# How to set up php to send email (via smtp) in Vista

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**Created:** [July 5, 2007, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-set-up-php-to-send-email-via-smtp-in-vista/231571 "2007-07-05T20:38:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Utech22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f17d59/32.png) [@Utech22](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Utech22)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-set-up-php-to-send-email-via-smtp-in-vista/231571/1 "2007-07-05T20:38:35Z")

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I was searching but I found only setup for Linux :[http://email.about.com/cs/phpemailtips/qt/et022802.htm](http://email.about.com/cs/phpemailtips/qt/et022802.htm)  
I am running Vista Ultimate, and would like to use SMTP  
to send a test email from localhost.

## In php.ini, should I set

## ;sendmail\_path = to sendmail\_path = “localhost” ??? :sen:

```php
 
 
<?php
$to = 'root@localhost.com';
$subject = 'the subject';
$message = 'hello world, test email ';
$headers = 'From: someone@example.com' . "
" .
    'Reply-To: someone@example.com' . "
" ;
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
?>

```