[FIXED] How to configure Laravel mail.php to use built-in mail function?

Issue

I need to send an email via the mail() PHP function. I've read somewhere that I have to change driver parameter in config/mail.php to sendmail.

By default, it looks like this:

'driver' => env('MAIL_DRIVER', 'smtp'),

Now, it looks like this:

'driver' => 'sendmail',

Also tried this:

'driver' => 'mail',

But still, the mail() function doesn't work. What do I need to change?

Solution

You can set your mail configuration .env file like

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=youremail@gmail.com
MAIL_PASSWORD="password"
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls

also set configuration in config/mail.php like:

'from' => ['address' => 'youremail@gmail.com', 'name' => 'Test'],

then you can clear the cache:

php artisan config:cache
php artisan cache:clear

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