Email is not being send in PHP

Question

I am trying to send an email using mail function in php. I have read the documentation and followed the examples but in vain. I don't know if I am doing anything wrong.

Can anyone please help me. I also followed other examples from the community without success.

And here also; Send email with PHP from html form on submit with the same script

Here is my code:

$name =array($_POST['name'],$_POST['email'],$_POST['phone'],$_POST['comments']);


    $to = "fasdjgasgd@yahoo.com";
    $subject = "Form submission";
    $message = "$name[0] wrote the following: <br/> $name[3]";

    $header = "FROM:".$name[1];
    mail($to, $subject, $message, $header);

If you're sending this from localhost and have not any mail server, you _can't_ send the email ! Online you should be able to send it, otherwise you need to use some SMTP service from localhost. — , Aug 29 '14 at 06:45
Here is a similar question in stackoverflow that can help you. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19132171/send-email-from-localhost-running-xammp-in-php-using-gmail-mail-server — Nyaro, Aug 29 '14 at 06:47
@Alexander, i personally use Gmail SMTP (smtp.gmail.com on port 465, ssl). But note also that SMTP services have _all restrictions_ any may prove slow. — , Aug 29 '14 at 06:54

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 29 '14 at 06:49

Your server does not have local mailserver.

There are few solutions:

Install local mail server if you have sufficient rights
Change your PHP settings to use other mail server (other open mailserver or auth-based ones like Gmail, Yahoo etc)
Use one of available mail libraries which supports IMAP / POP3 to handle mail sending.
SwiftMailer or Pear Mail are one of most commonly used.

Jenz · Answer 2 · 2014-08-29T06:53:49.260

PHP must be configured correctly in the php.ini file with the details of how your system sends email. Open php.ini file available in /etc/ directory and find the section headed [mail function].

Windows users should ensure that two directives are supplied. The first is called SMTP that defines your email server address. The second is called sendmail_from which defines your own email address.

The configuration for Windows should look something like this:

[mail function]
SMTP = localhost

sendmail_from = email@domain.com

This link will help you.

Email is not being send in PHP

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