email class with XAMPP, no php_smtp.dll or php_openssl.dll

[eluser]umbungo[/eluser]
Using XAMPP and missing php_smtp.dll & php_openssl.dll;

I am trying to get the email class working for me.. i put in all the config info etc etc (using gmail FWIW).

I then got an error message re: fsockopen() [function.fsockopen]: unable to connect to ssl...


http://adisembiring.wordpress.com/2010/0...deigniter/

^This tells me i need to un-comment extension=php_smtp.dll and extension=php_openssl.dll in php.ini. However, neither of them are there (commented or not). So I added these lines, however I don't have these files present in \php\ext

What to do?

[eluser]InsiteFX[/eluser]
Thats because you have to install the mercury mail application!

Or you can download and install this email tool that I use!

Test Mail Server Tool

InsiteFX

[eluser]umbungo[/eluser]
..so what happens in a production environment? (ie a live website sending email and not dev)

[eluser]InsiteFX[/eluser]
On a live site you should have all the avaiable mail protocols

InsiteFX

[eluser]umbungo[/eluser]
meaning php_smtp.dll or php_openssl.dll will be available and functional?

[eluser]InsiteFX[/eluser]
Yes, if not contact your hosting provider! I know on my live websites I have all of them.

InsiteFX

[eluser]umbungo[/eluser]
Thanks.

Also i found this guide ->
http://egrasp.wordpress.com/2010/02/03/s...n-windows/

much easier than using mercury.