How to send Email through PHP without using any additional PEAR package or library?

Question

I want to send email through PHP without installing or configuring any PHP mail server.what are the ways to achieve this.

Answer 1

I always use the PHP Mailer class, this class is really easy to use, and so powerful. Give it a try.

You can download it from here PHP MAILER

Here's an example

    require_once('../class.phpmailer.php');

    $mail             = new PHPMailer(); // defaults to using php "mail()"

    $body             = file_get_contents('contents.html');
    $body             = eregi_replace("[\]",'',$body);

    $mail->AddReplyTo("[email protected]","First Last");

    $mail->SetFrom('[email protected]', 'First Last');

    $mail->AddReplyTo("[email protected]","First Last");

    $address = "[email protected]";
    $mail->AddAddress($address, "John Doe");

    $mail->Subject    = "PHPMailer Test Subject via mail(), basic";

    $mail->AltBody    = "To view the message, please use an HTML compatible email viewer!"; // optional, comment out and test

    $mail->MsgHTML($body);

    $mail->AddAttachment("images/phpmailer.gif");      // attachment
    $mail->AddAttachment("images/phpmailer_mini.gif"); // attachment

    if(!$mail->Send()) {
      echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
    } else {


echo "Message sent!";
}

Answer 2

Use this

$to = "[email protected]";
$subject = "Test mail";
$message = "Hello! This is a simple email message.";
$from = "[email protected]";
$headers = "From:" . $from;
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
echo "Mail Sent.";

Remember you cannot send email through localhost. This function will send information when your code is online