I am trying to send email through a Gmail account using xammp (im using v3.2.2). I am also using windows 8 and ive read on some adjustments that need to be made like;
- Running Xammp as an administrator
- changing compatibility of sendmail.exe and also lettin it run as an administrator
i have implemented these changes but i think something is still missing coz the mail() still doesnt work here is what my file looks like
[PHP.ini]
; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/smtp
;SMTP=smtp.gmail.com
; http://php.net/smtp-port
smtp_port=587
; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/sendmail-from
;sendmail_from = ethicssystem@gmail.com
; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default: "sendmail -t -i").
; http://php.net/sendmail-path
sendmail_path = "\"C:\xampp\sendmail\sendmail.exe\" -t"
; Force the addition of the specified parameters to be passed as extra parameters
; to the sendmail binary. These parameters will always replace the value of
; the 5th parameter to mail().
;mail.force_extra_parameters =
; Add X-PHP-Originating-Script: that will include uid of the script followed by the filename
mail.add_x_header=off
; The path to a log file that will log all mail() calls. Log entries include
; the full path of the script, line number, To address and headers.
;mail.log =
; Log mail to syslog (Event Log on Windows).
;mail.log = syslog
[Sendmail Configurations]
; you must change mail.mydomain.com to your smtp server,
; or to IIS's "pickup" directory. (generally C:\Inetpub\mailroot\Pickup)
; emails delivered via IIS's pickup directory cause sendmail to
; run quicker, but you won't get error messages back to the calling
; application.
;smtp_server=mail.mydomain.com
smtp_server=smtp.gmail.com
; smtp port (normally 25)
smtp_port=587
; SMTPS (SSL) support
; auto = use SSL for port 465, otherwise try to use TLS
; ssl = alway use SSL
; tls = always use TLS
; none = never try to use SSL
smtp_ssl=auto
; the default domain for this server will be read from the registry
; this will be appended to email addresses when one isn't provided
; if you want to override the value in the registry, uncomment and modify
;default_domain=mydomain.com
; log smtp errors to error.log (defaults to same directory as sendmail.exe)
; uncomment to enable logging
error_logfile=error.log
; create debug log as debug.log (defaults to same directory as sendmail.exe)
; uncomment to enable debugging
;debug_logfile=debug.log
; if your smtp server requires authentication, modify the following two lines
auth_username=something@gmail.com
auth_password=mypassword
; if your smtp server uses pop3 before smtp authentication, modify the
; following three lines. do not enable unless it is required.
;pop3_server=
;pop3_username=
;pop3_password=
; force the sender to always be the following email address
; this will only affect the "MAIL FROM" command, it won't modify
; the "From: " header of the message content
force_sender=something@gmail.com
; force the sender to always be the following email address
; this will only affect the "RCTP TO" command, it won't modify
; the "To: " header of the message content
force_recipient=
; sendmail will use your hostname and your default_domain in the ehlo/helo
; smtp greeting. you can manually set the ehlo/helo name if required
hostname=
