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PHP

php mailer

how do i send an email using phpmailer to myself, using local host? i am testing my website.

1 Answer

You'll have to configure PHPMailer to send emails using SMTP servers like gmail as normal php function mail() does not work on local host.

Have a look at this tutorial:

http://www.codexworld.com/how-to-send-email-from-localhost-in-php/