sendmail.exe opens on sending mail

I am actually new in using sendmail but I have read a lot about this, and only redirect me to use PHPmailer,swiftmailer etc… But it’s so complicated to understand without the knowledge of the basics. So I decided to try simple, and this is what I’ve got.

I have configured my php.ini:

[mail function]
smtp_port = 465
sendmail_path="C:wampsendmailsendmail.exe -t"
mail.add_x_header = On

And my sendmail.ini:

[sendmail]
smtp_server=smtp.gmail.com
smtp_port=587
smtp_ssl=
error_logfile=error.log
debug_logfile=debug.log
auth_username=[e-mail]
auth_password=mypassword
hostname=localhost

and I have this PHP code:

$to      = '[e-mail]';
$message = $_POST['message'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$contact_num = $_POST['contact_number'];
$headers = 'From:'.'$email' . "rn" .'$contact' . "rn" .
'Reply-To: [e-mail]' . "rn" .
'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();

mail($to, $message, $headers);

but whenver i click the submit button the sendmail.exe appears and nothing happens. And when I check the error.log it says:

14/07/01 23:23:48 : Connection Closed Gracefully.

Answer

This part is a copy & paste of post: Sendmail Wamp Php

The problem is that sendmail has to be run as an administrator. This is the solution to help any one on my situation.

1. Right click on sendmail.exe
2. Properties
3. Compatibility
4. Change the configuration for all users
5. Execute as Windows XP SP 3

6. Execute as adminitrator

   if you using gmail you need create new password “Your application-specific passwords”

If that still dosen’t work (My answer)

Make sure the server (or IDE) is being run as admin, by either:

1) Right clicking the program (e.g. server, ide, command prompt) and clicking “Run as Administer”

2) OR Right click program> properties> compatiblity> Tick execute as admin

For instance if your using the PHP in built server, run the command prompt as admin and start the server as normal using

C:wampbinphpphp5.5.12php.exe -S localhost:80 -t C:UserspathtorootFolder

Of course change the file paths to suit your needs.

EDIT: This is probally the bug you headed into https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=44994