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Updated on 2025-03-10

Detailed explanation of the example of sending gmail email by phpmailer


<html>
<head>
<title>PHPMailer - SMTP (Gmail) basic test</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
//error_reporting(E_ALL);
error_reporting(E_STRICT);
date_default_timezone_set('America/Toronto');
require_once('../');
//include(""); // optional, gets called from within if not already loaded
$mail             = new PHPMailer();
$body             = file_get_contents('');
$body             = eregi_replace("[\]",'',$body);
$mail->IsSMTP(); // telling the class to use SMTP
$mail->Host       = ""; // SMTP server
$mail->SMTPDebug  = 2;                     // enables SMTP debug information (for testing)
                                           // 1 = errors and messages
                                           // 2 = messages only
$mail->SMTPAuth   = true;                  // enable SMTP authentication
$mail->SMTPSecure = "ssl";                 // sets the prefix to the servier
$mail->Host       = "";      // sets GMAIL as the SMTP server
$mail->Port       = 465;                   // set the SMTP port for the GMAIL server
$mail->Username   = "***@";  // GMAIL username
$mail->Password   = "***";            // GMAIL password
$mail->SetFrom('****@', 'First Last');
$mail->AddReplyTo("***@","First Last");
$mail->Subject    = "PHPMailer Test Subject via smtp (Gmail), basic";
$mail->AltBody    = "To view the message, please use an HTML compatible email viewer!"; // optional, comment out and test
$mail->MsgHTML($body);
$address = "***@";
$mail->AddAddress($address, "John Doe");
$mail->AddAttachment("images/");      // attachment
$mail->AddAttachment("images/phpmailer_mini.gif"); // attachment
if(!$mail->Send()) {
  echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
  echo "Message sent!";
}
?>
</body>
</html>