Send Email from PHP Script

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I wrote some code to send an email from my PHP script using PHPMailer. For some reason, the scripts isn't sending the messages.

Here Is My Code:

<?php
require_once("PHPMailer/class.phpmailer.php");
$mail=new PHPMailer();
$mail->IsSMTP();
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->Host = "ssl://smtp.gmail.com";
$mail->Port = 465;
$mail->Username = "[email protected]";
$mail->Password = "PASSHERE";
$mail->SetFrom = "[email protected]";
$mail->AddAddress("[email protected]");
$mail->Subject = "Confirm Web Lock Registration!";
$mail->Body = "Please confirm your Web Lock Registration by clicking here!";
$mail->WordWrap = 50;

if(!$mail->Send())
{
   echo 'Message was not sent.';
   echo 'Mailer error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
  echo "Message Sent!";
}
?>

This Is The Error Echoed:

SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host. Message was not sent.Mailer error: SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host.

Are you getting your error message echoed and if so what is it? — Alan Geleynse
– Alan Geleynse, Commented Oct 21, 2010 at 17:19
Could you give more information on the problem? Is it printing out the error message, or is it saying "Message Sent!" but you're still not receiving it? — erjiang
– erjiang, Commented Oct 21, 2010 at 17:20
@Zachary Brown: Never share your username and password publicly like this :) — Sarfraz
– Sarfraz, Commented Oct 21, 2010 at 17:21
You might want to remove or change the password in your question... Anyone viewing this can log in to your e-mail account right now. — Brad Westness
– Brad Westness, Commented Oct 21, 2010 at 17:23
meta.stackexchange.com/questions/43103/passwords-in-questions — Wrikken
– Wrikken, Commented Oct 21, 2010 at 17:26

Alan Geleynse · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-21 17:45:48Z

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Your error message might be caused by the firewall settings on your server. This error message is commonly caused by a firewall blocking outgoing connections on the port.

You also should make sure that you have the openssl extension enabled.

Original Answer that you fixed:

You are sending to [email protected] which is not the address you want.

You need to remove the second .com and change it to [email protected]

edited Oct 21, 2010 at 17:45

answered Oct 21, 2010 at 17:23

Alan Geleynse

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Zac Brown Over a year ago

Corrected it. Still the same problem.

Alan Geleynse Over a year ago

I added some additional problems based on the error message you gave.

vlavrentjevs · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-21 19:18:39Z

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I'm using PHPMailer too, just tried your settings, and got the same error. Here are my settings witch work for me (I show with ->> things witch you don't have, or are different for me)

$mail->PHPMailer = new PHPMailer();
$mail->IsSMTP();
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
->> $mail->SMTPSecure = "ssl";
->> $mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com"; //not ssl://smtp.gmail.com
$mail->Port = 465; etc...

Everything else is the same, except i don't use word wrap, but i checked, it's not causing the problem.

edited Oct 21, 2010 at 19:18

answered Oct 21, 2010 at 19:06

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Sarfraz · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-21 17:20:39Z

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You need to specify gmail username and password because that is the what you are using in smtp settings:

$mail->Username = "[email protected]";
$mail->Password = "yourgmailpassword";

answered Oct 21, 2010 at 17:20

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Zac Brown Over a year ago

The address is the username. The company uses Google Apps for email.

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:47:39Z

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As a general tip, try turning on debugging:

$mail->SMTPDebug  = 2; // enables SMTP debug information (for testing)
                       // 1 = errors and messages
                       // 2 = messages only

From SO: Debugging PHP Mail() and/or PHPMailer

edited May 23, 2017 at 11:47

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answered Oct 21, 2010 at 17:24

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Catharsis · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-21 17:39:23Z

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Just as a bit of advise you might also want to try using Zend_Mail, you can use this happily without having to go the whole MVC route and it is very informative

answered Oct 21, 2010 at 17:39

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