Sending mail from localhost

PHP
1

i am trying to find a way to configure my localhost to send test email on my gmail account. is that possible or do i have to some special settings?

2

This might be of some interest to you

Sending email from localhost using PHP in XAMPP,WAMP,PHPDEV in Windows

3

This might be of some interest to you

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

4

Does the hosting (web hosting) give u access to php.ini?

5

You need to use a third party library to connect to Google’s SMTP servers, read the documentation for SwiftMailer; it’s almost the de facto these days.

6

when i upload my file which got mail() function on server. or should i edit those server’s php.ini file setting coz now its says localhost and port 25. what setting do i need to changed in php.ini for email to be sent from one of my domain’s email

7

You don’t need to alter the php.ini if you’re sending mail via Google/GMail.

8

Ah! finally it worked! i made it work. i am getting email.yay! using the mail() function. however now i need to how to pass in the filled in arguments in the message when posted


<?php
 if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
     if(isset($_POST['checko'])){
         $opt = implode("&nbsp;,",$_POST['checko']);
     }else{
        echo ""; 
     }
     //echo $opt;

 }
 $to = "...@gmail.com";
 $subject = "Test Mail";
 $message = "This is test email";
 $from = "...@adc.com";
 $headers = "From : {$from}";
 
 mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
?>

i am thinking, maybe i do

$message = $opt

will that be right? how do i send multiple entries in message. like i got


$_POST['fname']

and many more

9

also i see that when i get my email, the   in my implode is not showing up in email. i even try br coz that what i need but still even the <br> shows up