(PHP ActiveX) SMTP Send Raw Command

Demonstrates how to send a raw command to the SMTP server after the connecting and authenticating.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Note: The php_com_dotnet.dll may need to be enabled inside of php.ini.

<?php

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.MailMan')
$mailman = new COM("Chilkat.MailMan");

$mailman->SmtpHost = 'smtp.mail.us-west-2.awsapps.com';
$mailman->SmtpSsl = 1;
$mailman->SmtpPort = 465;

$success = $mailman->SmtpConnect();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $mailman->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$mailman->SmtpUsername = 'john@example.com';
$mailman->SmtpPassword = 'the_password';

$success = $mailman->SmtpAuthenticate();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $mailman->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Authenticated!' . "\n";

// Send the "EHLO" command again to get the multi-line response that includes the SMTP capabilities.
// The capabilities are the lines in the response that begin with "250-".
$responseStr = $mailman->smtpSendRawCommand('EHLO client.example.com','utf-8',0);
if ($mailman->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print $mailman->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print $responseStr . "\n";

// A sample response:

// 250-smtp.us-west-2.mail.awsapps.com
// 250-8BITMIME
// 250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN
// 250 Ok

?>