How can I get the error message for the mail() function?

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If you are on Windows using SMTP, you can use error_get_last() when mail() returns false. Keep in mind this does not work with PHP’s native mail() function.

$success = mail('[email protected]', 'My Subject', $message);
if (!$success) {
    $errorMessage = error_get_last()['message'];
}

With print_r(error_get_last()), you get something like this:

[type] => 2
[message] => mail(): Failed to connect to mailserver at “x.x.x.x” port 25, verify your “SMTP” and “smtp_port” setting in php.ini or use ini_set()
[file] => C:\www\X\X.php
[line] => 2

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