => 'us-east-2'
]);

$email = 'email_address';

try {
    $result = $SesClient->deleteIdentity([
        'Identity' => $email,
    ]);
    var_dump($result);
} catch (AwsException $e) {
    // output error message if fails
    echo $e->getMessage();
    echo "\n";
}

Delete an email domain

To delete a verified email domain from the list of verified identities, use the DeleteIdentity operation.

Imports

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Aws\Exception\AwsException;

Sample Code

$SesClient = new Aws\Ses\SesClient([
    'profile' => 'default',
    'version' => '2010-12-01',
    'region' => 'us-east-2'
]);

$domain = 'domain.name';

try {
    $result = $SesClient->deleteIdentity([
        'Identity' => $domain,
    ]);
    var_dump($result);
} catch (AwsException $e) {
    // output error message if fails
    echo $e->getMessage();
    echo "\n";
}