Sending mails in PHP using Yahoo SMTP

Question

How can I send an email via Yahoo!\'s SMTP servers in PHP?

Answer 1

You can use PHP's built-in mail() function to send mails, however it is generally very limited. For instance, I don't think you can use other SMTP servers than the one specified in your php.ini file.

Instead you should take a look at the Mail PEAR package. For example:

";
$to = "Ramona Recipient ";
$subject = "Hi!";
$body = "Hi,\n\nHow are you?";

$host = "mail.example.com";
$username = "smtp_username";
$password = "smtp_password";

$headers = array ('From' => $from,
'To' => $to,
'Subject' => $subject);
$smtp = Mail::factory('smtp',
  array ('host' => $host,
    'auth' => true,
    'username' => $username,
    'password' => $password));

$mail = $smtp->send($to, $headers, $body);

if (PEAR::isError($mail)) {
  echo("
" . $mail->getMessage() . "
");
} else {
  echo("
Message successfully sent!
");
}
?>

(I stole this example from http://email.about.com/od/emailprogrammingtips/qt/PHP_Email_SMTP_Authentication.htm :P)