send mail from local server using xampp in php - php

Question

<?php
class EmailModel extends CI_Model{
public function email(){
require 'Email Files/PHPMailerAutoload.php';
$mail = new PHPMailer;
$mail->isSMTP();
$mail->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com';
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->Username = 'Google account username';
$mail->Password = 'Google account Password';
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'ssl';
$mail->Port = 465;
$mail->addAddress('abc#gmail.com');
$mail->setFrom('abc#gmail.com');
$mail->Subject = 'Test';
$mail->Body = 'Testing';
if($mail->send()) {
echo 'Message has been sent';
} else {
echo 'Message could not be sent.';
echo 'Mailer Error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
}
}
}
?>
I am using Github library for php email.
when I var_dump($mail) ; its showing all the data in the array.
now, this code is showing error: "SMTP connect() failed"

Answer 1

I also had this problem.Do the following steps
Go to myaccount.google.com
Click "connected apps & sites",
Turn "Allow less secure apps" to "ON" (bottom of the page).

Answer 2

Just I checked up with your code no error in that. you've to enable https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps
<?php
include "PHPMailer_5.2.4/class.phpmailer.php";
$mail = new PHPMailer;
$mail->isSMTP();
$mail->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com';
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->Username = 'test#gmail.com';
$mail->Password = 'test#12123#';
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'ssl';
$mail->Port = 465;
$mail->addAddress('abc#gmail.com');
$mail->setFrom('abc#gmail.com');
$mail->Subject = 'Test';
$mail->Body = 'Testing';
if($mail->send()) {
echo 'Message has been sent';
} else {
echo 'Message could not be sent.';
echo 'Mailer Error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
}
?>