why do I get error while running php mail function from cmd

Question

I'm trying to use the php mail function from cmd,with following command:

php -r "\$from = \$to = '[email protected]'; \$x = mail(\$to, 'subject'.time(), 'Hello World', 'From: '. \$from); var_dump(\$x);"

I get this error: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected token "", expecting end of file in Command line code on line 1 could it be because of wrong directory ? or what am I missing in the code ?

It would be easier if you inverted the quotes, and used single quotes to wrap PHP code. This way you wouldn't have to escape variable sigils. — weirdan
– weirdan, Commented Mar 27, 2021 at 19:52
@weirdan I tried and it didn;t work but I;m not sure if I did it correctly,because I didn;t uderstand well what you ment. is this right ? '(php -r '$from ="hello" $to = "[email protected]"; $x = mail($to, "subject".time(), "Hello World", "From: ". $from); var_dump($x);')' — giorgi latsabidze
– giorgi latsabidze, Commented Mar 27, 2021 at 20:27
Pasted that line into my ubuntu terminal. Works. Tested with bash and fish. Did you do that from windows command prompt? — Markus Zeller
– Markus Zeller, Commented Mar 27, 2021 at 20:34
Windows CMD doesn't use backslashes for escapes, nor does it use dollar-signs (used by PHP) for interpolated variables. — Dai
– Dai, Commented Mar 30, 2021 at 7:20

Álvaro González · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-30 07:29:09Z

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The \ character doesn't play any role in CMD—just get rid of it. Neither does $, so it doesn't need to be escaped:

C:\>php -r "$from = $to = '[email protected]'; $x = mail($to, 'subject'.time(), 'Hello World', 'From: '. $from); var_dump($x);"
PHP Warning:  mail(): Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in Command line code on line 1

Warning: mail(): Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in Command line code on line 1
bool(false)

Whether it's a good idea is left as exercise for readers ;-)

answered Mar 30, 2021 at 7:29

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