How can PHP beginners effectively troubleshoot and debug issues related to sending emails through PHP scripts?

Issue: PHP beginners can effectively troubleshoot and debug email sending issues by checking the SMTP settings, ensuring the email address and content are correctly formatted, and checking for any error messages in the server logs. 

// Example PHP script to send an email using the PHP mail function

$to = "recipient@example.com";
$subject = "Test Email";
$message = "This is a test email.";
$headers = "From: sender@example.com";

if (mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)) {
    echo "Email sent successfully.";
} else {
    echo "Email sending failed.";
}

Keywords

SMTP PHPMailer error logs mail function debugging

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