At the request of some of our readers, this week, we’ll examine just how easy it is to send emails with attachments using Gmail. With raw PHP, this would be a long and tedious task. However, with CodeIgniter, it’s a cinch! I’ll show you how in this eighteen minute video tutorial.
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Awesome Tutorials dude… Thanks a lot… I am learning real codeIgniter from your tutorials.. Plz keep going….
Great
But i have a error:
Call to undefined method CI_Controller::controller() in C:\wamp\www\ci\application\controllers\email.php on line 10
Here is my code:
class Email extends Ci_Controller{
function __construct()
{
parent:: controller();
}
function index()
{
$config = Array(
‘protocol’=>’smtp’,
‘smtp_host’=>’ssl://smtp.googlemail.com’,
‘smtp_port’=>465,
‘smtp_user’=>’myemail’,
‘smtp_pass’=>’mypass’
);
/*forbinder til libary */
$this->load->libary(‘email’, $config);
$this->email->set_newline(“\r\n”);
/*afsenderen*/
$this->email->from(‘nettutsTutorials@gmail.com’);
/*modtageren*/
$this->email->to(‘renefrisker@gmail.com’);
$this->email->subject(‘Det er en email test’);
$this->email->messange(‘Det virke sku’);
if($this->email->send()){
echo’Din mail bliv sent’;
}
else
{
show_error($this->email->print_debugger());
}
}
}
@mrChub: Look at the previous comment page, you will find the answer there. It has to do with the version nr of CodeIgniter. This tutorial is based on 1.7, you’re propably using 2.1.
In construct function is: parent::__construct();
This is for Codeigniter 2.0.
I was getting the same error. I came here after already changing my code to your solution, but I’m now getting a 504 error.
Gateway Time-out
The gateway did not receive a timely response from the upstream server or application.
Any thoughts?
i have a error:
Severity: Warning
Message: mail() [function.mail]: Failed to connect to mailserver at “localhost” port 25, verify your “SMTP” and “smtp_port” setting in php.ini or use ini_set()
Filename: libraries/Email.php
Line Number: 1553
can any one help
Hey,
The problem doesn’t lie with codeigniter. It’s your apache server that has some problems doing the requested operation. The first thing i’d do is to make sure that you have an updated server ( php 5.0+ at least ), secondly take a look at the php.ini file ( which should be located in your xampp folder under php ).
Do a search for the keyword “mail” and you’ll find a block like this :
[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/smtp
SMTP = localhost
; http://php.net/smtp-port
smtp_port = 25
make sure that this block is uncommented and your SMTP is set to localhost :)
hope this helps !
You could also try setting up mercury for xampp and configuring it. In some countries your service provider blocks all outgoing traffic on ports under 1024 ( this is the case in my country ).
Fantastic series, thanks for making these.
I am writing exactly the same code but I’m getting error like “unable to connect to ssl://smtp.googlemail.com:465 (Unable to find the socket transport “ssl” – did you forget to enable it when you configured PHP?)” if I get rid of the ssl part it didn’t work again
Having the same problem here… anyone?
“Possible error – “Unable to find the socket transport “ssl” – did you forget to enable it when you configured PHP?”
If you got this error, like I did, then you need to enable SSL in your PHP config. Load up php.ini and find a line with the following:
;extension=php_openssl.dll
Simply remove the “;” and then restart Apache and you’re good to go. The “;” denotes that the line is a comment, and so removing it enables the SSL extension for Apache. Credit – http://www.boringguys.com/2007/07/20/unable-to-find-the-socket-transport-ssl-did-you-forget-to-enable-it-when-you-configured-php/”
http://joelg.info/sending-email-with-gmail-using-the-codeignite
I had the same error and this solution worked perfectly, thanks!
Nice Tutorial
Man just keep up with good work! Your tutorials really helps, thank you so much!
Thank you so much for this series!!!! This has been so helpful in learning CodeIgniter!!!!
you are using live server or local server for email to gmail??????????
email is sent and no error occur but when i open my gmail account there was no email.
But the message “your email is sent ,fool” was printed on browser
please tell me the solution
awesome tutorials! thanks for taking the time to make them :) keep them coming…
I love these tutorials. Thanks so much for teaching.
Thanks for sharing mate, these are just great tutorials!
This tutorial uses an older version of Code Igniter 1.7? So I made the adjustments for the CI_2.1 using the parent::__construct, but somehow I am still drawing a blank page from my URL http://localhost/shell/index.php/email/index. NO EMAIL WAS SENT FOOL….What should I do to get this to work? I can’t move onto the next tutorial and its frustrating :-/ Thanks in advance!
‘smtp’,
‘smtp_host’ => ‘ssl://smtp.googlemail.com’,
‘smtp_port’ => 465,
‘smtp_user’ => ‘user’,
‘smtp_pass’ => ‘pass’
);
$this->load->library(‘email’);
$this->email->set_newline(“\r\n”);
$this->email->from(‘rezapiri@gmail.com’, ‘Top Dog’);
$this->email->to(‘rezapiri@gmail.com’);
$this->email->subject(‘This is an email test’);
$this->email->message(‘Its working’);
if($this->email-send())
{
echo ‘Your email was sent fool.’;
}
else
{
show_error($this->email->print_debugger());
}
}
}
the last post didn’t capture the controller etc…
‘smtp’,
‘smtp_host’ => ‘ssl://smtp.googlemail.com’,
‘smtp_port’ => 465,
‘smtp_user’ => ‘user’,
‘smtp_pass’ => ‘pass’
);
$this->load->library(‘email’);
$this->email->set_newline(“\r\n”);
$this->email->from(‘rezapiri@gmail.com’, ‘Top Dog’);
$this->email->to(‘rezapiri@gmail.com’);
$this->email->subject(‘This is an email test’);
$this->email->message(‘Its working’);
if($this->email-send())
{
echo ‘Your email was sent fool.’;
}
else
{
show_error($this->email->print_debugger());
}
}
}
Ur videos r really very much helpful….thnks.. :)
Thanks for all you did. It’s very very good stuff. These videos can teach me a lot!!!
I am seeing this error
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE, expecting T_FUNCTION in C:\xampp\htdocs\ci\application\controllers\email.php on line 21
Whlie my code is
‘smtp’ ,
‘smtp_host’ => ‘ssl://smtp.googlemail.com’ ,
‘smtp_port’ => ’465′ ,
‘smtp_user’ => ‘ashfaq202@gmail.com’ ,
‘smtp_pass’ => ‘*******’
);
}
$this->load->library(‘email’, $config);
$this->email->set_newline(‘\r\n’);
$this->email->from(‘ashfaq202@gmail.com’, ‘Muhammad Ashfaq’);
$this->email->to(‘ashfaq207@yahoo.com’);
$this->email->subject(‘Testing my codeIgnitor Email’);
$this->email->message(‘This is a perfect Software’);
if($this->email->send())
{
echo ‘Email has been sent successfully’;
}
else
{
show_error($this->email->print_debugger());
}
}
This took way too long. Windows Sucks!
All the people who are facing openssl and socket errors inspite of opening ssl (uncommenting php_openssl.dll) in PHP.ini need to INSTALL openssl and Microsoft VC++ Redistibutable.
Worked for me!
Most hosting providers this will work :
$this->load->library(‘email’);
$config['protocol'] = ‘sendmail’;
$config['mailpath'] = ‘/usr/sbin/sendmail’;
$config['charset'] = ‘iso-8859-1′;
$config['wordwrap'] = TRUE;
$this->email->initialize($config);
Hi every one I am not able to send the mail I am getting a blank page, can anyone tell me if there are any major changes codeigniter latest version, that we need to apply in our code to make the code work.
Thank you.
Great series, thanks for producing this.
One thing I noticed though is in the newer version of codeigniter, having this line produces an error when email.php is included in the config folder:
$this->load->library(‘email’, $config);
It needs to be changed to just:
$this->load->library(‘email’);
Just awesome tutorials!! I am learning Codeigniter thanks to you!
Just awesome tutorials!! I am learning Codeigniter thanks to you!
:D
For whatever reason, I keep getting a 404 error. I’ve followed the video, and have updated my code to 2.0. Anyone help?
My Code:
‘smtp’,
‘smtp_host’ => ‘ssl://smtp.googlemail.com’,
‘smtp_port’ => 465,
‘smtp_user’ => ‘######’,
‘smtp_pass’ => ‘######’
);
$this->load->library(‘email’, $config);
$this->email->set_newline(“\r\n”);
$this->email->from(‘robabby23@gmail.com’, ‘Rob Abby’);
$this->email->to(‘robabby23@gmail.com’);
$this->email->subject(‘This is an email’);
$this->email->message(‘Its working!’);
if ($this->email->send())
{
echo “Your email was sent, bitch!”;
}
else
{
show_error($this->email->print_debugger());
}
}
}
I realized that my 404 error had nothing to do with this Tut. I had followed the CodeIgniter Getting Started tut just before starting on these, and it had me declare a route that was overriding this controller.
I commented out this line, and now I am getting the same SSL error as everyone else on windows, but at least its progress!
Comment out this line if you have done the CI Docs Tut:
$route['(:any)'] = ‘pages/view/$1′;
Alright, I have updated my Code, my PHP.ini file, restarted Wamp, and now my page appears to just be stuck in a loading cylce…
Hi,
I am relatively new to CI, and mostly a windows user. Somehow this tutorial is not working for me. Its one error or the other and now its driving me crazy as to what wrong I am doing. I used the exact same code (with suggested modifications for new version) just to get errors like :
“fsockopen() [function.fsockopen]: unable to connect to ssl://smtp.googlemail.com:465 (Unable to find the socket transport “ssl” – did you forget to enable it when you configured PHP?)”
“fwrite() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given”
Generally I am not very good with debugging the codes, so if any additional data is required to solve these problems, please someone let me know. I am using xampp 1.7 on windows 7 64 bit, codeigniter 2.1
Somebody please help me out.
When you move your email configuration to the separate email.php config file, you need to change your load function to
$this->load->library(‘email’);
instead of
$this->load->library(‘email’,$config);
:) for the rest superb !
I keep getting this error
Message: file_exists() [function.file-exists]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/usr/local/apache/htdocs/newci/attachments/giants.jpg) is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/:/usr/lib/php:/tmp)
Filename: libraries/Email.php
Line Number: 1145
so I got rid of
$config['server_root'] = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
From the config.php file and I changed the “email.php” file from
$path = $this->config->item(‘server_root’);
$file = $path . ‘/newci/attachments/giants.jpg’;
$this->email->attach($file);
and turned it into
$file = ‘/newci/attachments/giants.jpg’;
$this->email->attach($file);
Now I don’t get any error’s , and my e-mail arrives, but I don’t get an attachment. Could anyone shed some light on this please?
And even to date, this video is being enjoyed ! It’s all still working like a charm in version 2.1.0 (with some minor tweaks which people can find by googling the error)
Tyvm !
Awesome tutorial! Thanks a lot!!
I’ve tried all above suggestions, but still get an error:
Severity: Warning
Message: mail() [function.mail]: Failed to connect to mailserver at “localhost” port 25, verify your “SMTP” and “smtp_port” setting in php.ini or use ini_set()
Filename: libraries/Email.php
Line Number: 1553
I’ve checked php.ini and all the settings seem to be good. Any suggestions? Thanks
Thanks men!
I followed the tutorial. Emails can be send but I got a notice like this
A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: Notice
Message: Undefined variable: config
Filename: controllers/email.php
Line Number: 13
I am using codeigniter 2.1.0
Update with this: $this->load->library(‘email’, $this->config);
The codeigniter series is the best way to learn codeigniter
Hi, i need your help please, i have this error…
Exit status code: 1
Unable to open a socket to Sendmail. Please check settings.
Unable to send email using PHP Sendmail. Your server might not be configured to send mail using this method.
Hello,
Thanks for valuable tutorials. These are the real Codeigniter tutorials IMHO..
Anways, coming back to the point.
As you said, we can autoload email config in /config/email.php.. I did exactly the same and tried to run the email function (localhost/project1/index.php/email). Though it sent email successfully, i got this error :
A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: Notice
Message: Undefined variable: config
Filename: controllers/email.php
Line Number: 12
Fixed it..
Just remove $config from $this->load->library(‘email’,$config); as it is being auto loaded :)
Regards.
Rahul
nice tutorials
First of all I hope this will resolve all the problem with user using CI 2.0.x.
Instead of creating arrays for cofig just pass data lik $config['port']=465, I will leave all of my code, don’t worry. Next as $config['mail_type'] put html, or u might get an error.
$this->load->library(‘email’);// first we load library
$this->email->set_newline(“\r\n”);//set the new line rule
$config['charset'] = ‘utf-8′;
$config['wordwrap'] = TRUE;
$config['mailtype'] = ‘html’;
$config['mailtype'] = ‘text’; // instead of html this is optional i just wanted to show other the default value in emal lib
$config['protocol']=’smtp’;
$config['smtp_port']=’465′;
$config['smtp_host']=’ssl://smtp.googlemail.com’;
$config['smtp_user']=#####@gmail.com’; // u put your mail here
$config['smtp_pass']=’######’;// your pass
$this->email->initialize($config);// crucial
$this->email->from(‘#######@gmail.com ‘, ‘Marko Kovacevic’);
$this->email->to(‘######@gmail.com’);
$this->email->subject(‘Email Test’);
$this->email->message(“The stuff works”);
if($this->email->send())
{
echo “Mail sent “‘;
}
else{
echo $this->email->print_debugger();
And other part if you get error that you can’t send mai using PHP mail(), and your server in not configured you make changes in php.ini file(Win users might need to change LoadModule ssl, i think it is in httpd.conf file).
[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/smtp
SMTP = ssl://googlemail.com
; http://php.net/smtp-port
smtp_port = 465
I hope i helped a litle ;)
help me alot