i wish to send form data throw mailto() in php,
but i got an warning msg that "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:\xampp\htdocs\
please sugest me that what i have to do for send data to a mail id properly
Instead of using the raw mail() function, with which you'll have to do everything yourself, it would probably be better to learn how to use a component such as swift mailer.
It might take a bit of time to go through the documentation, but it provides a lot a useful features that you'll be able to re-use accross different projects (like HTML, attached documents, mailling via a remote SMTP server, ...)
Note : there are several great mail components available -- swift is one of them, which is sued in Frameworks such as Symfony, and, as such, should be well-supported.
As it seems that you are on windows the most easy way is to seman mail trough a smtp server.
For that you can use the mail class from Pear -> http://pear.php.net/package/Mail
PHP needs a mail server to deliver messages. In your php.ini file you'll find this directive:
[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = smtp.example.com
smtp_port = 25
; For Win32 only.
sendmail_from = webmaster#example.com
Edit the file and fill the values with your e-mail provider information.
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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.
My environment is as follows:
-Windows IIS7 + Windows DNS Server (all DNS records and IIS7 settings are fully accessible by me).
-hMailServer with SMTP listening on 25.
I guess that's about it, my actual intentions are as follows:
I want to use WordPress for one of my domains which is pointed to the server, but currently it is unable to send emails (for example password reminders).
My knowledge is not exactly amazing for stuff like this, so be gentle to explain. :>
You have to configure your SMTP settings in the php.ini file (located in the php-directory). If you don't use smtpauth/ssl this will do the trick.
[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = 192.168.1.10
; For Win32 only.
sendmail_from = john#example.com
However, the standard php mail function neither supports smtpauth nor ssl. Have a look at the specs.
As you are running windows, you can use fake sendmail. This supports auth and ssl.
Read this guide, and it should work.
Is there a way that I can configure the WAMP server for PHP to enable the mail() function?
Configuring a working email client from localhost is quite a chore, I have spent hours of frustration attempting it. I'm sure someone more experienced may be able to help, or they may perhaps agree with me.
If you just want to test, here is a great tool for testing mail locally, that requires almost no configuration:
http://www.toolheap.com/test-mail-server-tool/
Install Fake Sendmail (download sendmail.zip).
Then configure C:\wamp\sendmail\sendmail.ini:
smtp_server=smtp.gmail.com
smtp_port=465
auth_username=user#gmail.com
auth_password=your_password
The above will work against a Gmail account.
And then configure php.ini:
sendmail_path = "C:\wamp\sendmail\sendmail.exe -t"
Now, restart Apache, and that is basically all you need to do.
Using an open source program call Send Mail, you can send via wamp rather easily actually. I'm still setting it up, but here's a great tutorial by jo jordan. Takes less than 2 mins to setup.
Just tried it and it worked like a charm! Once I uncommented the error log and found out that it was stalling on the pop3 authentication, I just removed that and it sent nicely. Best of luck!
You need a SMTP server to send your mail. If you have one available which does not require SMTP authentification (maybe your ISP's?) just edit the 'SMTP' ([mail function]) setting in your php.ini file.
If this is no option because your SMTP server requires authentification you won't be able to use the internal mail() function and have to use some 3rd party class which supports smtp auth. e.g. http://pear.php.net/package/Mail/
I tried Test Mail Server Tool and while it worked great, you still need to open the email on some client.
I found Papercut:
https://github.com/ChangemakerStudios/Papercut-SMTP
(updated URL for 2021)
For configuration it's easy as Test Mail Server Tool (pratically zero-conf), and it also serves as an email client, with views for the Message (great for HTML emails), Headers, Body (to inspect the HTML) and Raw (full unparsed email).
It also has a Sections view, to split up the different media types found in the email.
It has a super clean and friendly UI, a good log viewer and gives you notifications when you receive an email.
I find it perfect, so I just wanted to give my 2c and maybe help someone.
Sendmail wasn't working for me so I used msmtp 1.6.2 w32 and most just followed the instructions at DeveloperSide. Here is a quick rundown of the setup for posterity:
Enabled IMAP access under your Gmail account (the one msmtp is sending emails from)
Enable access for less secure apps. Log into your google account and go here
Edit php.ini, find and change each setting below to reflect the following:
; These are commented out by prefixing a semicolon
;SMTP = localhost
;smtp_port = 25
; Set these paths to where you put your msmtp files.
; I used backslashes in php.ini and it works fine.
; The example in the devside guide uses forwardslashes.
sendmail_path = "C:\wamp64\msmtp\msmtp.exe -d -C C:\wamp64\msmtp\msmtprc.ini -t --read-envelope-from"
mail.log = "C:\wamp64\msmtp\maillog.txt"
Create and edit the file msmtprc.ini in the same directory as your msmtp.exe file as follows, replacing it with your own email and password:
# Default values for all accounts
defaults
tls_certcheck off
# I used forward slashes here and it works.
logfile C:/wamp64/msmtp/msmtplog.txt
account Gmail
host smtp.gmail.com
port 587
auth on
tls on
from ReplaceWithYourEmail#gmail.com
user ReplaceWithYourEmail#gmail.com
password ReplaceWithYourPassword
account default : gmail
I used Mercury/32 and Pegasus Mail to get the mail() functional. It works great too as a mail server if you want an email address ending with your domain name.
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