PHP Sendmail Folder not Found in Xampp

Easy Fix - [1] Download the Sendmail.zip. [2] Unzip Sendmail.zip. [3] Open the zip file and copy to clipboard the Sendmail folder which contains all needed files [4] Paste the sendmail folder into your xampp directory

If you are attempting to configure xampp to send real email over the internet, you are invariably direct to make setting changes in sendmail.ini which is in the sendmail folder but when you look in xampp you may not see a sendmail folder.

To download sendmail so you can send mail from within xampp ...

1. download the sendmail.zip file.
2. Unzip sendmail.zip.
3. Open the unzipped folder and copy the sendmail folder to clipboard.
4. Paste the sendmail folder in the xampp directory.
5. Open the sendmail folder and double click it to open it.
6. Open sendmail.ini and make any required changes such as ...
   • smtp_server=
   • smtp_port=
   • smtp_ssl=
   these settings will vary and depend upon how you intend to send mail via php.

You can read more about sendmail here.