how do i configure smtp setting with mail function? - php

Question

how do i configure smtp setting with mail function smtp is required because of web hosting doesn't allow to sending email without smtp setting due to security reason.
warning error: mail() has been disabled for security reasons
now how can i configure smtp setting with this mail function ()?
<?php
if(isset($_REQUEST['confirm'])){
$your_email = 'non-reply#test.com'; //CHANGE TO YOUR SETTINGS
$domain = $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"]; //YOUR DOMAIN AND EXTENSION
$to = $email;
$subject = 'Demo Your Order';
$message = 'test1234';
$headers .= 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
$headers .= "From: Demo.Pk<'.$your_email.'#'.$domain.'>\r\n" .
//"Reply-To: $from \r\n" .
"X-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion();
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
}
?>

Answer 1

It seems that mail is disable or does not have proper setting in your PHP.ini. I think, you can still send email using SMTP set to some other SMTP server like gmail. Please check below code, it might help you in solving this issue. Below code is using Mail.php frm PEAR
<?php
require_once "Mail.php";
$from = "<me#gmail.com>";
$to = "<you#gmail.com>";
$subject = "Hi!";
$body = "Hi,\n\nHope this helps?";
$host = "ssl://smtp.gmail.com";
$port = "465";
$username = "me#gmail.com"; //<> give errors
$password = "mypassword";
$headers = array ('From' => $from,
'To' => $to,
'Subject' => $subject);
$smtp = Mail::factory('smtp',
array ('host' => $host,
'port' => $port,
'auth' => true,
'username' => $username,
'password' => $password));
$mail = $smtp->send($to, $headers, $body);
if (PEAR::isError($mail)) {
echo("<p>" . $mail->getMessage() . "</p>");
} else {
echo("<p>Message successfully sent!</p>");
}
?>
You can also use some other Mail libraries like PHPMailer