Sending Emails Using the Mail Form in PHP
This article will demonstrate installing sendmailthe library and sending an email through the PHP mail form.
Install sendmailto send email from PHP on local server
PHP has a built-in function mail()to send emails. However, this function will not work until you install its library.
To install sendmail, follow the steps below.
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Download and extract
sendmail.Download
sendmail. Then extract the zip file toC:\sendmail\. -
Configuration
sendmail.ini.Now,
sendmailopen from the Home foldersendmail.ini. Search and set the configuration as below.smtp_server=smtp.gmail.com smtp_port=587 auth_username=The_email_from@gmail.com auth_password=Email Password force_sender=your_address@gmail.comThis setting is for sending emails through Gmail, but you can also send emails from other people or your server.
You need to set it in these parameters.
auth_usernameandauth_passwordwill be the email and password you want to send emails from. -
Configuration
php.ini.To configure, open
php.inithe ./configure file and search forsendmail_path. Then set this parameter toC:\sendmail\sendmail.exe -t.; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default: "sendmail -t -i"). ; http://php.net/sendmail-path sendmail_path ="C:\sendmail\sendmail.exe -t"Restart your local server and you're done.
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Test sending an email.
You can test it by sending an email with a simple one-line code as shown below.
<?php mail("example@hotmail.com","Test subject", "This is a test Email"); ?>Output:
As you can see, the output is the email sent to the specified address.
Creating and sending emails using the mail form in PHP
First, you must create an HTML form to send the email data to the PHP code. Use mail()the function to send an email with that data.
example:
<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit']))
{
$email_address = $_POST['email_address'];
$subject = "This is a test email";
$email_message = "The following message is sent in email:" . "\n\n" . $_POST['email_message'];
mail($email_address,$subject,$email_message);
echo "Email sent to ".$email_address;
// You can also use header('Location: thank_you.php'); to redirect to another page.
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<title>PHP Mail Form</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="" method="post">
Email: <input type= "email" name= "email_address"><br>
Message:<br> <textarea rows= "10" name= "email_message" cols= "50"> </textarea> <br>
<input type= "submit" name= "submit" value= "Send Email">
</form>
</body>
</html>
Output:
Email sent to example@outlook.com
The code above generates a form with a emailand messageboxes. The code then sends what is written in the message box to the email address given in the email field.
Additional fields such as first name, last name, and date can also be added to the form to send an email with more information.
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