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This is my first time making a tutorial so i apologize if you find it awfullly formatted or bad grammar. english isnt my native language :)

well, this tutorial is about using the php mail() function on a windows development environment specifically WAMP.
for those who don't know about the PHP mail() function, its a function that makes it possible to send emails with our php script. more details here: http://php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

please note that i've tested this only with gmail and it works flawlessly, i don't know about other email providers :/

1. go to
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http://glob.com.au/sendmail/
2. download sendmail. its archive so extract its contents to c:/wamp/bin/sendmail

3. navigate to c:/wamp/bin/sendmail and open 'sendmail.ini' with a text editor.. i used notepad

4.look for the lines below and edit them accordingly:
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smtp_server=smtp.gmail.com
smtp_port=587
smtp_ssl=tls
auth_username=youremailaddresses@gmail.com
auth_password=youremailpassword
don't forget to save after editing :P

5.open php.ini with a text editor, i also used notepad. and use the find function to look for [mail function] excluding quotes pls.
6.you should have something like this:
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[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/smtp
; SMTP =
; http://php.net/smtp-port
; smtp_port = 25
 
; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/sendmail-from
; sendmail_from = an email address that is already there
 
; For Unix only.  You may supply arguments as well (default: “sendmail -t -i”).
; http://php.net/sendmail-path
sendmail_path = C:/wamp/bin/sendmail/sendmail.exe -t


notice the semi colons and ensure that you edit the "sendmail_path" property and give value as "C:/wamp/bin/sendmail/sendmail.exe -t".
now save. close wamp and restart it and voila, you can now make use of php mail() function on your wamp.

I TAKE NO CREDITS FOR THIS TUT. ALTHOUGH I WROTE IT, ITS A RESULT OF HRS OUF SEARCHING GOOGLE :d



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Web Oriented Coding / Re: Problem Using PHP mail() function in wamp
« on: January 01, 2014, 12:30:35 pm »
yea sure. perhaps i'll make a tut on that in next 3-4 hrs. :)

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Web Oriented Coding / Re: Problem Using PHP mail() function in wamp
« on: January 01, 2014, 11:10:56 am »
thanks for the reply but nevermind bro, i fixed it :) now working with php mail() flawlessly.

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Web Oriented Coding / Problem Using PHP mail() function in wamp
« on: January 01, 2014, 10:42:07 am »
i m having problem using the php mail function, i just get some kinda errors tho im pretty sure my code is working fine, after bit of googling, i found a solution about faking sendmail.exe but i can't seem to make it work..
pls can anyone who has done it in the past help me? thanks

- Al Capone

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