Configure XAMPP php.ini file to send mail from windows localhost

You can send mail from windows localhost with sendmail package is inbuild in XAMPP.

You can send mail from Gmail account by modifiying C:xamppphpphp.ini and c:xamppsendmailsendmail.ini files.

in C:xamppphpphp.ini find extension=php_openssl.dll and remove the semicolon from the beginning of that line to make SSL working for gmail for localhost.

in php.ini file find [mail function] and change
 

SMTP=smtp.gmail.com
smtp_port=587
sendmail_from = your_gmail_id@gmail.com
sendmail_path = ""C:xamppsendmailsendmail.exe" -t"

Now Open C:xamppsendmailsendmail.ini. Replace all the existing code in sendmail.ini with following code

[sendmail]
 

smtp_server=smtp.gmail.com
smtp_port=587
error_logfile=error.log
debug_logfile=debug.log
auth_username=your_gmail_id@gmail.com
auth_password=your_gmail-id_password
force_sender=your_gmail_id@gmail.com