Sending Customized User Registration Email Alert to Admin in Moodle step2 From My blog post: http://codeboxr.com/blogs/sending-customized-user-registration-email-alert-to-admin-in-moodle

gistfile1.php

/**
 * Send email to specified user with confirmation text and activation link.
 *
 * @global object
 * @param user $user A {@link $USER} object
 * @return bool Returns true if mail was sent OK and false if there was an error.
 */

//update by codeboxr
 function send_confirmation_email($user) {
    global $CFG;

    $site = get_site();
    $supportuser = generate_email_supportuser();

    $data = new stdClass();
    $data->firstname = fullname($user);
    $data->sitename  = format_string($site->fullname);
    $data->admin     = generate_email_signoff();

    $subject = get_string('emailconfirmationsubject', '', format_string($site->fullname));

    $username = urlencode($user->username);
    $username = str_replace('.', '%2E', $username); // prevent problems with trailing dots
    $data->link  = $CFG->wwwroot .'/login/confirm.php?data='. $user->secret .'/'. $username;
    $message     = get_string('emailconfirmation', '', $data);
    $messagehtml = text_to_html(get_string('emailconfirmation', '', $data), false, false, true);

    
    $dataadmin = new stdClass();
    $dataadmin->admindata     = generate_email_signoff();
    $dataadmin->supportname   = $dataadmin->admindata->supportname;
    $dataadmin->firstname     = $data->firstname;
    $dataadmin->sitename      = $data->sitename;
   
            
    $messageadmin     = get_string('emailconfirmationtoadmin', '', $dataadmin);
    $messagehtmladmin = text_to_html(get_string('emailconfirmationtoadmin', '', $dataadmin), false, false, true);
    
    $user->mailformat = 1;  // Always send HTML version as well
    
    //email_to_user($user, $from, $subject, $messagetext, $messagehtml='', $attachment='', $attachname='', $usetrueaddress=true, $replyto='', $replytoname='', $wordwrapwidth=79)
    
    //send email to admin
    email_to_user($supportuser, $supportuser, $subject, $messageadmin, $messagehtmladmin);
    
    //directly email rather than using the messaging system to ensure its not routed to a popup or jabber
    return email_to_user($user, $supportuser, $subject, $message, $messagehtml);

}