{"id":2492,"date":"2017-05-31T16:15:27","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T16:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/?p=2492"},"modified":"2017-05-31T16:19:08","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T16:19:08","slug":"codeigniter-send-email-gmail-smtp-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/codeigniter-send-email-gmail-smtp-server\/","title":{"rendered":"Sending Email via SMTP Server in CodeIgniter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Using SMTP server is always a good idea to send email from the script. Sometimes PHP mail()<\/code> function fails to send email to the recipient or deliver email to the spam folder. To avoid this issue SMTP is an effective way to send an email. CodeIgniter Email Class<\/b> provides an easy way to send email from the PHP script. Also, you can send email via SMTP server using CodeIgniter Email library.<\/p>\n

In this tutorial, we will show how you can send HTML email via SMTP server in CodeIgniter<\/b> application. The CodeIgniter email library will be used to send email using SMTP server.<\/p>\n

Send email via SMTP server in CodeIgniter<\/h2>\n

At first include the CodeIgniter email library. Now specify the SMTP host (smtp_host<\/code>), port (smtp_port<\/code>), email (smtp_user<\/code>), and password (smtp_pass<\/code>) in SMTP configuration ($config<\/code>) as per your SMTP server.<\/p>\n

\/\/Load email library
<\/span>$this<\/span>-><\/span>load<\/span>-><\/span>library<\/span>(<\/span>'email'<\/span>);

<\/span>\/\/SMTP & mail configuration
<\/span>$config <\/span>= array(
    <\/span>'protocol' <\/span> => <\/span>'smtp'<\/span>,
    <\/span>'smtp_host' <\/span>=> <\/span>'ssl:\/\/smtp.example.com'<\/span>,
    <\/span>'smtp_port' <\/span>=> <\/span>465<\/span>,
    <\/span>'smtp_user' <\/span>=> <\/span>'email@example.com'<\/span>,
    <\/span>'smtp_pass' <\/span>=> <\/span>'email_password'<\/span>,
    <\/span>'mailtype'  <\/span>=> <\/span>'html'<\/span>,
    <\/span>'charset'   <\/span>=> <\/span>'utf-8'
<\/span>);
<\/span>$this<\/span>-><\/span>email<\/span>-><\/span>initialize<\/span>(<\/span>$config<\/span>);
<\/span>$this<\/span>-><\/span>email<\/span>-><\/span>set_mailtype<\/span>(<\/span>\"html\"<\/span>);
<\/span>$this<\/span>-><\/span>email<\/span>-><\/span>set_newline<\/span>(<\/span>\"\\r\\n\"<\/span>);

<\/span>\/\/Email content
<\/span>$htmlContent <\/span>= <\/span>'<h1>Sending email via SMTP server<\/h1>'<\/span>;
<\/span>$htmlContent <\/span>.= <\/span>'<p>This email has sent via SMTP server from CodeIgniter application.<\/p>'<\/span>;

<\/span>$this<\/span>-><\/span>email<\/span>-><\/span>to<\/span>(<\/span>'recipient@example.com'<\/span>);
<\/span>$this<\/span>-><\/span>email<\/span>-><\/span>from<\/span>(<\/span>'sender@example.com'<\/span>,<\/span>'MyWebsite'<\/span>);
<\/span>$this<\/span>-><\/span>email<\/span>-><\/span>subject<\/span>(<\/span>'How to send email via SMTP server in CodeIgniter'<\/span>);
<\/span>$this<\/span>-><\/span>email<\/span>-><\/span>message<\/span>(<\/span>$htmlContent<\/span>);

<\/span>\/\/Send email
<\/span>$this<\/span>-><\/span>email<\/span>-><\/span>send<\/span>();<\/span><\/pre>\n
Send email via Gmail SMTP server in CodeIgniter<\/h2>\n
To use Gmail SMTP for sending email in CodeIgniter, you need to make some changes in Google account settings. Follow the below steps to use Gmail SMTP in CodeIgniter<\/b> email library.<\/p>\n