How can i send an email using php including mail.php file

Question

I want to send an email in php from my localhost which includes mail.php file.

Here is my code for test.php file:

<?php 
include_once("Mail.php"); 

$From = "Sender's name <testing123xyz@gmail.com>"; 
$To = "Recipient's name <test2@gmail.com>"; 
$Subject = "Send Email using SMTP authentication"; 
$Message = "This example demonstrates how you can send email with PHP using SMTP authentication"; 

$Host = "mail.gmail.com"; 
$Username = "testing123xyz"; 
$Password = "testing"; 

// Do not change bellow 

$Headers = array ('From' => $From, 'To' => $To, 'Subject' => $Subject); 
$SMTP = Mail::factory('smtp', array ('host' => $Host, 'auth' => true, 
'username' => $Username, 'password' => $Password)); 

$mail = $SMTP->send($To, $Headers, $Message); 

if (PEAR::isError($mail)){ 
echo($mail->getMessage()); 
} else { 
echo("Email Message sent!"); 
} 
?>

When i hit the url of test.php file, server is throwing following error :

Failed to connect to smtp.gmail.com:25 [SMTP: Failed to connect socket: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (code: -1, response: )]

Please help me out. Thanks.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 05 '14 at 14:03

Download and use phpmailer from github:https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer Also, check this tutorial, it will help you: http://phpmailer.worxware.com/?pg=tutorial

This is the php code to send emails:

 <?php

        function email($recipient_email_id,$senders_name){

        include("phpmailer/class.phpmailer.php");

            $mail = new PHPMailer();
            $mail->IsSMTP(); // send via SMTP
            $mail = new PHPMailer();
            $mail->IsSMTP(); // send via SMTP
        //IsSMTP(); // send via SMTP
            $mail->SMTPAuth = true; // turn on SMTP authentication
            $mail->Username = "sender@gmail.com"; // SMTP username
            $mail->Password = "xxx"; // SMTP password
            $webmaster_email = "reply@gmail.com"; //Reply to this email ID
            $email = "$recipient_email_id"; // Recipients email ID
            $name = "$senders_name"; // sender's's name
            $mail->From = $webmaster_email;
            $mail->FromName = $name;
         $mail->AddAddress($email, $name);
            $mail->AddReplyTo($webmaster_email, "Name");
            $mail->WordWrap = 50; // set word wrap
        $mail->IsHTML(true); // send as HTML
            $mail->Subject = "This is the subject";
            $mail->Body = "Hi,
        This is the HTML BODY "; //HTML Body
            $mail->AltBody = "This is the body when user views in plain text format"; //Text Body
            if (!$mail->Send()) {
                echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
            } else {
                echo "Message has been sent";
            }
        }
        ?>

Getting this error : Message was not sent.Mailer error: SMTP connect() failed. — deepak.mr888, Jun 05 '14 at 14:17
Use this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21372975/message-was-not-sent-mailer-error-smtp-connect-failed — Hardik Dave, Jun 06 '14 at 05:52
Got the message as : Message has been sent., but didn't get the email on respective email id(Not even in spam). :( — deepak.mr888, Jun 06 '14 at 06:30
email($recipient_email_id,$senders_name), did you pass the email and names here?? Also, this is a function, so you migh want to call it, or directly call the content without enclosing in the function — Hardik Dave, Jun 06 '14 at 07:14
check the recipients email id that you put in and if its in proper format — Hardik Dave, Jun 06 '14 at 07:20
tick your "php_openssl" extension to get this working. reply if it works — Hardik Dave, Jul 02 '14 at 09:24

Justinas · Answer 2 · 2014-06-05T14:03:21.917

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My guess is that you are using localhost. Try using Test Mail Server

EDIT as of this link, you are using wrong host. Change it to smtp.gmail.com

edited Jun 05 '14 at 14:03

answered Jun 05 '14 at 13:47

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Still getting same error while installed Test Mail Server tool. :( – deepak.mr888 Jun 05 '14 at 13:58
@user3454311 are you sure you pass correct SMTP login details? – Justinas Jun 05 '14 at 14:01
Yes, i have entered my gmail id and password which i used since so long time. – deepak.mr888 Jun 05 '14 at 14:03

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