PHP email form

[Medyman]

What exactly is needed to deploy a PHP email form?

This is probably a really foolish question but what features does my webhost need to have for me to use a PHP email form? Do I need SMTP server acces or can I just use a PHP form with say a "Gmail" or "Hotmail" account attached.

[thetestingsite]

for a PHP email form to function properly, your host has to have some sort of SMTP service either on their server, or on a remotley hosted one. This must be specified in the php.ini file.

To find out what (if any host) they use, make a php file that displays the PHP Info.

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Look for SMTP and SMTP port. Usually it is localhost with the port 25. Different for every host though.
Hope this helps.