Why is this PHP error referencing localhost?

Question

I am running XAMPP on my local computer and on the server in the office. Both Windows machines.

I am writing code that I use mail()to send email from a form. By default, it uses sendmail.exe(which comes with XAMPP) to send email . In all cases, mail is actually sent through a third computer, which is the Exchange server.

On my local machine, PHP can send mail just fine. On the server, after submitting the form, I get this error:

Warning: mail () [function.mail]: Failed to connect to the mail server in "localhost" 25, check "SMTP" and "smtp___port" in php.ini or use ini_set () in

... then my file name.

I do not understand why it refers to "localhost". Nowhere in php.ini or sendmail.ini "localhost" is used - I use the name of the mail server. The SMTP information used on both machines is the same.

As far as I can tell, in both environments there is everything important:

• Php.ini files are identical
• Sendmail.ini files are identical
• Both machines have the same version of XAMPP installed.
• The same script batches will run on both machines and successfully send email through sendmail.exe

I stopped and ran Apache several times to make sure it was using updated configuration files.

When I get the error message above, I notice that the sendmail.exe file does not create a log file, which makes me think that it never starts.

What am I missing?

solvable

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Answer 1

phpinfo() , :

• PHP script php.ini
• , SMTP ini ( phpinfo) .

Answer 2

:

ini_set("SMTP","smtp.example.com" );
ini_set('sendmail_from', '[e-mail]'); 

Answer 3

I also had to do this - you need to send sendmail.ini:

Your sendmail.ini should be located in the folder C: \ xampp \ sendmail \ sendmail.ini.

You only need to worry about three variables here:

1.smtp_server
2.auth_username
3.auth_password

Details here: Send mail and xampp

Bill h