How to use PHP & Send Email Using SMTP Authentication

Author: admin | Posted: 21-03-2010 | Category: PHP & Mail

How to use PHP & Send Email Using SMTP Authentication This the tutorial/example a scripts how to use PHP and send mail/email Using SMTP Authentication from php Scirpt.

ShotDev Focus:
- PHP & Send Mail (Using SMTP Authentication)

Example

php_sendmail_smtp.php


<html>
<head>
<title>ShotDev.Com Tutorial</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
function authMail($from, $namefrom, $to, $nameto, $subject, $message)
{
/*?your configuration here?*/
$smtpServer = "mail.shotdev.com";
$port = "25";
$timeout = "30";
$username = "webmaster@shotdev.com";
$password = "password";
$localhost = "191.191.191.191";
$newLine = "\r\n";
$secure = 1;

/*?you shouldn't need to mod anything else */
//connect to the host and port
$smtpConnect = fsockopen($smtpServer, $port, $errno, $errstr, $timeout);
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 4096);
if(empty($smtpConnect))
{
$output = "Failed to connect: $smtpResponse";
return $output;
}
else
{
$logArray['connection'] = "Connected to: $smtpResponse";
}

//say HELO to our little friend
fputs($smtpConnect, "HELO $localhost". $newLine);
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 4096);
$logArray['heloresponse'] = "$smtpResponse";

//start a tls session if needed
if($secure)
{
fputs($smtpConnect, "STARTTLS". $newLine);
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 4096);
$logArray['tlsresponse'] = "$smtpResponse";

//you have to say HELO again after TLS is started
fputs($smtpConnect, "HELO $localhost". $newLine);
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 4096);
$logArray['heloresponse2'] = "$smtpResponse";
}

//request for auth login
fputs($smtpConnect,"AUTH LOGIN" . $newLine);
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 4096);
$logArray['authrequest'] = "$smtpResponse";

//send the username
fputs($smtpConnect, base64_encode($username) . $newLine);
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 4096);
$logArray['authusername'] = "$smtpResponse";

//send the password
fputs($smtpConnect, base64_encode($password) . $newLine);
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 4096);
$logArray['authpassword'] = "$smtpResponse";

//email from
fputs($smtpConnect, "MAIL FROM: $from" . $newLine);
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 4096);
$logArray['mailfromresponse'] = "$smtpResponse";

//email to
fputs($smtpConnect, "RCPT TO: $to" . $newLine);
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 4096);
$logArray['mailtoresponse'] = "$smtpResponse";

//the email
fputs($smtpConnect, "DATA" . $newLine);
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 4096);
$logArray['data1response'] = "$smtpResponse";

//construct headers
$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0" . $newLine;
//$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" . $newLine;
$headers .= "To: $nameto <$to>" . $newLine;
$headers .= "From: $namefrom <$from>" . $newLine;

//observe the . after the newline, it signals the end of message
fputs($smtpConnect, "To: $to\r\nFrom: $from\r\nSubject: $subject\r\n$headers\r\n\r\n$message\r\n.\r\n");
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 4096);
$logArray['data2response'] = "$smtpResponse";

// say goodbye
fputs($smtpConnect,"QUIT" . $newLine);
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 4096);
$logArray['quitresponse'] = "$smtpResponse";
$logArray['quitcode'] = substr($smtpResponse,0,3);
fclose($smtpConnect);
//a return value of 221 in $retVal["quitcode"] is a success
return($logArray);
}

$from = "webmaster@shotdev.com";
$namefrom = "Mr.Weerachai Nukitram";
$to = "member@shotdev.com";
$nameto = "Mr.Member ShotDev";
$subject = "Test send mail using SMTP Authentication";
$message = "My Body & My Description";
authMail($from, $namefrom, $to, $nameto, $subject, $message);
?>
</body>
</html>

Create a php file and save to path root-path/myphp/

Run
http://localhost/myphp/php_sendmail_smtp.php

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