mail() function in PHP return bool false

Question

I'm trying to send email using mail() function in php.

I'm on Localhost.

Here is my code :

$result = mail('recipient@gmail.com', 'Hello world', 'Some Message');
var_dump($result);  

It gives me this :

bool(false)

I'm facing this from last 2 days, please help !

My configuration of xampp is according to this link .

Answer 1

The reason is always the sendmail_from and sendmail_path are not correct with respect to your system in the php.ini settings even if the mail goes successfully but it will return false if the path is not correct. Please check those.