This is very simple way to send the email from localhost.
<?php
/**
* Created by JetBrains PhpStorm.
* User: Sohel Rana
* Date: 4/17/13
* Time: 1:44 AM
*/
define('GUSER', 'your-email@gmail.com'); // GMail Username
define('GPWD', 'your-password'); // GMail Password
require_once('lib/class.phpmailer.php');
/**
* @param $To Where we need to send the Email
* @param $Subject Subject of the Email
* @param $SenderEmail Who send the Email
* @param $Message Body fo the Email
* @return bool Return true if sent the email otherwise false
*/
function SendEmail($To, $Subject, $SenderEmail, $Message)
{
$mail = new PHPMailer(); // create a new object
$mail->IsSMTP(); // enable SMTP
$mail->SMTPDebug = 0; // debugging: 1 = errors and messages, 2 = messages only
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // authentication enabled
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'ssl'; // secure transfer enabled REQUIRED for GMail
$mail->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com';
$mail->Port = 465;
$mail->Username = GUSER;
$mail->Password = GPWD;
$mail->IsHTML(true); // send as HTML
$mail->Subject = $Subject;
$mail->AddReplyTo($SenderEmail);
$mail->Body = $Message;
$mail->AddAddress($To);
if ($mail->Send()) {
return true;
}
else {
return false;
}
}
if(SendEmail('to@gmail.com', 'Test Email', 'from@gmail.com', "Hello World")) {
echo 'Email Sent';
}
else {
echo 'Email Not Sent';
}
?>
NB: Download the php-mailer library from here
