PHP mail is not working in my web server

Question

I am using first time mail function in php i get a code from online and it implemented to my program but its not working. Can any please help me to correct this ?

  <?php
     $to = "[email protected]";
     $subject = "This is subject";

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

     $header = "From:[email protected] ";

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

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

Is your server set up to send emails? Without something installed a server won't just send mail — treyBake, May 18 '18 at 06:03
Please you can use PHPMailer through this you can send mail easily — Boni, May 18 '18 at 06:05
Possible duplicate of [PHP mail function doesn't complete sending of e-mail](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24644436/php-mail-function-doesnt-complete-sending-of-e-mail) — , May 18 '18 at 06:09
@Boni PHPMailer isn't 'easier' - the mail function is so easy to use ... — treyBake, May 18 '18 at 07:45

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 18 '18 at 09:03

First, please tell, are you getting "Message sent successfully.." message.

There are many reasons for mail is not working:

Your server does not support send mail.

Please try below method:

 <?php
    $to      = '[email protected]';
    $subject = 'the subject';
    $message = 'hello';
    $headers = 'From: [email protected]' . "\r\n" .
   'Reply-To: [email protected]' . "\r\n" .
    'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();

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

or use:

PHPmailer

then your server problem – Therichpost May 18 '18 at 10:26 — Therichpost, May 18 '18 at 10:26

Iynga Iyngaran Iyathurai · Answer 2 · 2018-05-18T09:31:47.870

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You need to setup the email server locally, or you can use 3-rd party email server to send email from your web server. Added the following lines to your php.ini to send email using gmail.

smtp_server=smtp.gmail.com
smtp_port=465
smtp_ssl=auto
error_logfile=error.log
[email protected]
auth_password=your-gmail-password

edited May 18 '18 at 09:31

answered May 18 '18 at 09:17

Iynga Iyngaran Iyathurai

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Mario · Answer 3 · 2018-05-18T09:31:59.980

You can use SMTP as the others suggested, and this can be done using the PHPMailer library.

However, there's another suggestion and this is the one that I prefer (because SMTP may contain some problems that you've to search about them and fix them).

The other suggestion is to use a PHP mailling API like SendGrid or Mailgun - (I prefer SendGrid).

Basic SendGrid integration with PHP:

Download SendGrid from here https://github.com/sendgrid/sendgrid-php/releases/download/v6.2.0/sendgrid-php.zip - or follow the installation instructions for another ways for installation.
Unzip the SendGrid-PHP library and upload it to your server.
Use this sample code (edit it for your needs): https://github.com/sendgrid/sendgrid-php#quick-start

PHP mail is not working in my web server

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Basic SendGrid integration with PHP: