Send mail From Localhost using PHP

Question

how to send Mail from localhost using PHP?

sending mail from localhost to remote server

i am using wamp server,OS windows Xp.

can anyone tell me about this issue

thank u in advance

If you tried "all ways" then there's not much we can offer, is there? — TRiG, Dec 15 '11 at 11:43
Sending emails doesn't really require a real smtp server, it's just a request to such a server, so as long as you have internet, and know the standard of mail protocol you should have no worries relating to this. — khael, Dec 15 '11 at 12:02
hooo..ok let me tell.first one is 1.changed smtp setting in PHP.ini file.do u know where is it?it is your wamp/xamp server...second one is changing the incoming mail server in php.ini file.. — ananthi arumugam, Dec 15 '11 at 12:04
hello TRiG...i tried what ways i know..i just want u to tell some thin u know...ok i think now u understood... — ananthi arumugam, Dec 15 '11 at 12:08

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:48

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Windows: You need to configure SMTP on your localhost. More info

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Linux: How to send email from localhost using PHP on Linux

edited May 23 '17 at 11:48

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if it is unix/linux you dont need smtp – Rufinus Dec 15 '11 at 11:45

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 15 '11 at 11:52

Got a gmail account? Yes? cool! As this will be the simplest solution for you. If not, you can use this library to connect to any other SMTP server. Let's use Gmail to send an email from our PHP script, here goes:

Download the SwiftMailer library from here: http://swiftmailer.org/download

# get the library
require_once 'Swift/lib/swift_required.php';

# setup the transport

$transport = Swift_SmtpTransport::newInstance('smtp.gmail.com', 465, 'ssl')
  ->setUsername('yourusername@gmail.com')
  ->setPassword('yourpassword');

$mailer = Swift_Mailer::newInstance($transport);

# create our message

$message = Swift_Message::newInstance('Hello World!')
  ->setFrom(array('from@email.com' => 'Skynet'))
  ->setTo(array('to@email.com' => 'Terminator'))
  ->setBody('What would you like to say in the email?');

# send the message! hooray!

$mailer->send($message);

Send mail From Localhost using PHP

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