Sending Email By PHP

This is a simple and easy method. This function can be used to send emails directly.

Example:

// Receiver's email address

$to = "[email protected]";

// Email subject

$subject = "This is a test email";

// Email message

$message = "Hello,\n\nThis email was sent using PHP.";

// Headers (From and Reply-To)

$headers = "From: [email protected]\r\n" .

           "Reply-To: [email protected]\r\n" .

           "X-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion();

// Send email

if (mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)) {

    echo "Email sent successfully!";

} else {

    echo "There was a problem sending the email!";

}

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PHPMailer is a popular PHP library that helps in sending emails in a secure and better way. It can be used via SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol).

Step 1: Install PHPMailer

You can install it using composer:

Step 2: Write the code

use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer;

use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\Exception;

// Load PHPMailer

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

// Create a PHPMailer object

$mail = new PHPMailer(true);

try {

    // SMTP setup

    $mail->isSMTP();

    $mail->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com'; // SMTP server

    $mail->SMTPAuth = true;

    $mail->Username = '[email protected]'; // Your email

    $mail->Password = 'your-email-password'; // Your password

    $mail->SMTPSecure = PHPMailer::ENCRYPTION_STARTTLS;

    $mail->Port = 587;

    // Email setup

    $mail->setFrom('[email protected]', 'Your Name');

    $mail->addAddress('[email protected]', 'Receiver Name'); // Receiver

    $mail->Subject = 'This is a PHPMailer test email';

    $mail->Body = 'Hello,\n\nThis email was sent using PHPMailer.';

    // Send email

    $mail->send();

    echo "Email sent successfully!";

} catch (Exception $e) {

    echo "There was a problem sending the email. Error: {$mail->ErrorInfo}";

}

?>

• mail() function: If your email system is simple and basic.
• PHPMailer: If you need to send emails in a secure and reliable way.
• If you have any problem with the PHPMailer setup, you can ask me!