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🚀 Program 9(2)

Write PHP program how to send mail using PHP. — To send an email using PHP on XAMPP, follow these step-by-step instructions:

1. Install XAMPP

Make sure XAMPP is installed on your system. You can download it from the official XAMPP website and follow the installation instructions for your operating system.

2. Start Apache and SMTP Server (Sendmail)

  1. Launch XAMPP Control Panel: Open the XAMPP control panel.
  2. Start Apache: Click on the "Start" button next to Apache.

3. Configure php.ini for Email Sending

PHP uses the mail() function to send emails. To make it work on XAMPP, you’ll need to configure the php.ini file to use a mail server.

  1. Locate the php.ini file:

    • Open the XAMPP Control Panel.

    • Click on “Config” next to Apache, then select “php.ini.”

    • This will open the php.ini file in your default text editor.

  2. Edit php.ini settings: Look for the following line and update it as needed:

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/smtp
SMTP = smtp.gmail.com
smtp_port = 587

Uncomment and set the sendmail_from and sendmail_path directive as below

sendmail_from = <--your gmail id-->
sendmail_path = "\"C:\xampp\sendmail\sendmail.exe\" -t"

Save the file after making these changes.

4. Configure sendmail.ini

  1. Locate sendmail.ini: Navigate to the file C:\xampp\sendmail\sendmail.ini in File Explorer.
  2. Edit sendmail.ini: Open sendmail.ini and find the following section:
smtp_server=smtp.gmail.com
smtp_port=587
smtp_ssl=auto
auth_username=<--your gmail id-->
auth_password=<--Follow step 5 to get password-->
hostname=localhost
  1. Save the file after making these changes.

5.Create an App Password for Gmail

Click here and follow steps to get app password

6. Restart Apache

After making the changes to php.ini and sendmail.ini, restart Apache through the XAMPP Control Panel to apply the changes.

7. Create Your PHP Script

  1. Create a PHP file (e.g., send_email.php) in the htdocs folder of XAMPP. You can navigate to htdocs folder through path given C:\xampp\htdocs\

  2. Add the code you shared:

<?php
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
    $to = "example@gmail.com"; // Replace with the recipient's email address
    $subject = "Test Email";
    $message = "This is a test email sent from a PHP script.";
     // Set the From header and other optional headers
    $headers = "From: Your Name <your-email@example.com>" . "\r\n" .
               "Reply-To: example@gmail.com" . "\r\n" .
               "X-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion();

    if (mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)) {
        echo "Email sent successfully!";
    } else {
        echo "Email sending failed.";
    }
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Send Email</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>Send Email</h1>
    <form method="post">
        <input type="submit" value="Send Email">
    </form>
</body>
</html>
  1. Save the file in the htdocs folder.

8. Test the Script

Open your browser.

Go to http://localhost/send_email.php.

Click the “Send Email” button to trigger the email

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