Is it recommended to use a ready-made mailer like PHPMailer instead of mail() or imap_mail()?

Using a ready-made mailer like PHPMailer is recommended over using the built-in mail() or imap_mail() functions in PHP. PHPMailer provides a more robust and secure way to send emails, with built-in features for handling attachments, HTML emails, and SMTP authentication. It also helps prevent common email sending issues such as emails being marked as spam. 

// Example code using PHPMailer to send an email
require 'vendor/autoload.php'; // Include PHPMailer library

// Create a new PHPMailer instance
$mail = new PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer();

// Set up the SMTP server settings
$mail->isSMTP();
$mail->Host = 'smtp.example.com';
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->Username = 'your@example.com';
$mail->Password = 'yourpassword';
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
$mail->Port = 587;

// Set the sender and recipient
$mail->setFrom('your@example.com', 'Your Name');
$mail->addAddress('recipient@example.com', 'Recipient Name');

// Set the email subject and body
$mail->Subject = 'Test Email';
$mail->Body = 'This is a test email sent using PHPMailer.';

// Send the email
if($mail->send()) {
    echo 'Email sent successfully';
} else {
    echo 'Error sending email: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
}

Keywords

PHPMailer mail() imap_mail() email library

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