How to make localhost to send email?

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I am unable to send mails through localhost Xampp even after making changes in php.ini and sedmail.php files as per THIS. I have adoubt in sendmail.php file what email & PassWord to give here;

auth_username=   
auth_password=

Please somebody get me through this.

@AddWeb Solution Pvt Ltd, I get an error message as "You have disabled email sending" — Anjels, Dec 10 '15 at 05:43
@ roullie, I gave my gmail ID & PW, But still no luck favored ! — Anjels, Dec 10 '15 at 05:44

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

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Let we resolve this issue by follow some steps.

1. Make sure error reporting is enabled and set to report all errors(use code in .php file)

error_reporting(-1);
ini_set('display_errors', 'On');
set_error_handler("var_dump");

2. Check your server's mail logs

Your localhost should be logging all attempts to send emails through it. The location of these logs will user's root directory under logs. Inside will be error messages the server reported, if any, related to your attempts to send emails.

3. Make sure you have a mail server set up on localhost

If you are developing on your local workstation using XAMPP, an email server is probably not installed on your workstation. Without one, PHP cannot send mail by default.

You can overcome this by installing a basic mail server. For Windows you can use the free Mercury Mail.

You can also use SMTP to send your emails. See this answer to re-check how to do this.

4. Check to see if mail() returns true or false with message

Please use below code and let me know what happen. This code will display actual error message and we can resolve this issue.

Replace

mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

With

$mailReturn = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
print('<pre>');
print_r($mailReturn);
print('</pre>');
exit();

If above 3 steps done perfect but no success then follow step 4. Let me know what this code print.

5. SMTP settings(in php.ini) for send mail from localhost

If you are using Gmail then you got lucky. Gmail lets us use their SMTP provided that you will have to authenticate it using your own username and password. To use Gmail SMTP the values will be like below:

//Set the hostname of the mail server
$mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com";

//enable this if you are using gmail smtp, for mandrill app it is not required
//$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';

//Set the SMTP port number - likely to be 25, 465 or 587
$mail->Port = 25;
//Whether to use SMTP authentication
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
//Username to use for SMTP authentication
$mail->Username = "YOUR.ID@GMAIL.COM";
//Password to use for SMTP authentication
$mail->Password = "YOUR_PASSWORD";

Or, if you don't want to use your Gmail account then I would suggest to create one account on Mandrill and get your SMTP host, username and password from there. I have tested both gmail and mandrill and they are working pretty good.

//Set the hostname of the mail server
$mail->Host = "smtp.mandrillapp.com";
//Set the SMTP port number - likely to be 25, 465 or 587
$mail->Port = 25;
//Whether to use SMTP authentication
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
//Username to use for SMTP authentication
$mail->Username = "YOUR_REGISTER_EMAIL@MANDRILL.COM";
//Password to use for SMTP authentication
$mail->Password = "YOUR_PASSWORD";

Make sure all variables value are checked and change if require.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

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answered Dec 10 '15 at 06:05

AddWeb Solution Pvt Ltd

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when I add step 1 & step 2 snippets to php.ini file, it is throwing error as syntax error. – Anjels Dec 10 '15 at 06:57
What is the full error message? – AddWeb Solution Pvt Ltd Dec 10 '15 at 07:17
syntax error, unexpecte '('in C:\xampp\php\php.ini on line 1832 – Anjels Dec 10 '15 at 07:20
and what is the code at 1832 line? – AddWeb Solution Pvt Ltd Dec 10 '15 at 07:22
Sorry, use step 1 code into .php file not in .ini file. you can use that code before mail() function calling. – AddWeb Solution Pvt Ltd Dec 10 '15 at 07:31
Which .php file please – Anjels Dec 10 '15 at 07:42
sedmail.php, use code before mail() calling. The best approach is use at first line. – AddWeb Solution Pvt Ltd Dec 10 '15 at 07:46
Im getting this error 'The e-mail could not be sent. Possible reason: your host may have disabled the mail() function.' – Anjels Dec 10 '15 at 08:02
You are using gmail account? – AddWeb Solution Pvt Ltd Dec 10 '15 at 08:12
Please check 5 point, I updated my answer. – AddWeb Solution Pvt Ltd Dec 10 '15 at 08:17
I already did these settings prior to your answer, don't know were is the fault – Anjels Dec 10 '15 at 08:53
Final way is you need to use phpmailer mail helper for mail send functionality. – AddWeb Solution Pvt Ltd Dec 10 '15 at 09:34
OK Thanks, let me check with this, hope this turns out into flying color – Anjels Dec 10 '15 at 09:39
You can find this library with example here: https://github.com/Synchro/PHPMailer – AddWeb Solution Pvt Ltd Dec 10 '15 at 10:07
Your issue is resolved? – AddWeb Solution Pvt Ltd Dec 10 '15 at 13:00

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 10 '15 at 06:17

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You can use SMTP mail sending library and try that function to send the mail from localhost

answered Dec 10 '15 at 06:17

H.Dave

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