Send an email with PHP

Question

I am trying to send an email when the 'Send Email' button is pressed, but the following code won't send anything to my email:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<form action="email.php" method="post"> 
<input value="Send Email" name="email" type="submit">
</form>
 <?php
   if (isset($_POST['email'])) {
   $msg = 'hello';
   mail('example@gmail.com', 'Sample', $msg); 
                               }                              
 ?>
</html>

Any idea on how to make it work?

There are tester programmes with which you test if emails are sent. After that problem is not in your code and have to ask your ISP, or use middleware services, such as sendgrid ;) — DDeme, Sep 14 '15 at 14:00
@Mary E yeay email usually doesn't work locally unless your willing to put in alot of afford i suggest just test it on your website your code should work — herriekrekel, Sep 14 '15 at 14:01
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5335273/how-to-send-an-email-using-php — Nana Partykar, Sep 14 '15 at 14:04
@herriekrekel,thanks so it is not working because I am running it on a local server — Jack, Sep 14 '15 at 14:08
@MaryE yup it's always a pain getting it to work on a local server if you just upload the file to your website it should work and save you some time in my opinion — herriekrekel, Sep 14 '15 at 14:09

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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Use the following PHP code to send the email

<?php
$to      = 'nobody@example.com';
$subject = 'the subject';
$message = 'hello';
$headers = 'From: webmaster@example.com' . "\r\n" .
    'Reply-To: webmaster@example.com' . "\r\n" .
    'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();

mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
?>

Mail function will not work in Local server.You need to config SMTP on your local server. Take a look at this similar post,

php mail setup in xampp

edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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answered Sep 14 '15 at 13:59

Santosh Jagtap

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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5335273/how-to-send-an-email-using-php – Nana Partykar Sep 14 '15 at 14:05
Thank you, so I guess it is not working because I am running it on a local server. – Jack Sep 14 '15 at 14:05
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Yes that may be case...Please read the link shared by Nana or me in the answer – Santosh Jagtap Sep 15 '15 at 05:43

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 14 '15 at 13:59

try this

<?php
         $to = "someemail.com"
         $subject = "This is subject";

         $message = "<b>This is message.</b>";
         $message .= "<h1>This is headline.</h1>";

         $header = "From:abc@somedomain.com \r\n";

         $header .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
         $header .= "Content-type: text/html\r\n";

         $retval = mail ($to,$subject,$message,$header);

         if( $retval == true )
         {
            echo "Message sent successfully...";
         }
         else
         {
            echo "Message could not be sent...";
         }
      ?>

Send an email with PHP

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