How to send email from local wamp server using PHP?

Question

I need to send email messages from my localhost.

I am using wamp server and my site is loaded on my own server, please could you suggest how to send emails using my localhost and PHP?

Answer 1

The mail() function usually doesn't work by default for things like WAMP. You will need to add details of your SMTP server to the php.ini file.

Here is a nice tutorial: http://roshanbh.com.np/2007/12/sending-e-mail-from-localhost-in-php-in-windows-environment.html

Answer 2

Here's the steps to achieve this:

• Download the sendmail.zip through this link

  • Now, extract the folder and put it to C:/wamp/. Make sure that these four files are present: sendmail.exe, libeay32.dll, ssleay32.ddl and sendmail.ini.

  • Open sendmail.ini and set the configuration as follows:

  • smtp_server=smtp.gmail.com

  • smtp_port=465
  • smtp_ssl=ssl
  • default_domain=localhost
  • error_logfile=error.log
  • debug_logfile=debug.log
  • auth_username=[your_gmail_account_username]@gmail.com
  • auth_password=[your_gmail_account_password]
  • pop3_server=
  • pop3_username=
  • pop3_password=
  • force_sender=
  • force_recipient=

  • hostname=localhost

  • Access your email account. Click the Gear Tool > Settings > Forwarding and POP/IMAP > IMAP access. Click "Enable IMAP", then save your changes.

  • Run your WAMP Server. Enable ssl_module under Apache Module.

  • Next, enable php_openssl and php_sockets under PHP.

  • Open php.ini and configure it as the codes below. Basically, you just have to set the sendmail_path.

 [mail function] ; For Win32 only. ; http://php.net/smtp ;SMTP = ; http://php.net/smtp-port ;smtp_port = 25 ; For Win32 only. ; http://php.net/sendmail-from ;sendmail_from = you@domain.com ; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default: "sendmail -t -i"). ; http://php.net/sendmail-path sendmail_path = "C:\\wamp\\sendmail\\sendmail.exe -t -i" 

• Restart Wamp Server

I hope this will work for you..

Answer 3

Open your php.ini and find the [mail function] section

After that you have to change the options that are following and are relevant to your SMTP settings.

Settings to change :

SMTP = ; Enter here the address of your SMTP server
smtp_port = 25

Finaly from with your PHP script you have to use the mail function http://php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

Answer 4

You can use the mail function in PHP. http://php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

As you are hosting it yourself, you have to check your internet provider smtp and update php.ini with it and that should work.

Answer 5

In php.ini, set following parameters:

• SMTP
• smtp_port
• sendmail_from
• sendmail_path