Native php mail function don't seem to work with Gmail

Question

I am trying to use the native PHP function to send a simple test email through gmail SMTP, but it's not working. Going through various forums including Stack Overflow and the only solutions I see are the ones that recommend third-party email libraries/frameworks/api's. Does this mean that PHP's mail() does not work with Gmail, and if so, why?

The following is the code:

<?php
$to ="mail2@yahoo.com";
$sbj ="test mail";
$msg ="testing! testing!! testing!!!";

ini_set("SMTP", "ssl://smtp.gmail.com");
ini_set("smtp_port", 465);
ini_set("sendmail_from", "mail1@gmail.com");

$header ="From: " .ini_get("sendmail_from");

mail($to, $sbj, $msg, $header);

?>

And the error message I got:

Warning: mail(): Failed to connect to mailserver at "ssl://smtp.gmail.com" port 465, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in C:\wamp\www\test\web1\test1.php on line 12

There's an answer without a 3rd party solution at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/712392/send-email-using-gmail-smtp-server-from-php-page — GDP, Jun 24 '12 at 15:59
@GDP, i'd already seen that solution. It does recommend the PEAR mail package, but i'm looking for an answer on the PHP native mail() function, does it work with gmail or not? — okey_on, Jun 24 '12 at 16:11
Take a look at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10453926/phpmailer-and-100k-file-limit-for-attachments/10455296#10455296. — , Jun 24 '12 at 16:11
ah, I may have pasted from the wrong tab, sorry. Found this though: http://www.vishalkumar.in/2009/06/php-mail-using-gmail-smtp-tutorial/ — GDP, Jun 24 '12 at 16:14
@holodoc, i'd also seen that one. PHPMailer is not PHP native. — okey_on, Jun 24 '12 at 16:14
Sorry I could have sworn that I saw PHPMailer mentioned in your post. Either way mailing libraries like PHPMailer are still the recommended way of handling such complex things as SMTP authentication etc. — , Jun 24 '12 at 16:50

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 24 '12 at 16:00

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The best class for you is phpmailer. There are good examples for Gmail (simple and advanced).

answered Jun 24 '12 at 16:00

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 24 '12 at 16:07

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Does this mean that PHP's mail() does not work with Gmail, and if so, why?

Gmail servers require user to authenticate before sending any message, mail() does not provide any authentication method

answered Jun 24 '12 at 16:07

dev-null-dweller

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so it's a definite NO! then? PHP mail() cannot work with gmail? – okey_on Jun 24 '12 at 16:19
Theoretically it should be possible by configuring sendmail to use gmail as relay host, so I'm not saying definite NO. – dev-null-dweller Jun 24 '12 at 16:46

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 24 '12 at 16:09

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I use Pear along with Gmail. Works great.

http://pear.php.net/package/Mail/redirected

answered Jun 24 '12 at 16:09

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