how to send smtp mail from localhost
Open the
php.ini
. For XAMPP, it is located inC:\XAMPP\php\php.ini
. Find out if you are using WAMP or LAMP server.
Note: Make a backup ofphp.ini
file.Search [mail function] in the php.ini file.
You can find like below. [mail function] ; For Win32 only. ; http://php.net/smtp SMTP = localhost ; http://php.net/smtp-port smtp_port = 25 ; For Win32 only. ; http://php.net/sendmail-from ;sendmail_from = postmaster@localhost
Change the localhost to the smtp server name of your ISP. No need to change the
smtp_port
. Leave it as 25. Changesendmail_from
frompostmaster@localhost
to your domain email address which will be used as from address.So for me, it will become like this.
[mail function] ; For Win32 only. SMTP = smtp.example.com smtp_port = 25 ; For Win32 only. sendmail_from = [email protected]
Restart the XAMPP or WAMP(apache server) so that changes will start working.
Now try to send the mail using the
mail()
function.mail("[email protected]","Success","Great, Localhost Mail works");
Mail will be sent to [email protected] from the localhost with Subject line "Success" and body "Great, Localhost Mail works".