PHPmailer: SMTP connect() failed (not working) - email

Question

I want to send mail using phpmailer from localhost XAMPP using SMTP server (gmail). But I keep getting this error:
Message could not be sent.Mailer Error: SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting
I tried many solutions regarding uncomment openSSL in php.ini file, changing the port 465("ssl") and 587("tls"), but it does not work.
My codes:
<?php
date_default_timezone_set('Etc/UTC');
'PHPMailerAutoLoad.php';
class.phpmailer.php if not already loaded
$port =465;
$securetype = 'ssl';
$from = 'myemail#gmail.com';
$name = 'User';
$toemail= "mymail#gmail.com";
$mail = new PHPMailer;
$mail->isSMTP();
$mail->isSMTPDebug = 1;
$mail->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com';
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->Username = 'myemail#gmail.com';
$mail->Password = 'password';
$mail->SMTPSecure = $securetype;
$mail->Port = $port;
$mail->From = $from;
$mail->FromName = $name;
$mail->addAddress($toemail);
$mail->isHTML(true);
$mail->Subject = 'Test Mail Subject!';
$mail->Body = 'This is SMTP Email Test';
if(!$mail->send()) {
echo 'Message could not be sent.';
echo 'Mailer Error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
echo 'Message has been sent';
}
?>

Answer 1

You will need class.phpmailer.php. If you're using SMTP, you'll need class.smtp.php.
Try this demo code:
<?php
require 'class.phpmailer.php';
require 'class.smtp.php';
//SMTP needs accurate times, and the PHP time zone MUST be set
//This should be done in your php.ini, but this is how to do it if you don't have access to that
#require '../PHPMailerAutoload.php';
//Create a new PHPMailer instance
$mail = new PHPMailer;
//Tell PHPMailer to use SMTP
$mail->isSMTP();
//Enable SMTP debugging
// 0 = off (for production use)
// 1 = client messages
// 2 = client and server messages
$mail->SMTPDebug = 0;
//Ask for HTML-friendly debug output
$mail->Debugoutput = 'html';
//Set the hostname of the mail server
$mail->Host = 'mail.domain.com';
// use
// $mail->Host = gethostbyname('smtp.gmail.com');
// if your network does not support SMTP over IPv6
//Set the SMTP port number - 587 for authenticated TLS, a.k.a. RFC4409 SMTP submission
$mail->Port = 25;
//Set the encryption system to use - ssl (deprecated) or tls
//$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
//Whether to use SMTP authentication
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
//Username to use for SMTP authentication - use full email address for gmail
$mail->Username = "demo#domain.com";
//Password to use for SMTP authentication
$mail->Password = "password";
//Set who the message is to be sent from
$mail->setFrom('demo#domain.com', 'subillion');
//Set an alternative reply-to address
#$mail->addReplyTo('replyto#example.com', 'First Last');
//Set who the message is to be sent to
$mail->addAddress("example#gmail.com");
//Set the subject line
$mail->Subject = 'Demo !!';
//Read an HTML message body from an external file, convert referenced images to embedded,
$mail->isHTML(true);
$msgbody = "This is a demo test !";
$mail->Body = $msgbody;
//send the message, check for errors
if (!$mail->send()) {
// echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
echo "Message sent!";
}
?>