How do I specify SMTP server for an e-mail in PHP?

Question

I want to send an e-mail through a PHP script in Linux. My code is as follows:

$to = $row[\'EmailID\'];
$subject = \"XYZ\";
$message = \"yes!!!!\";
$from = \"pal         


        

Answer 1

You can specify your SMTP server in your php.ini file

Check this thread for example: http://board.phpbuilder.com/showthread.php?10307560-CONFIGURING-php-ini-%28Setting-the-SMTP%29!!!

If you want to do it inline, you can try changing these settings with ini_set();

Answer 2

Taken from: http://board.phpbuilder.com/showthread.php?10307560-CONFIGURING-php-ini-(Setting-the-SMTP)!!!

smtp= the name of the host where the SMTP server you'll be using is running (whoever's responsible for your network connection should know this) smtp_port= the port on that host the SMTP server is listening on (25 is the conventional choice) sendmail_from= the email address that the sent mail should say it's from

Just configure the above in your php.ini file.

[Edit] to reflect my comment:- if you dont have access to the default php.ini file, you can create one in your webroot and drop this in.

[Edit 2] This does depend on the configuation on the server, most hosts will allow it however.