✉️ PHP Contact Form Tutorial: Sending Email via XAMPP on Localhost

Welcome to our step-by-step tutorial on creating a contact form and sending emails using PHP and XAMPP on your localhost! 🚀

In this beginner-friendly guide, you'll learn how to build a functional contact form for your website and implement email sending capabilities using the powerful XAMPP server. Whether you're a web development novice or looking to brush up on your PHP skills, this tutorial has got you covered.

In this video, you will learn:

Setting up XAMPP on your local machine.
Creating a simple and secure contact form with HTML and PHP.
Configuring your XAMPP environment for email sending.
Sending test emails from your localhost.
Troubleshooting common issues and debugging your code.
By the end of this tutorial, you'll have a fully functional contact form on your localhost that can send emails, making it a valuable addition to your web development skill set.

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[_rajashree.s]

Thank you so much bro! it helped a lot! it is now correctly working!

[technodea]

function is working, but mail is not sending

[eyabouabdallah]

thank you so much, best tutorial ever

[uwvhulg]

function execution done but im not get the email!

[ryzxpks]

thank you very much this has really help me

[Karol_]

Hi, I copied your steps. when i write down my name, email etc. the site redirect me to a page saying email sent. I don't get the email in my inbox or my spam folder. I copied your steps in the .ini fiels and palced my gmail there. it still does not work. I even looked if windows defender is not blocking the connection but it does not work. Can you help me?

[kylejoshjamoner]

please help me i follow all step then there's no email receive in my gmail but i try to error my code then i input the contacts form and submit i doesn't meet the email sending failed 😭

[CARLOSEDUARDOHERNANDEZMONTES]

hello i have a problem that is when i´m looking for the password apps on 2FA but it is not the section, do you know why does it happen?

[umdonald]

what of those of us using wamp how do we locate the php-ini there

[sparshkhasgiwale]

mine is not working email fuction is called but rthe email is not in the inbox

[hanson]

how can i can the infor for php.ini and change it？or just copy the infor video you posted？

[Redllowge_]

Umhh there its a problem, when i finish, i click on send and this message appear:

Warning: Failed to open stream: No such file or directory in on line 5

Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Failed opening required in Stack trace: #0 {main} thrown in on line 5

[ronrivero]

what if I am using a live server, where I can locate sendmail and php.ini to my cPanel to change the configuration?