Send email using php mail(...) function

Published: August 10, 2018 by

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I spend on day to figure out why I can't send an email to gmail or something else even function mail($to, $subject, $message) return true.

And here is the way how to fix it:

The installation process

sudo apt-get install ssmtp

Then edit the /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf file with this information:

mailhub=smtp.gmail.com:587
UseSTARTTLS=YES
AuthUser=<YOUR-EMAIL>@gmail.com
AuthPass=<YOUR-PASSWORD>

Edit php.ini (usually in /etc/php5/cli/php.ini)

sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail -t

Restart server

service apache2 restart

Coding

<?php 
    $to      = 'someone@gmail.com';
    $subject = 'the subject';
    $message = 'hello';

    $res = mail($to, $subject, $message);
    if($res) {
        echo 'Send email success';
    }
    else {
        echo 'Send email fail';
    }
?>