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    The document provides steps to configure XAMPP to send mail from localhost using PHP. It involves making changes to the sendmail.ini and php.ini files located in the XAMPP folder. Specifically, it describes editing smtp and authentication settings in sendmail.ini and uncommenting/commenting certain directives in php.ini related to mail functions and paths. Code examples are also given to send mail using the native PHP mail() function and PHPMailer library.

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    The document provides steps to configure XAMPP to send mail from localhost using PHP. It involves making changes to the sendmail.ini and php.ini files located in the XAMPP folder. Specifically, it describes editing smtp and authentication settings in sendmail.ini and uncommenting/commenting certain directives in php.ini related to mail functions and paths. Code examples are also given to send mail using the native PHP mail() function and PHPMailer library.

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    The document provides steps to configure XAMPP to send mail from localhost using PHP. It involves making changes to the sendmail.ini and php.ini files located in the XAMPP folder. Specifically, it describes editing smtp and authentication settings in sendmail.ini and uncommenting/commenting certain directives in php.ini related to mail functions and paths. Code examples are also given to send mail using the native PHP mail() function and PHPMailer library.

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    The document provides steps to configure XAMPP to send mail from localhost using PHP. It involves making changes to the sendmail.ini and php.ini files located in the XAMPP folder. Specifically, it describes editing smtp and authentication settings in sendmail.ini and uncommenting/commenting certain directives in php.ini related to mail functions and paths. Code examples are also given to send mail using the native PHP mail() function and PHPMailer library.

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    Congiure XAMPP to send mail from localhost using PHP

    To configure XAMPP server to send mail from localhost we have to make changes
    to two files
    1) sendmail.ini and 2) php.ini.

    Open the xampp folder. By the name of “sendmail.ini” is present in sendmail file
    and “php.ini” is present in php file in the xampp folder.

    Step 1:
     Go to C:\xampp\sendmail: open sendmail.ini file in notepad or any
    text editor and make the changes as follows.

    change smtp_server=mail.yourdomain.com to smtp_server=smtp.gmail.com


    change smtp_port to smtp_port=587
    change smtp_ssl=auto to smtp_ssl=tls


    uncomment ;error_logfile=error.log to error_logfile=error.log
    uncomment ;debug_logfile=debug.log to debug_logfile=debug.log
    write your gmail id in auth_username: auth_username=*****@gmail.com
    write your gmail password in auth_password: auth_password=*****
    write your gmail id in force_sender: *****@gmail.com
    change hostname to hostname=localhost

    Step:2
     Go to C:\xampp\php: open php.ini file in notepad or any text editor
    goto [mail function] part and make the changes as follows.

    comment SMTP=localhost by putting semicolon infront=>;SMTP=localhost


    comment smtp_port=25 by putting semicolon infront=>;smtp_port=25
    comment sendmail_from= by putting semicolon infront=>;sendmail_from=

    specify path of file in sendmail_path to


    sendmail_path=C:\xampp\sendmail\sendmail.exe

    check if extension=php_openssl.dll is enabled=>If there is semicolon


    in front then
    un-comment it by removing that semicolon

    After following the given steps if the mail is not sent by calling the mail function,
    then goto C:\xampp\sendmail open error.log to see the error occurred.
    Note: Here the procedure is shown for gmail, but it can be extended to other
    mails by changing the smtp server, port number. When using gmail take care to
    enable the option to allow access to less secure webapp.

    Set your Email Account(gmail.com):-


    The password for email will not work here directly. We have to enable 2 step authentication in Gmail
    account settings and generate a password for Apps.

    Goto Account Settings.


    Then Select Security Option and Set 2-Step Verification

    And then generate an App Password to use with PHP code to send emails.

    Program Code to Send Emails:- Using native mail() function of PHP


    <?php
    $to = "[email protected]";
    $subject = "Testing Email function in PHP";
    $txt = "This is my message sent to Tannuj";
    //$headers = "From: [email protected]" . "\r\n" ."CC:
    [email protected]";

    //mail($to,$subject,$txt); //,$headers);
    if (mail($to, $subject, $txt)) {
    echo "Email successfully sent to $to ...";
    } else {
    echo "Email sending failed...";
    }
    ?>

    Program Code to Send Emails(Using PHPMailer Library of PHP):- You have to


    install PHPMailer Library using Composer in XAMPP environment.

    <?php

    use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer;
    use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\Exception;
    require 'vendor/autoload.php';

    $mail = new PHPMailer(true);

    try {
    $mail->SMTPDebug = 2;
    $mail->isSMTP();
    $mail->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com;';
    $mail->SMTPAuth = true;
    $mail->Username = '[email protected]';
    $mail->Password = 'qzzspjdrseuibnda';
    $mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
    $mail->Port = 587;

    $mail->setFrom('[email protected]');
    $mail->addAddress('[email protected]');
    //$mail->addAddress('[email protected]', 'Name');
    $mail->isHTML(true);
    $mail->Subject = 'Subject';
    $mail->Body = 'HTML message body in <b>bold</b> ';
    $mail->AltBody = 'Body in plain text for non-HTML mail clients';
    $mail->send();
    echo "Mail has been sent successfully!";
    } catch (Exception $e) {
    echo "Message could not be sent. Mailer Error: {$mail->ErrorInfo}";
    }

    ?>
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