How to Send Email from a PHP Script Using SMTP Authentication

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Sabari...

Send Email from a PHP Script Using SMTP Authentication[list][*]To connect to an outgoing SMTP server from a PHP script using SMTP authentication and send an email:

• Make sure the PEAR Mail package is installed.
  • Typically, in particular with PHP 4 or later, this will have already been done for you. Just give it a try.

• Adapt 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 <sender@example.com>";
$to = "Ramona Recipient <recipient@example.com>";
$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("<p>" . $mail->getMessage() . "</p>");
} else {
echo("<p>Message successfully sent!</p>");
}
?>

Cheers
Senthil Kumar S