PHP mail keeps hanging

Question

From php.ini

sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/ssmtp -t

The code, which keeps hanging in the browser (I even changed this file to 777)

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
try{
        mail('question@stackoverflow.com', 'test', 'test');
}Catch(Exception $ex){
        echo 'Exception: ', var_dump($ex, true);
}
echo "Done";
?>

Following works perfectly from terminal

sendmail -v question@stackoverflow.com
TO: question@stackoverflow.com
FROM: question@stackoverflow.com
SUBJECT: test

test
CTRL+D

(Sidenote: I am testing with UFW stopped)

Well, what does "hanging in the browser" mean? Certainly the php script will only continue when the `mail()` function returns. So if that really takes to long in your eyes, then you should track down what takes so long for sendmail to deliver. — arkascha, Aug 09 '13 at 11:18
Oh, and you _did_ check the http servers log files, didn't you? — arkascha, Aug 09 '13 at 11:18
mail logs and php logs both said the same --- ssmtp: Connection lost in middle of processing — Terence, Aug 09 '13 at 12:04

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 09 '13 at 12:25

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check this example for phpmailer. From here You will get example. And You can download phpmailer class from github.

check this github link link for download.

answered Aug 09 '13 at 12:25

Ripa Saha

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@Terence if You think this answer works for You then plz accept this answer. – Ripa Saha Aug 12 '13 at 07:26

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 09 '13 at 12:03

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I changed the port from 465 to 587 inside /etc/ssmtp/smtp.conf and it works.

(Good enough for me)

answered Aug 09 '13 at 12:03

Terence

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PHP mail keeps hanging

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