Send Email in PHP using GMAIL SMTP Server

Sendmail

1. Download and Unzip: download sendmail.zip
2. Open Sendmail.ini in text editor
   Change the following options Sendmail.ini and save.
   smtp_server=smtp.gmail.com
   
   smtp_port=587
   
   auth_username=<email_name>@gmail.com
   auth_password=<email_password>
   
   force_sender=<email_name>@gmail.com
3. Open your PHP configuration (PHP.ini), Edit and Save:
   [mail function]
   ; For Win32 only.
   ; http://php.net/smtp
   ;SMTP = localhost
   
   ; http://php.net/smtp-port
   ;smtp_port = 25
   
   ; For Win32 only.
   ; http://php.net/sendmail-from
   ;sendmail_from = me@example.com
   
   ; For Unix only.  You may supply arguments as well (default: "sendmail -t -i").
   ; http://php.net/sendmail-path
   sendmail_path ="C:\DNS\Projects\sendmail\sendmail.exe -t"
   
   ; Force the addition of the specified parameters to be passed as extra parameters
   ; to the sendmail binary. These parameters will always replace the value of
   ; the 5th parameter to mail(), even in safe mode.
   ;mail.force_extra_parameters =