Use PHP's mail() function to send emails

Sending emails using PHP's mail function

The mail() function connects to the mail server, interacts with the server and sends mail using the SMTP protocol

Notice:

1. The mail function does not support the esmtp protocol, that is, it can only be sent directly but not logged in

2. As we know from the previous point, we can only send directly to the final receiving server address, and this address needs to be specified in php.ini

Here we take NetEase mailbox as an example, first find the server address:

Then write the address into php.ini, open php.ini, find mail function, fill in one of the addresses, and turn on the sender settings:

Restart Apache and open a command prompt as an administrator:

httpd -k restart

At this point the changes to php.ini will take effect. Now let's use the mail function:

Syntax: mail(to, subject, message, headers, parameters)

The following is the code section:

<?php
$to = '[email protected]';
$sub = 'say hello';
$msg = 'hello, php!';
$from = "From: <eyes++>";
mail($to,$sub,$msg,$from);

Effect display:

Note: Because the server address of NetEase mailbox is used in the above demonstration, and it does not provide forwarding service, you can only send emails to NetEase mailbox. If you want to send emails to QQ mailbox, you need to set the QQ mailbox server address in php.ini. If you need to send emails to any mailbox, you need to install an anonymous smtp server as a transit. Perhaps I will update the relevant content in this blog later.

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