Sending email using PHP...(PHPMailer)

Sending emails using PHP is an easy task...Just a few steps and you are through!!

Step I: Download PHPMailer

The very first thing that needs to be done is, downloading the PHPMailer package. This package contains all the methods for sending simple mails, to sending mails with attachments!!

You can download the package from: PHPMailer

Step II: Starting to Code

Create a new php file test.php and copy the following code:

(Note: test.php file should be in the same folder as the extracted PHPMailer package)

<?php
require("class.phpmailer.php"); //You need to include the PHPMailer class
$mailer = new PHPMailer(); //Create an object of PHPMailer class
$mailer->IsSMTP(); //It uses the SMTP method...
//You can also use mail(), sendmail()

$mailer->Host = "smtp.gmail.com:587";

$mailer->SMTPAuth = TRUE;
$mailer->Username = "sender@gmail.com";  // Change this to your gmail adress
$mailer->Password = "sender_password";  // Change this to your gmail password
$mailer->From = "sender@gmail.com";  // Change this to your gmail adress
$mailer->FromName = "Sender"; // This is the from name in the email
$mailer->Body = "This is the main body from Sender";
$mailer->Subject = "Sender Subject";
$mailer->AddAddress("receiver_mail_address");// This is where you put the email 
//adress of the person you want to mail
if(!$mailer->Send())
{
echo "Message was not sent<br/ >";
echo "Mailer Error: " . $mailer->ErrorInfo;
}
else
{
echo "Message has been sent";
}
?>

The above code uses the gmail SMTP server...You have to mention the username and password of your gmail account!!

This is it!! You are now all ready to send mail!!

My next post will include sending attachments in emails....and also using mail() method!! So, keep visiting!!

You can Contact Me for further assistance.