Sending email with PHP: from Basic to Advanced

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction and Project Setup

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Install a Web Server on Your Computer

Lecture 3: Change the Root Directory of the Web Server

Lecture 4: Get Access to an SMTP Mail Server

Chapter 2: Using PHPMailer to Send email from PHP

Lecture 1: How NOT to Send Email in PHP

Lecture 2: Install PHP Code Libraries Automatically with Composer

Lecture 3: Install the PHPMailer Library with Composer

Lecture 4: Configure PHPMailer with Your SMTP Server

Lecture 5: Put Configuration Settings in a Separate File

Chapter 3: How to use PHPMailer to send emails

Lecture 1: Send an email to one recipient

Lecture 2: Add a Name to an email Address

Lecture 3: Sending emails to Multiple Recipients: the Difference Between To, Cc

Lecture 4: Send an email to Multiple Recipients using To, Cc and Bcc

Lecture 5: Sending an email from One Address but Getting Replies to Another

Lecture 6: Send an email with a Different Address for Replies

Lecture 7: Send email Containing Non-English Characters

Lecture 8: Send an email with a File Attachment

Lecture 9: Send an email with a File Attachment and Change the Filename

Chapter 4: Using HTML and CSS to add formatting to your emails

Lecture 1: Format the Body of an email using HTML

Lecture 2: Insert an Image into the Body of an email

Lecture 3: Add Styles to the HTML in an email using CSS

Lecture 4: Using HTML and CSS in emails: Online Resources that Make it Easier

Lecture 5: Sending HTML email: Why it's Important to Send a Plain-text Version t

Lecture 6: Add a Plain-text Version of an HTML email

Chapter 5: Sending emails asynchronously: build a basic asynchronous queue from scratch

Lecture 1: Why it Takes a Long Time to Send an email using SMTP

Lecture 2: Send email Quickly from a Web Page

Lecture 3: Queue emails to be Sent Later: Save emails in Text Files

Lecture 4: Load all Classes using Composer’s Autoloader

Lecture 5: Send the Queued emails

Lecture 6: Run a PHP Script Automatically at a Specified Time

Lecture 7: Run the Queue Processing Script using cron

Chapter 6: Sending emails asynchronously using the RabbitMQ Messaging Server

Lecture 1: Build a More Scalable Queue: Use Third-party Queue Software

Lecture 2: Install the RabbitMQ Messaging Server

Lecture 3: Build a More Flexible Queue: Use a Language-neutral Message Format

Lecture 4: Install PHP Libraries for RabbitMQ and Message Pack with Composer

Lecture 5: Create a Queue and Publish a Message to it

Lecture 6: View the Messages on the Queue

Lecture 7: Put the Queue Code in a Separate Class

Lecture 8: Process the Messages on the Queue

Chapter 7: Third-party email services: Using Mailgun

Lecture 1: Sending email without SMTP: Using Mailgun

Lecture 2: Send an email Using the Mailgun HTTP API

Lecture 3: Track What Happens to emails Once Sent

Lecture 4: Receive email with Mailgun

Chapter 8: Conclusion

Lecture 1: Conclusion

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