How can I get the error message for the mail function

Question

I've been using the PHP mail() function.

If the mail doesn't send for any reason, I'd like to echo the error message. How would I do that?

Something like

$this_mail = mail('example@example.com', 'My Subject', $message);

if($this_mail) echo 'sent!';
else echo error_message;

Answer 1

Hello @kartik,

You can use error_get_last() when mai l()returns false.

$success = mail('example@example.com', 'My Subject', $message);
if (!$success) {
    $errorMessage = error_get_last()['message'];
}

With print_r(error_get_last()), you get something like this:

[type] => 2
[message] => mail(): Failed to connect to mailserver at "x.x.x.x" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set()
[file] => C:\www\X\X.php
[line] => 2

Hope it helps!!
Thank you!!