I'm getting the following error when using the mail() function in php ...
Warning: mail(): Failed to connect to mailserver at "mail.YourDomain.com" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in
can somebody advise on how I go about this?
The PHP mail() function does not actually do the transmission of an email. It just passes you email to a mail server for transmission.
Windows does not have a mail server by default, so there is nothing to pass your email to for it to actually be sent.
Either you have to install a windows based mail server, like hMailer WARNING: It is not a trivial process to set a mail server up or use a library like phpMailer which can be found here
You are probably using localhost; need to use real server.
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Okay, so I'm new to php, and so I searched this site to find out how to send an e-mail to myself after a user fills out a contact form. I found this answer.
Send email with PHP from html form on submit with the same script
I'm using the code from the selected answer. I tried the top answer, by combining both sections into a single php page, and the second, using an html and php page, but I get the following errors:
Warning: mail() [function.mail]: Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in (MY WEBSITE) on line 14
Warning: mail() [function.mail]: Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set()
in (MY WEBSITE) on line 15
"MY WEBSITE" was put there by me.
Lines 14 and 15 are these:
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
mail($from,$subject2,$message2,$headers2);
Why am I getting this issue? I'm doing exactly what the poster said to do.
You are running PHP on Windows. On Unix-like systems, PHP is able to use the built-in sendmail command to send emails, and so needs no further configuration. On Windows, however, that command doesn't exist, so PHP sends email via an external SMTP server.
In order to send emails, as the error messages explain, you will need to configure your php.ini file or use ini_set() to set the SMTP and smtp_port ini settings. You'll want to specify a SMTP server and smtp_port (usually 25) that you can send email from. If you are running php from your home computer, this would probably be whatever mail server your ISP gave you. If you are are on a third-party hosting provider, you would have to get email server information from them (and they may not actually allow sending email, or may put tight controls on how much you can send, to prevent spam).
The location of the ini file is set by both configuration and convention. PHP's configuration file documentation. On Windows, a long list of registry keys is checked, before eventually falling back to C:\windows or C:\winnt, so that is where you should look for your ini file. (Running php --ini will also show where it's actually trying to read the ini file from.)
There is a sample configuration file shown in the configuration file documentation. If you don't already have a php.ini that was installed when you installed PHP, you can use that format to guide you in creating a new file.
I would bet you are on a Linux server or the host server has the mail function built in turned off. You are not with out options though.
First consider your server. If your server is a shared server and you are likely to have your mail sent to spam if it is delivered at all. Most websites will out source their message systems to keep the load off the server and to ensure delivery.
If you are not in the market for outsourcing your mail services you will need to use a library that will do most of the heavy lifting for you. I would recommend phpMailer it even has an autoset up build in with great examples on how to configure your server.
Next before you install php mailer read your host servers fine print most of them have strict rules about mail (meaning you have to keep a confirmation they wanted the email) if they let you send mail at all. They do this to keep their servers off of spam list.
Good Luck
I have an error while sending e-mail through a php script. Although I changed all the required settings in php.ini like
SMTP "localhost" PHP_INI_ALL
smtp_port "25" PHP_INI_ALL
sendmail_from NULL PHP_INI_ALL
sendmail_path NULL PHP_INI_SYSTEM
I am using wamp. The received error is this:
[function.mail]: Failed to connect to mailserver at "PHP_INI_ALL" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in C:\wamp\www\mail.php on line 10
Why does this error occur ?
WAMP runs on Windows, and windows does not have a Mail Server installed by default.
I would suggest hMailer as I use it myself, but it is not exactly childs play to setup.
Alternatively you could use phpMailer which is a php based utility that will help you send mail using for example a yahoo/gmail etc account.
Wampp doesn't come with a default mail server. You have to install one yourself.
If you only need a mailserver for development purposes you can download the 'smtp4dev' from here: http://smtp4dev.codeplex.com/
From an answer on SO (https://stackoverflow.com/a/7011373/1379394)
t's a beautiful little piece of software that sits in your task bar
and lets you see all email that is being sent to it. It doesn't
actually send email anywhere, so you can work with live data without
fear of spamming someone.
Then, when you want your application to actually send email (when you
run it on the server), you will need an SMTP server address instead of
"localhost". If you don't know which SMTP to use, speak to your
network administrator or ISP.
Hope that will help you.
I'm trying to send an email from my PHP script but it doesn't work. This is the error I get:
Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and
"smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set()
So I've tried to change the port and smtp port by using iniset() function, may i don't know is it possible or not.
If you are on linux you must have a mailserver installed i.e. postfix to do so, issue this command apt-get install postfix and after this the server is started and you can use the php mail() function to send emails!
You'll need to setup a mail server on your localhost. Or, you could connect to an external mail server. Hell, even Gmail allows you to connect via SMTP (cool for testing email scripts etc).
So I've tried to change the port and smtp port by using iniset() function, may i don't know is it possible or not.
It is. See the manual for mail configuration. Both those entries are marked as PHP_INI_ALL
You can prove this by using iniset and then trying your mail call again. The error message will either go away or change (e.g. to complain that it can't connect to whatever server you've said to use instead of localhost:25).
I would like to send this email.
I have seen configuration but not sure what to do or make any heads or tails out of them. The mail would be sent from my PC right now.
Error I get is - Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in C:\wamp\www\send.php on line 165.
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-php-send-email-via-smtp-authentication.html
http://forums.devshed.com/mail-server-help-111/how-to-set-up-php-ini-to-send-mail-from-106329.html
Looked on these two sites from google search but don't acutally understand it. Can some help me please.
You're trying to send mail from your localhost (Your PC) It's not setup to send mail. Move the script to a production server and it will work
You don't have a mail server installed. You have a few options:
Install a mail server such as Postfix or sendmail
Connect to an existing SMTP server, for example through Gmail. (See: Send email using the GMail SMTP server from a PHP page)
I have a default installation of WAMP Server 2.0.
I'm trying to send email using this simple script:
<?php
if (mail('my_email#gmail.com', 'My Title', 'Some Text')) {
echo "OK";
} else {
echo "Why ??";
}
?>
Unfortunately, I get the following warning:
Warning: mail() [function.mail]: Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in C:\My_Path\send_email.php on line 3
Why ??
What could be the reason for that ?
I expected sending email to be a very simple task ... :(
To be able to send email you need an outgoing email server (MTA). In most Linux systems there exists one by default, and PHP will use it by submitting mail to sendmail, a Linux app/alias for submitting mail to whichever MTA you have installed.
Windows doesn't include an MTA by default. In Windows, to be able to send mail from PHP you need to have access to some outgoing email server and tell PHP the address and port of it. This is done in php.ini using the SMTP and smtp_port settings. It will default to localhost on port 25. Unless you have set up a mail server on that machine yourself, this will fail.
If your ISP gives you an outgoing mail server, for example, you could use its address and port number. Or, if you're serious about sending mail, you'd set up your own mail server on the local machine or somewhere in your local network.
Short answer: no SMTP server is configured for the local computer (localhost). Windows does not ship with a built-in SMTP server ready to go out of the box. You can relay mail through a different host (using the SMTP php.ini directive) - but it's rare where you'll find an open relay for you test environment mail messages.
Instead of using mail(), you can use a script like PHPMailer which can connect directly to your outgoing email server with proper authentication. Here's a quick snippet for Gmail (though it's not complete) and a full example.
You can use "Fake Sendmail": http://glob.com.au/sendmail/
So you don't need a smtp server on your test machine, you only have to set the path to the program in your php.ini
Ciao!
Stefan