PHP simple mail function is not working

Question

I have got this simple php mail function

$to = "[email protected]";
$subject = "My subject";
$txt = "Hello world!";
$headers = "From: [email protected]" . "\r\n" .
"CC: [email protected]";
if(mail($to,$subject,$txt,$headers)){
  echo "done";  
}

It echos done but when i check my email there is nothing.Even in spam section

Is this on a localhost or on a hosted server? – Qirel Aug 07 '16 at 13:55 — Qirel, Aug 07 '16 at 13:55
mail function not worked in localhost – Sanjiv Dhakal Aug 07 '16 at 13:59 — Sanjiv Dhakal, Aug 07 '16 at 13:59
Have you installed a mailingserver? – Qirel Aug 07 '16 at 13:59 — Qirel, Aug 07 '16 at 13:59
@lIPTT are you using XAMPP? – Zayn Ali Aug 07 '16 at 14:03 — Zayn Ali, Aug 07 '16 at 14:03
@lIPTT have you checked your c:\xampp\mailoutput folder? – Zayn Ali Aug 07 '16 at 14:15 — Zayn Ali, Aug 07 '16 at 14:15

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 07 '16 at 13:56

Use PHPMailer library.It is better than use mail native function because in PHPMailer you can use user authentication to avoid to send the email to spam.You can use this library without to configure a mail server.It's more easiest to debug. You can download in this link https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer

See an example:

$mail             = new PHPMailer();

$mail->IsSMTP(); // telling the class to use SMTP
$mail->Host       = "mail.yourdomain.com"; // SMTP server
$mail->SMTPDebug  = 2;                     // enables SMTP debug information (for testing)
                                           // 1 = errors and messages
                                           // 2 = messages only
$mail->SMTPAuth   = true;                  // enable SMTP authentication
$mail->SMTPSecure = "tls";                 
$mail->Host       = "smtp.gmail.com";      // SMTP server
$mail->Port       = 587;                   // SMTP port
$mail->Username   = "[email protected]";  // username
$mail->Password   = "yourpassword";            // password

$mail->SetFrom('[email protected]', 'Test');

$mail->Subject    = "I hope this works!";

$mail->MsgHTML('Blah');

$address = "[email protected]";
$mail->AddAddress($address, "Test");

if(!$mail->Send()) {
  echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
  echo "Message sent!";
}

I have tried using this.but it just takes too long for it to load — lIP TT, Aug 07 '16 at 13:57
This could the speed of your local connection with the server host.PHPMailer is one of php mail library used in most applications. — msantos, Aug 07 '16 at 14:01
I am trying to use it now but it takes 3-4 minutes just to refresh page — lIP TT, Aug 07 '16 at 14:20

PHP simple mail function is not working

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