How to Send Email from a PHP Script Using SMTP Authentication?

  • the example below for your needs. Make sure you change the following variables at least:
    • from: the email address from which you want the message to be sent.
    • to: the recipient's email address and name.
    • host: your outgoing SMTP server name.
    • username: the SMTP user name (typically the same as the user name used to retrieve mail).
    • password: the password for SMTP authentication.

Sending Mail from PHP Using SMTP Authentication - Example

<?php
require_once "Mail.php";

$from = "Sandra Sender ";
$to = "Ramona Recipient ";
$subject = "Hi!";
$body = "Hi,\n\nHow are you?";

$host = "mail.example.com";
$username = "smtp_username";
$password = "smtp_password";

$headers = array ('From' => $from,
  'To' => $to,
  'Subject' => $subject);
$smtp = Mail::factory('smtp',
  array ('host' => $host,
    'auth' => true,
    'username' => $username,
    'password' => $password));

$mail = $smtp->send($to, $headers, $body);

if (PEAR::isError($mail)) {
  echo("

" . $mail->getMessage() . "

");
 } else {
  echo("

Message successfully sent!

");
 }
?>

Sending Mail from PHP Using SMTP Authentication and SSL Encryption - Example

<?php
require_once "Mail.php";

$from = "Sandra Sender ";
$to = "Ramona Recipient ";
$subject = "Hi!";
$body = "Hi,\n\nHow are you?";

$host = "ssl://mail.example.com";
$port = "465";
$username = "smtp_username";
$password = "smtp_password";

$headers = array ('From' => $from,
  'To' => $to,
  'Subject' => $subject);
$smtp = Mail::factory('smtp',
  array ('host' => $host,
    'port' => $port,
    'auth' => true,
    'username' => $username,
    'password' => $password));

$mail = $smtp->send($to, $headers, $body);

if (PEAR::isError($mail)) {
  echo("

" . $mail->getMessage() . "

");
 } else {
  echo("

Message successfully sent!

");
 }
?>
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