How to send email using SMTP in PHP? - php

Question

I am struggling to send email using SMTP PHP. I am using gmail SMTP. Can anyone tell me where is the problem with this code? I am trying this code in cpanel, i cant find where is the problem in this code. There is no PHP error message in cpanel error logs.
<?php
require "config/config.php"; //include config file
// GOOGLE GOODNESS
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
$userIP = $_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"];
$recaptchaResponse = $_POST['g-recaptcha-response'];
$secretKey = $yoursecretkey;
$request = file_get_contents("https://www.google.com/recaptcha /api/siteverify?secret={$secretKey}&response={$recaptchaResponse}&remoteip={$userIP}");
if (!strstr($request, "true")) {
echo '<div class="alert alert-danger" role="alert"><strong>Error!</strong>There was a problem with the Captcha, you lied to us! you are a robot! or you just didnt click it :)</div>';
} else {
// echo "WORKS MOTHERFUCKER CONGRATS!";
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
$message = 'Full Name: ' . $_POST['fullname'] . '<br />
Subject: ' . $_POST['subject'] . '<br />
Phone: ' . $_POST['phone'] . '<br />
Email: ' . $_POST['emailid'] . '<br />
Comments: ' . $_POST['comments'] . '
';
require "PHPMailer-master/class.phpmailer.php"; //include phpmailer class
// Instantiate Class
$mail = new PHPMailer();
// Set up SMTP
$mail->IsSMTP(); // Sets up a SMTP connection
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // Connection with the SMTP does require authorization
$mail->SMTPSecure = "ssl"; // Connect using a TLS connection
$mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com"; //Gmail SMTP server address
$mail->Port = 465; //Gmail SMTP port
$mail->Encoding = '7bit';
// Authentication
$mail->Username = "xxxxxxx"; // Your full Gmail address
$mail->Password = "xxxxxxx"; // Your Gmail password
// Compose
$mail->SetFrom($_POST['emailid'], $_POST['fullname']);
$mail->AddReplyTo($_POST['emailid'], $_POST['fullname']);
$mail->Subject = "New Contact Form Enquiry"; // Subject (which isn't required)
$mail->MsgHTML($message);
// Send To
$mail->AddAddress("xxxxxxx", "xxxxxxx"); // Where to send it - Recipient
$result = $mail->Send(); // Send!
$message = $result ? '<div class="alert alert-success" role="alert"><strong>Success! </strong>Message Sent Successfully!</div>' : '<div class="alert alert-danger" role="alert"> <strong>Error!</strong>There was a problem delivering the message.</div>';
unset($mail);
}
}
}
?>
The only error i get is: There was a problem delivering the message on contact form. class.phpmailer.php is included in PHPMailer-master folder. I will appreciate your assistance.
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Answer 1

Thanks guys, i used my web hosting email address,SMTP Host and SMTP Port. It works. I don't understand why it does not send using gmail SMTP.