unable to send mail via php

Question

I am trying to send mail using php.And i am using WampServer. so i tried the following code

ini_set("SMTP","smtp.gmail.com" );
ini_set("smtp_port","465");
ini_set('sendmail_from', '[e-mail]');          
$to = "[e-mail]";
$subject = "Test mail";
$message = "Hello! This is a simple email message.";
$from = "[e-mail]";
$headers = "From:" . $from;
$retval = mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
   if( $retval == true )  
   {
      echo "Message sent successfully...";
   }
   else
   {
      echo "Message could not be sent...";
   }

but it take more time to connect and says could not connect with localhost. Please help me in solving the problem

Answer 1

try this configuration:

http://blog.techwheels.net/send-email-from-localhost-wamp-server-using-sendmail/

this might help.

Answer 2

somehow, instead of "smtp.gmail.com", for me it works with "ssl:smtp.gmail.com" This line:

ini_set("SMTP","smtp.gmail.com" );

should be

ini_set("SMTP","ssl:smtp.gmail.com" );

Also, see this response to a similar question: Send email using the GMail SMTP server from a PHP page

Answer 3

You're trying to send mail from your localhost (Your PC) I guess It's not setup to send mail. Move the script to a production server and it will work