php - Send email from localhost with gmail(windows)

Question

I want to use the mail() function from my localhost. I have WAMP installed and a Gmail account. I know that the SMTP for Gmail is smtp.gmail.com and the port is 465. What I need to configure in WAMP so I can use the mail() function? Thanks

Answer 1

Ayush's answer was very useful, below a slightly simplified approach
1) Download PHPMailer
2) Extract to folder within you php project and rename it to phpmailer
3) Create gmail-sample.php and paste the following code:

    <?php
    require("phpmailer/class.phpmailer.php");
    $mail = new PHPMailer();

    // ---------- adjust these lines ---------------------------------------
    $mail->Username = "your.username@gmail.com"; // your GMail user name
    $mail->Password = "your-gmail-password"; 
    $mail->AddAddress("friends.email@domain.com"); // recipients email
    $mail->FromName = "your name"; // readable name

    $mail->Subject = "Subject title";
    $mail->Body    = "Here is the message you want to send to your friend."; 
    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------

    $mail->Host = "ssl://smtp.gmail.com"; // GMail
    $mail->Port = 465;
    $mail->IsSMTP(); // use SMTP
    $mail->SMTPAuth = true; // turn on SMTP authentication
    $mail->From = $mail->Username;
    if(!$mail->Send())
        echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
    else
        echo "Message has been sent";
    ?>

4) Send mail from Browser (e.g. http://localhost/your-project/gmail-sample.php).