PHP Extension

Send an Email via SMTP

Demonstrates the Chilkat MailMan.SendEmail method, which sends a single Email object through the configured SMTP server. This example configures the SMTP connection, builds a message, and sends it.

Background: SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is the protocol for sending mail. The typical flow is: connect to the server, authenticate, then hand over the message with MAIL FROM, RCPT TO, and DATA. SendEmail wraps all of that: you build an Email with subject, recipients, and body, and Chilkat renders it to MIME and delivers it. Modern submission commonly uses implicit TLS on port 465 (SmtpSsl = true).

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

//  Demonstrates the MailMan.SendEmail method, which sends a single Email object through the
//  configured SMTP server.

$mailman = new CkMailMan();

//  Configure the SMTP server connection.
$mailman->put_SmtpHost('smtp.example.com');
$mailman->put_SmtpPort(465);
$mailman->put_SmtpSsl(true);
$mailman->put_SmtpUsername('user@example.com');
$mailman->put_SmtpPassword('myPassword');

//  Build the email to send.
$email = new CkEmail();
$email->put_Subject('Test email from Chilkat');
$email->put_From('alice@example.com');
$email->AddTo('Bob','bob@example.com');
$email->put_Body('Hello, this is a test message.');

//  Send the email.

$success = $mailman->SendEmail($email);
if ($success == false) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Email sent.' . "\n";

//  Note: Explicitly connecting/authenticating is optional.  Chilkat MailMan automatically
//  connects and authenticates -- using the property settings above -- whenever a server
//  operation requires it.  Calling the explicit connect/authenticate methods can still be
//  helpful to determine whether a failure occurs while connecting or while authenticating.

?>