Transfer from contract address

Question

I created a contract with a payable function but the ether is stored in the contract I am looking for a way to transfer the ether to another address

Answer 1

If the ether is already in the contract and you do not have the functionality to transfer ether already implemented in it, the ether will be forever in the contract.

A simple contract that receives ether and allows for transferring is shown below. Only the person that deploys the contract will be able to transfer the ether.

pragma solidity ^0.4.24; 

contract myContract{

    address public owner;

    constructor() public {
        owner = msg.sender;
    }

    function transfer(address to, uint256 amount) public {
        require(msg.sender==owner);
        to.transfer(amount);
    }

    function () public payable {}
}

Hope this helps

Answer 2

You can call the receiver.transfer(amount) to send the ether in the receivers account

Answer 3

This is how I solve it:

function sendMoney(address to, uint value) public {
   address payable receiver = payable(to);
   receiver.transfer(value);
}

Answer 4

You must have a function in the contract that send ether out of the contract as well. This function does not have to be payable, but would look something like:

myAddress.transfer(address(this).balance);