How to configure XAMPP to send mail from localhost?

Question

I am trying to send mail from localhost. but i am unable to send the mail from localhost so can anybody tell me that how to reconfigure my xampp to send mail from localhost

Answer 1

I tried many ways to send a mail from XAMPP Localhost, but since XAMPP hasn't SSL Certificate, my email request blocked by Gmail or similar SMTP Service providers.

Then I used MailHog for local smtp server, what you need to do is just run it. localhost:1025 is for smtp server, localhost:8025 is for mail server, where you can check the emails you sent.

here is my code:

    require_once "src/PHPMailer.php";
    require_once "src/SMTP.php";
    require_once "src/Exception.php";

    $mail = new PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer();

      //Server settings
    $mail->SMTPDebug = 3;                      // Enable verbose debug output
    $mail->isSMTP();                                            // Send using SMTP
    $mail->Host       = 'localhost';                    // Set the SMTP server to send through
    $mail->Port       = 1025;                                    // TCP port to connect to
    // $mail->Username   = '';                     // SMTP username
    // $mail->Password   = '';                               // SMTP password
    // $mail->SMTPAuth   = true;                                   // Enable SMTP authentication
    // $mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';         // Enable TLS encryption; `PHPMailer::ENCRYPTION_SMTPS` also accepted

    //Recipients
    $mail->setFrom('testtoo@testto.com', 'Mailer');
    $mail->addAddress('testtoo@webbamail.com', 'Joe User');     // Add a recipient

    // Content
    $mail->isHTML(true);                                  // Set email format to HTML
    $mail->Subject = 'Here is the subject';
    $mail->Body    = 'This is the HTML message body in bold!';
    $mail->AltBody = 'This is the body in plain text for non-HTML mail clients';

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

MailHog Github Repository link