\SMTP

SMTP is rfc 821 compliant and implements all the rfc 821 SMTP commands except TURN which will always return a not implemented error. SMTP also provides some utility methods for sending mail to an SMTP server.

original author: Chris Ryan

Summary

Methods
Properties
Constants
__construct()
Connect()
StartTLS()
Authenticate()
Connected()
Close()
Data()
Hello()
Mail()
Quit()
Recipient()
Reset()
SendAndMail()
Turn()
getError()
$SMTP_PORT
$CRLF
$do_debug
$do_verp
$Version
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Properties

$SMTP_PORT

$SMTP_PORT : 

SMTP server port

@var int

Type

$CRLF

$CRLF : 

SMTP reply line ending

@var string

Type

$do_debug

$do_debug : 

Sets whether debugging is turned on

@var bool

Type

$do_verp

$do_verp : 

Sets VERP use on/off (default is off)

@var bool

Type

$Version

$Version : 

Sets the SMTP PHPMailer Version number

Type

Methods

__construct()

__construct() : 

Initialize the class so that the data is in a known state.

Returns

Connect()

Connect( host,  port,  tval = 30) : 

Connect to the server specified on the port specified.

If the port is not specified use the default SMTP_PORT. If tval is specified then a connection will try and be established with the server for that number of seconds. If tval is not specified the default is 30 seconds to try on the connection.

SMTP CODE SUCCESS: 220 SMTP CODE FAILURE: 421

Parameters

host
port
tval

Returns

StartTLS()

StartTLS() : 

Initiate a TLS communication with the server.

SMTP CODE 220 Ready to start TLS SMTP CODE 501 Syntax error (no parameters allowed) SMTP CODE 454 TLS not available due to temporary reason

Returns

success

Authenticate()

Authenticate( username,  password) : 

Performs SMTP authentication. Must be run after running the Hello() method. Returns true if successfully authenticated.

Parameters

username
password

Returns

Connected()

Connected() : 

Returns true if connected to a server otherwise false

Returns

Close()

Close() : 

Closes the socket and cleans up the state of the class.

It is not considered good to use this function without first trying to use QUIT.

Returns

Data()

Data( msg_data) : 

Issues a data command and sends the msg_data to the server finializing the mail transaction. $msg_data is the message that is to be send with the headers. Each header needs to be on a single line followed by a <CRLF> with the message headers and the message body being seperated by and additional <CRLF>.

Implements rfc 821: DATA

SMTP CODE INTERMEDIATE: 354 [data]

. SMTP CODE SUCCESS: 250 SMTP CODE FAILURE: 552,554,451,452 SMTP CODE FAILURE: 451,554 SMTP CODE ERROR : 500,501,503,421

Parameters

msg_data

Returns

Hello()

Hello( host) : 

Sends the HELO command to the smtp server.

This makes sure that we and the server are in the same known state.

Implements from rfc 821: HELO

SMTP CODE SUCCESS: 250 SMTP CODE ERROR : 500, 501, 504, 421

Parameters

host

Returns

Mail()

Mail( from) : 

Starts a mail transaction from the email address specified in $from. Returns true if successful or false otherwise. If True the mail transaction is started and then one or more Recipient commands may be called followed by a Data command.

Implements rfc 821: MAIL FROM:

SMTP CODE SUCCESS: 250 SMTP CODE SUCCESS: 552,451,452 SMTP CODE SUCCESS: 500,501,421

Parameters

from

Returns

Quit()

Quit( close_on_error = true) : 

Sends the quit command to the server and then closes the socket if there is no error or the $close_on_error argument is true.

Implements from rfc 821: QUIT

SMTP CODE SUCCESS: 221 SMTP CODE ERROR : 500

Parameters

close_on_error

Returns

Recipient()

Recipient( to) : 

Sends the command RCPT to the SMTP server with the TO: argument of $to.

Returns true if the recipient was accepted false if it was rejected.

Implements from rfc 821: RCPT TO:

SMTP CODE SUCCESS: 250,251 SMTP CODE FAILURE: 550,551,552,553,450,451,452 SMTP CODE ERROR : 500,501,503,421

Parameters

to

Returns

Reset()

Reset() : 

Sends the RSET command to abort and transaction that is currently in progress. Returns true if successful false otherwise.

Implements rfc 821: RSET

SMTP CODE SUCCESS: 250 SMTP CODE ERROR : 500,501,504,421

Returns

SendAndMail()

SendAndMail( from) : 

Starts a mail transaction from the email address specified in $from. Returns true if successful or false otherwise. If True the mail transaction is started and then one or more Recipient commands may be called followed by a Data command. This command will send the message to the users terminal if they are logged in and send them an email.

Implements rfc 821: SAML FROM:

SMTP CODE SUCCESS: 250 SMTP CODE SUCCESS: 552,451,452 SMTP CODE SUCCESS: 500,501,502,421

Parameters

from

Returns

Turn()

Turn() : 

This is an optional command for SMTP that this class does not support. This method is here to make the RFC821 Definition complete for this class and __may__ be implimented in the future

Implements from rfc 821: TURN

SMTP CODE SUCCESS: 250 SMTP CODE FAILURE: 502 SMTP CODE ERROR : 500, 503

Returns

getError()

getError() : mixed||string|int

Get the current error

Returns

mixed||string|int —