how to send email in codeigniter on localhost

Question

hello all i have to send email on localhost and following is my config file

$config['useragent']      = "CodeIgniter";
$config['mailpath']       = "/usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i";
$config['protocol'] = 'smtp';
$config['smtp_host'] = 'xyz.com'; //change this
$config['smtp_port'] = '465';
$config['smtp_user'] = 'xyz.com'; //change this
$config['smtp_pass'] = '######'; //change this
$config['mailtype'] = 'html';
$config['charset'] = 'iso-8859-1';
$config['wordwrap'] = TRUE;
$config['newline'] = "\r\n"; //use double quotes to comply with RFC 822 standard

i create code follwing code for email send

if(count($result) > 0 || $result != NULL){
                    $password=$result['password'];
                    $this->load->library('email');
                    $from='chirag@site.com';
                    $to=$email;
                    $subject='forget password';                        
                    $this->email->from($from);
                    $this->email->to($to);
                    $this->email->subject($subject);
                    $this->email->message($password);
                    if($this->email->send()){
                        $this->session->set_flashdata('email','We sent your password to your Email...!');
                        redirect('login');
                    }
                    else{            
                        echo $this->email->print_debugger();
                    }
            }

but i got following error when i send email

The following SMTP error was encountered: 
Unable to send email using PHP SMTP. Your server might not be configured to send mail using this method.

so what is problem there? please help me to solve

Are your host / user / pass valid (sure about that) and where is the code which try to send email..? — Svetoslav, Nov 30 '15 at 12:49

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 30 '15 at 12:59

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i got answer there is missing a ssl:// in config but after writing following

$config['smtp_host'] = 'ssl://xyz.com';

mail is send successfully...

answered Nov 30 '15 at 12:59

Keyur Chavda-kc1994

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

First make sure you already done the proper localhost configuration for sending emails. Then in your controller you load the email library by setting the appropriate credentials and port number. Like so:

$config = Array(
                            'protocol' => 'smtp',
                            'smtp_host' => 'ssl://smtp.gmail.com',
                            'smtp_port' => 465,
                            'smtp_user' => 'your_gmail_name@gmail.com', 
                            'smtp_pass' => 'your_pass', 
                            //'mailtype' => 'html',
                            // 'charset' => 'iso-8859-1',
                            // 'wordwrap' => TRUE
                        );
                        $this->load->library('email', $config);

how to send email in codeigniter on localhost

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