How to Install MailForm on Windows 11

MailForm is an open-source package for sending emails from your PHP application. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install MailForm on Windows 11.

Prerequisites

To follow this tutorial, you will need the following:

• Windows 11 installed on your computer
• PHP installed on your computer
• Composer installed on your computer

Step 1: Download MailForm from GitHub

Go to the MailForm GitHub repository, click on the green "Code" button and select "Download ZIP". Save the ZIP file on your computer.

Step 2: Extract the ZIP file

Extract the downloaded ZIP file to a folder on your computer. For example, you can create a folder named "mailform" on your desktop and extract the ZIP file there.

Step 3: Navigate to the MailForm folder

Open a command prompt and navigate to the folder where you extracted MailForm. For example, if you extracted MailForm to a folder named "mailform" on your desktop, you can navigate to that folder by typing the following command:

cd C:\Users\your-username\Desktop\mailform

Step 4: Install MailForm using Composer

In the command prompt, type the following command to install MailForm using Composer:

composer install

This will download and install all the required dependencies for MailForm.

Step 5: Test MailForm

To test if MailForm is installed correctly, create a new PHP file in the MailForm folder and add the following code:

<?php
require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

use Feuerhamster\MailForm\MailForm;

$mailForm = new MailForm([
  'to' => '[email protected]',
  'from' => '[email protected]',
  'subject' => 'Test email',
  'body' => 'This is a test email'
]);

$mailForm->send();

Replace "[email protected]" and "[email protected]" with your own email addresses. Save the file as "test.php" in the MailForm folder.

Open a command prompt, navigate to the MailForm folder, and type the following command to run the test script:

php test.php

If MailForm is installed correctly, you should receive an email at the "to" email address with the subject "Test email" and body "This is a test email".

Congratulations! You have successfully installed MailForm on your Windows 11 computer.