How to configure PHP to send e-mail

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I need to send mail to the users of my website using php script  I have tried using mail function in php  My code is as follows      to    myweb gmail com      subject    Test mail      message    My message      from    webp gmail com      headers    From      from    mail  to  subject  message  headers     When I try running the program this is what I get    Warning  mail    Failed to connect to mailserver at  localhost  port 25  verify your  SMTP  and  smtp port  setting in php ini or use ini set      Please tell me what address to include in the  from variable  Do I need a smtp server for  this  How do I send mails using a localhost  Please tell me what exactly to edit in the php ini file  I am new to all this   Please help me

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You won t be able to send a message through other people mail servers  Check with your host provider how to send emails  Try to send an email from your server without PHP  you can use any email client like Outook  Just after it works  try to configure PHP ini with your email client SMTP  sending e-mail  configuration

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You need to have a smtp service setup in your local machine in order to send emails  There are many available freely just search on google    If you own a server or VPS upload the script and it will work fine

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Here s the link that gives me the answer and we use gmail   Install the  fake sendmail for windows   If you are not using XAMPP you can download it here  http   glob com au sendmail sendmail zip  Modify the php ini file to use it  commented out the other lines    mail function  For Win32 only   SMTP   smtp gmail com smtp port   25 For Win32 only  sendmail from    lt e-mail username gt  gmail com   For Unix only   You may supply arguments as well  default  sendmail -t -i    sendmail path    C  xampp sendmail sendmail exe -t     ignore the  Unix only  bit  since we actually are using sendmail   You then have to configure the  sendmail ini  file in the directory where sendmail was installed   sendmail  smtp server smtp gmail com smtp port 25 error logfile error log debug logfile debug log auth username  lt username gt  auth password  lt password gt  force sender  lt e-mail username gt  gmail com

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configure your php ini like this   SMTP   smtp gmail com   mail function    XAMPP  Comment out this if you want to work with an SMTP Server like Mercury    SMTP   smtp gmail com    smtp port   465    For Win32 only    http   php net sendmail-from  sendmail from   postmaster localhost

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Use PHPMailer instead  https   github com PHPMailer PHPMailer  How to use it   require    PHPMailer class phpmailer php     mail new PHPMailer     mail- gt CharSet    UTF-8     body    This is the message     mail- gt IsSMTP     mail- gt Host          smtp gmail com     mail- gt SMTPSecure    tls    mail- gt Port         587   mail- gt SMTPDebug    1   mail- gt SMTPAuth     true    mail- gt Username      me sender gmail com    mail- gt Password      123        mail- gt SetFrom  me sender gmail com    name    mail- gt AddReplyTo  no-reply mycomp com   no-reply     mail- gt Subject       subject    mail- gt MsgHTML  body     mail- gt AddAddress  abc1 gmail com    title1     mail- gt AddAddress  abc2 gmail com    title2                mail- gt AddAttachment  fileName    mail- gt send

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To fix this  you must review your PHP INI  and the mail services setup you have in your server   But my best advice for you is to forget about the mail   function  It depends on PHP INI settings  it s configuration is different depending on the platform  Linux or Windows   and it can t handle SMTP authentication  which is a big trouble in current days  Too much headache   Use  PHP Mailer  instead  https   github com PHPMailer PHPMailer   it s a PHP class available for free  and it can handle almost any SMTP server  internal or external  with or without authentication  it works exactly the same way on Linux and Windows  and it won t depend on PHP INI settings  It comes with many examples  it s very powerful and easy to use

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This will not work on a local host  but uploaded on a server  this code should do the trick  Just make sure to enter your own email address for the  to line    lt  php if  isset   POST  name     amp  amp  isset   POST  email            name     POST  name         email     POST  email         to    your email address com        subject    New Message on YourWebsite com        body     lt html gt                   lt body gt                       lt h2 gt Title lt  h2 gt                       lt br gt                       lt p gt Name  lt br gt    name   lt  p gt                       lt p gt Email  lt br gt    email   lt  p gt                    lt  body gt               lt  html gt       headers  headers    From     name    lt    email   gt  r n    headers    Reply-To     email   r n    headers    MIME-Version  1 0 r n    headers    Content-type  text html  charset utf-8      send  send   mail  to   subject   body   headers   if   send        echo   lt br gt        echo  Success  Thanks for Your Message      else       echo  Error          gt    lt html gt       lt head gt           lt meta charset  utf-8  gt       lt  head gt       lt body gt           lt form action    method  post  gt               lt input type  text  name  name  placeholder  Your Name  gt  lt br gt               lt input type  text  name  email  placeholder  Your Email  gt  lt br gt               lt button type  submit  gt Subscribe lt  button gt           lt  form gt       lt  body gt   lt  html gt

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Usually a good place to start when you run into problems is the manual  The page on configuring email explains that there s a big difference between the PHP mail command running on MSWindows and on every other operating system  it s a good idea when posting a question to provide relevant information on how that part of your system is configured and what operating system it is running on   Your PHP is configured to talk to an SMTP server - the default for an MSWindows machine  but either you have no MTA installed or it s blocking connections  While for a commercial website running your own MTA robably comes quite high on the list of things to do  it is not a trivial exercise - you really need to know what you re doing to get one configured and running securely  It would make a lot more sense in your case to use a service configured and managed by someone else   Since you ll be connecting to a remote MTA using a gmail address  then you should probably use Gmail s server  you will need SMTP authenticaton and probably SSL support - neither of which are supported by the mail   function in PHP  There s a simple example here using swiftmailer with gmail or here s an example using phpmailer

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