SMTP Transport Options

This document details the various options available to the Laminas\Mail\Transport\Smtp mail transport.

Quick Start

Basic SMTP Transport Usage

use Laminas\Mail\Transport\Smtp as SmtpTransport;
use Laminas\Mail\Transport\SmtpOptions;

// Setup SMTP transport
$transport = new SmtpTransport();
$options   = new SmtpOptions([
    'name' => 'localhost.localdomain',
    'host' => '127.0.0.1',
    'port' => 25,
]);
$transport->setOptions($options);

If you require authentication, see the section on SMTP authentication for examples of configuring authentication credentials.

Configuration Options

Option name	Description
`name`	Name of the SMTP host; defaults to "localhost".
`host`	Remote hostname or IP address; defaults to "127.0.0.1".
`port`	Port on which the remote host is listening; defaults to "25".
`connection_class`	Fully-qualified classname or short name resolvable via `Laminas\Mail\Protocol\SmtpPluginManager`. See the SMTP authentication documentation for details.
`connection_config`	Optional associative array of parameters to pass to the connection class in order to configure it. By default, this is empty. See the SMTP authentication documentation for details.

Available Methods

getName

getName() : string

Returns the string name of the local client hostname.

setName

setName(string $name) : void

Set the string name of the local client hostname.

getConnectionClass

getConnectionClass() : string

Returns a string indicating the connection class name to use.

setConnectionClass

setConnectionClass(string $connectionClass) : void

Set the connection class to use.

getConnectionConfig

getConnectionConfig() : array

Get configuration for the connection class.

setConnectionConfig

setConnectionConfig(array $config) : void

Set configuration for the connection class. Typically, if using anything other than the default connection class, this will be an associative array with the keys "username" and "password".

getHost

getHost() : string

Returns a string indicating the IP address or host name of the SMTP server via which to send messages.

setHost

setHost(string $host) : void

Set the SMTP host name or IP address.

getPort

getPort() : int

Retrieve the integer port on which the SMTP host is listening.

setPort

setPort(int $port) : void

Set the port on which the SMTP host is listening.

__construct

__construct(null|array|Traversable $config) : void

Instantiate the class, and optionally configure it with values provided.

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