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Question

i am trying to use phpMailer to send confirmation messages to users via email. my code is this:

<?php
include("class.phpmailer.php");
include("class.smtp.php");
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->IsSMTP(); // set mailer to use SMTP
$mail->Host = "ssl://smtp.gmail.com"; // specify main and backup server
$mail->Port = 465; // set the port to use
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // turn on SMTP authentication
$mail->Username = "[e-mail]"; // your SMTP username or your gmail username
$mail->Password = "mypasswrord"; // your SMTP password or your gmail password
$from = "[e-mail]"; // Reply to this email
$to="[e-mail]"; // Recipients email ID
$name="Jersey Name"; // Recipient's name
$mail->From = $from;
$mail->FromName = "Webmaster"; // Name to indicate where the email came from when the recepient received
$mail->AddAddress($to,$name);
$mail->AddReplyTo($from,"Webmaster");
$mail->WordWrap = 50; // set word wrap
$mail->IsHTML(true); // send as HTML
$mail->Subject = "Sending Email From Php Using Gmail";
$mail->Body = "This Email Send through phpmailer, This is the HTML BODY "; //HTML Body
$mail->AltBody = "This is the body when user views in plain text format"; //Text Body
if(!$mail->Send())
{
echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
}
else
{
echo "Message has been sent";
}
?>

i already enabled ssl in php.ini.

PS> [e-mail] is a mask email to protect the privacy. but i did put a true email address in that part

Answer 1

Just enable the extension=php_openssl.dll

and follow these instructions given on this link

I have tested, it is working 100%.

Answer 2

This page has code the author claims "worked flawlessly".

The only real difference I see between his and yours is that his has:

$mail->Mailer = "smtp";

I guess I would start with his code exactly to see if it works, and then debug from there.

Answer 3

From here

2) Comment out the following lines of code in class.phpmailer.php

/*
if(strstr($hosts[$index], ":"))
list($host, $port) = explode(":",
$hosts[$index]); else 
*/

Try this if you haven't already.

Answer 4

in you php.ini make sure you have uncommented the line with

extension=php_openssl.dll

Answer 5

wrong:

$mail->Host = "ssl://smtp.gmail.com"; // specify main and backup server

good:

$mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com"; // specify main and backup server