public function actionCreate()
   {
    $model=new EmpLeave;
            $model->dateof_leave = date("Y-m-d H:i");
    if(isset($_POST['EmpLeave']))
    {
        $model->attributes=$_POST['EmpLeave'];
        if($model->save())
                        $recipients = "sridhar.venkatesan53@gmail.com";
                        $headers["From"] = "noreply@elixir.in";
                        $headers["To"] = "sridhar.venkatesan53@gmail.com";
                        $headers["Subject"] = "User feedback";
                        $mailmsg = (array('id'=>$model->leave_id));
                        /* SMTP server name, port, user/passwd */
                        $smtpinfo["host"] = "smtp.mandrillapp.com";
                        $smtpinfo["port"] = "587";
                        $smtpinfo["auth"] = true;
                        $smtpinfo["username"] = "noreply@elixir.in";
                        $smtpinfo["password"] = "oNkeBOEA5MfaN_24loUs1w";
                        /* Create the mail object using the Mail::factory method */
                        $mail_object =& Mail::factory("smtp", $smtpinfo);
                        /* Ok send mail */
                        $mail_object->send($recipients, $headers, $mailmsg);
            $this->redirect(array('view','id'=>$model->leave_id));
    }
    $this->render('create',array(
        'model'=>$model,
    ));
}

<?php $this->widget('zii.widgets.CDetailView', array(
'data'=>$model,
'attributes'=>array(
    'leave_id',
    'leave_type',
    'leave_reason',
    'numof_days',
    'type',
            'dateof_leave',
   ),
 )); ?>

if($model->save()){
    .....
}

$mailmsg=(array('id'=>$model->leave_id))  /*just try this for your own testing after you get idea about this*/
echo "<pre>";
print_r($mailmsg);
exit();

$mailmsg="<div><ul>";
    foreach($_POST as $key=>$value)
{
     $mailmsg.="<li>".$key." - ".$value."</li>";     // String Generated
}
$mailmsg.="</ul></div>";

public function actionCreate()
   {
    $model=new EmpLeave;
            $model->dateof_leave = date("Y-m-d H:i");
    if(isset($_POST['EmpLeave']))
    {
        $model->attributes=$_POST['EmpLeave'];
        if($model->save())
{
                        require_once(Yii::app()->basePath.'/extensions/PearMail/Mail-1.2.0/Mail.php');


                        $recipients = "sridhar.venkatesan53@gmail.com";
                        $headers["From"] = "noreply@elixir.in";
                        $headers["To"] = "sridhar.venkatesan53@gmail.com";
                        $headers["Subject"] = "User feedback";
                        $mailmsg="<div><ul>";
                        foreach($_POST as $key=>$value)
                        {
                             $mailmsg.="<li>".$key." - ".$value."</li>";
                        }
                        $mailmsg.="</ul></div>";
                        /* SMTP server name, port, user/passwd */
                        $smtpinfo["host"] = "smtp.mandrillapp.com";
                        $smtpinfo["port"] = "587";
                        $smtpinfo["auth"] = true;
                        $smtpinfo["username"] = "noreply@elixir.in";
                        $smtpinfo["password"] = "oNkeBOEA5MfaN_24loUs1w";
                        /* Create the mail object using the Mail::factory method */
                        $mail_object =& Mail::factory("smtp", $smtpinfo);
                        /* Ok send mail */
                        $mail_object->send($recipients, $headers, $mailmsg);
            $this->redirect(array('view','id'=>$model->leave_id));
    }
    $this->render('create',array(
        'model'=>$model,
    ));
}

Yii::import('application.extensions.phpmailer.JPhpMailer');
$mail = new JPhpMailer;
$mail->IsSMTP();
$mail->Host = 'smpt.163.com';     // your host and smtp address
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->Username = 'yourname@163.com';      //login username
$mail->Password = 'yourpassword';          //login password
$mail->SetFrom('yourname@163.com', 'yourname');   //from
$mail->Subject = 'PHPMailer Test Subject via smtp, basic with authentication';
$mail->AltBody = 'To view the message, please use an HTML compatible email viewer!';
$mail->MsgHTML('<h1>JUST A TEST!</h1>');
$mail->AddAddress('john.doe@otherdomain.com', 'John Doe');
$status=$mail->Send();
print_r($status);