PHP xampp mail() function not working

apache, email, php, xampp

Solution

Ok, I got this working. Unfortunately not with TLS, because Port 587 is blocked in our network so I had to use Port 465. But I expect that TLS will also work.

I used XAMPP 5.6.3.

Sendmail config:

[sendmail]
smtp_server=smtp.gmail.com
smtp_port=465
smtp_ssl=auto
error_logfile=error.log
debug_logfile=debug.log
auth_username==*****@gmail.com
auth_password=*********
force_sender=*****@gmail.com

PHP config:

[mail function]
SMTP=smtp.gmail.com
smtp_port=465
sendmail_from = *****@gmail.com
sendmail_path = "\"c:\xampp\sendmail\sendmail.exe\" -t"

Code:

<?php
$to = 'repicient@example.com';
$subject = 'Test email'; 
$message = "Hello World!\n\nThis is my first mail."; 
$headers = "From: *****@gmail.com\r\nReply-To: *****@gmail.com";
$mail_sent = @mail( $to, $subject, $message, $headers );
echo $mail_sent ? "Mail sent" : "Mail failed";
?>

Important:

You will need to enable SMTP access in GMAIL, also you need to allow unsecure clients:

https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps https://support.google.com/mail/answer/75726

Be aware that the smtp port you want to use is open in your firewall! I suggest to try a connection check from your dev machine with thunderbird. Then you know if the client is able to connect.

This is my result:

14/12/03 12:19:32 ** --- MESSAGE BEGIN ---
14/12/03 12:19:32 ** To: *****@example.com
14/12/03 12:19:32 ** Subject: Test email
14/12/03 12:19:32 ** From: ******@gmail.com
14/12/03 12:19:32 ** Reply-To: ******@gmail.com
14/12/03 12:19:32 ** 
14/12/03 12:19:32 ** Hello World!
14/12/03 12:19:32 ** 
14/12/03 12:19:32 ** This is my first mail.
14/12/03 12:19:32 ** --- MESSAGE END ---
14/12/03 12:19:34 ** Connecting to smtp.gmail.com:465
14/12/03 12:19:34 ** Connected.
14/12/03 12:19:34 << 220 mx.google.com ESMTP pl1sm22468617wic.16 - gsmtp<EOL>
14/12/03 12:19:34 >> EHLO vm-test-03.devnet.local<EOL>
14/12/03 12:19:35 << 250-mx.google.com at your service, [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]<EOL>250-SIZE 35882577<EOL>250-8BITMIME<EOL>250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN XOAUTH XOAUTH2 PLAIN-CLIENTTOKEN OAUTHBEARER<EOL>250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES<EOL>250-PIPELINING<EOL>250-CHUNKING<EOL>250 SMTPUTF8<EOL>
14/12/03 12:19:35 ** Authenticating as ****@gmail.com
14/12/03 12:19:35 >> AUTH LOGIN<EOL>
14/12/03 12:19:35 << 235 2.7.0 Accepted<EOL>
14/12/03 12:19:35 >> MAIL FROM: <*****@gmail.com><EOL>
14/12/03 12:19:35 << 250 2.1.0 OK pl1sm22468617wic.16 - gsmtp<EOL>
14/12/03 12:19:35 >> RCPT TO: <repicient@example.com.de><EOL>
14/12/03 12:19:35 << 250 2.1.5 OK pl1sm22468617wic.16 - gsmtp<EOL>
14/12/03 12:19:35 >> DATA<EOL>
14/12/03 12:19:35 << 354  Go ahead pl1sm22468617wic.16 - gsmtp<EOL>
14/12/03 12:19:35 >> Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 12:19:35 -0800<EOL>
14/12/03 12:19:35 >> To: repicient@example.com<EOL>
14/12/03 12:19:35 >> Subject: Test email<EOL>
14/12/03 12:19:35 >> From: *****@gmail.com<EOL>
14/12/03 12:19:35 >> Reply-To: *****@gmail.com<EOL>
14/12/03 12:19:35 >> <EOL>
14/12/03 12:19:35 >> Hello World!<EOL>
14/12/03 12:19:35 >> <EOL>
14/12/03 12:19:35 >> This is my first mail.<EOL>
14/12/03 12:19:35 >> .<EOL>
14/12/03 12:19:36 << 250 2.0.0 OK 1417637977 pl1sm22468617wic.16 - gsmtp<EOL>
14/12/03 12:19:36 >> QUIT<EOL>
14/12/03 12:19:36 << 221 2.0.0 closing connection pl1sm22468617wic.16 - gsmtp<EOL>
14/12/03 12:19:36 ** Disconnecting from smtp.gmail.com:465
14/12/03 12:19:36 ** Disconnected.
14/12/03 12:19:36 ** Disconnected.

Problem

I am trying to send emails from my gmail account using php (xampp). I search over stackoverflow and as I got the things I changed my xampp's files sendmail.ini and php.ini as, In C:\xampp\php\php.ini I removed the semicolon from the beginning of the line `extension=php_openssl.dll` to make SSL working for gmail for localhost. in php.ini file under [mail function] I changed ``` SMTP=smtp.gmail.com smtp_port=25 sendmail_from = mukul.agrawal19@gmail.com sendmail_path = "\"C:\xampp\sendmail\sendmail.exe\" -t" ``` Then in C:\xampp\sendmail\sendmail.ini. I replaced all the existing code in sendmail.ini with following code ``` [sendmail] smtp_server=smtp.gmail.com smtp_port=25 error_logfile=error.log debug_logfile=debug.log auth_username=mukul.agrawal19@gmail.com auth_password=my-gmail-password force_sender=mukul.agrawal19@gmail.com ``` then I wrote a simple mail function ``` <?php $to = 'mukulagrawal13@live.com'; $subject = 'Test email'; $message = "Hello World!\n\nThis is my first mail."; $headers = "From: mukul.agrawal19@gmail.com\r\nReply-To: mukul.agrawal19@gmail.com"; $mail_sent = @mail( $to, $subject, $message, $headers ); echo $mail_sent ? "Mail sent" : "Mail failed"; ?> ``` then went on the this page by my browser, got echo as Mail Failed. I saw my debug file and I got ``` 14/12/03 18:24:00 ** --- MESSAGE BEGIN --- 14/12/03 18:24:00 ** To: mukulagrawal13@live.com 14/12/03 18:24:00 ** Subject: Test email 14/12/03 18:24:00 ** From:mukul.agrawal19@gmail.com 14/12/03 18:24:00 ** Reply-To:mukul.agrawal19@gmail.com 14/12/03 18:24:00 ** 14/12/03 18:24:00 ** Hello World! 14/12/03 18:24:00 ** 14/12/03 18:24:00 ** This is my first mail. 14/12/03 18:24:00 ** --- MESSAGE END --- 14/12/03 18:24:01 ** Connecting to smtp.gmail.com:25 14/12/03 18:24:08 ** Connected. 14/12/03 18:24:08 << 220 mx.google.com ESMTP o17sm23150442pdn.33 - gsmtp<EOL> 14/12/03 18:24:08 >> EHLO Mukul-PC<EOL> 14/12/03 18:24:10 << 250-mx.google.com at your service, [223.186.182.29]<EOL>250-SIZE 35882577<EOL>250-8BITMIME<EOL>250-STARTTLS<EOL>250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES<EOL>250-PIPELINING<EOL>250-CHUNKING<EOL>250 SMTPUTF8<EOL> 14/12/03 18:24:10 ** Authenticating as mukul.agrawal19@gmail.com 14/12/03 18:24:10 >> STARTTLS<EOL> 14/12/03 18:24:12 << 220 2.0.0 Ready to start TLS<EOL> 14/12/03 18:24:14 >> QUIT<EOL> lots of codes in unknown language. 14/12/03 18:21:47 ** Disconnected. 14/12/03 18:21:47 ** Disconnecting from smtp.gmail.com:25 14/12/03 18:21:47 ** Disconnected. 14/12/03 18:21:47 ** Disconnected. 14/12/03 18:21:47 ** Connection Closed Gracefully. ``` I am not getting whats the problem.

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