PHP Email Sending

PHP

Built-In PHP Mail System

PHP has its own mailing system, but this is a risky approach, since sometimes when sending emails with it, the messages won't come through:

This mailing system what PHP has, is sometimes useless, since the user-sent emails won't come through all the time - probably PHP's own server configurations that don't align your own ports. Its also unstable, that's why the PHPMailer system exists, which is somewhere in this page.

Resetting Password Via Email

This is a method used even by popular businesses:

The password reset with email is a secure approach overall - it the user puts an email that's not theirs, they cannot access other users accounts. That's why applications use this, its a simple fix.

Using PHPMailer

To get PHPMailer, download it here Download Folder. Its a much more robust system than the PHP's mail system:

It let's you customize your port where you are sending, email structure etc.

Using PHPMailer

To get PHPMailer, download it here Download Folder. Its a much more robust system than the PHP's mail system:

It let's you customize your port where you are sending, email structure etc.

PHPMailer - Sending Email with Attachment

Here's a practical instance of sending an attachments using PHPMailer:

We also have the system that checks the file types, which is really important, because if someone were to send you a malicous link and you would accidentally open it - bad things would happen.