After moving to a new Linux Hosting plan with cPanel (previously I had classic Linux Hosting plan with no cPanel), my old PHPMailer no longer functions. I keep getting SMTP() Failed, and in the log files, *
"PHP Warning: stream_socket_enable_crypto(): SSL operation failed
with code 1. OpenSSL Error messages: error:14090086:SSL
routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed in
[file name]"
I browsed Stack Overflow for some time, and have tried a variety of solutions, be it changing a port number, host name, or SSL/TSL options, nothing seems to resolve the issue. I am rather lost, considering, previously it wasn't even necessary to specify such details. I've contacted GoDaddy's Tech Support, they've recommended using post 25 and host relay-hosting.secureserver.net, which alas, didn't make any difference.
I am using PHPMailer developed by Marcus Bointon, https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting
If it helps, my PHPMailer details are:
$mail = new PHPMailer;
$mail->IsSMTP();
$mail->SMTPDebug = 0;
$mail->Host = 'relay-hosting.secureserver.net';
$mail->Port = 25;
$mail->SMTPAuth = false;
$mail->SMTPSecure = false;
$mail->SMTPAutoTLS = false;
$mail->SMTPSecure = false;
That's me! GoDaddy is a frequent pain point... They block all outbound SMTP except via their own servers. The certificate validation is due to them presenting an invalid certificate, and you're probably seeing it now because your upgrade also moved you to PHP 5.6+, which validates certificates by default. Since this is done inside GoDaddy's network, I suggest you try disabling TLS altogether:
$mail->SMTPAutoTLS = false;
$mail->SMTPSecure = false;
Talking to their relay-hosting.secureserver.net host is definitely the right way to go.
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I have been troubleshooting this issue for the last two months and have gotten no results on how to fix this. I am using PHP 5.6.3 with PEAR 1.10.1, the emailing pages in question worked fine with our 3-party emailing software on our local server only designed to use port 25 for SMTP. Now the PHP pages do reference an XML template that contains all the host, password, and username information. I want to switch to using google email servers with SSL. I implemented the changes provided by my email administrator and change the MX records accordingly. It was functioning properly for two weeks. After that I was getting the following error
"Failed to connect to ssl://smtp.gmail.com:465 [SMTP: Failed to connect socket: fsockopen(): unable to connect to ssl://smtp.gmail.com:465 (Unknown error) (code: -1, response: )]".
I have changed the code several times, I removed the ssl://, I have changed the protocol type to TLS with the port number 587, etc. Nothing was working! I reached out to the contractor to construct a simple hard-coded page that just said hello world using the gmail server configuration. He refused and made myself make a simple php page, mind you I had zero background in PHP programming until now, so on a side note entirely happy that this was thrown my way, but regardless I did complete the task. I have a page that sends a simple message, using the smtp server with the account desired using the PHPMailer library. (See the code below)
<?php
require_once 'C:\Webpage\PHPMailer-5.2-stable/PHPMailerAutoload.php';
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->isSMTP();
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->SMTPDebug = SMTP::DEBUG_SERVER;
$mail->SMTPDebug = 4; // 2 to enable SMTP debug information
$mail->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com';
$mail->Username = 'username#gmail.com';
$mail->Password = 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX';
$mail->SMTPSecure ='ssl';
$mail->Port = 465;
/*$mail->SMTPOptions = array(
'ssl' => array(
'verify_peer' => false,
'verify_peer_name' => false,
//'allow_self_signed' => true
)
);*/
$mail->From = 'XXXXt#abc.com';
$mail->FromName = 'Example';
$mail->addReplyTo('testing#abc.com','Example');
$mail->AddAddress('user1#xyz.com', 'John Doe');
$mail->Subject = 'Hello World';
$mail->Body ='A test email!';
$mail->AltBody = 'A test email!';
if(!$mail->Send()) {
echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
echo "Message has been sent";
}
?>
Now I know this is not using PEAR, but from this I found out some interesting information that I think is related. The code only works if the line with
$mail->SMTPOptions = array(
'ssl' => array(
'verify_peer' => false,
'verify_peer_name' => false,
//'allow_self_signed' => true
)
);
is not commented out it works, but when it is commented out, I receive an error regarding this.
Connection failed. Error #2: stream_socket_client(): SSL operation failed with code 1. OpenSSL Error messages:error:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed [C:\Webpage\PHPMailer-5.2-stable\class.smtp.php line 299]
So I googled this error and was lead to the php.ini file to change the openssl.cafile and the openssl.capath values. I entered in the download CA certificates and entered the correct pathway for the values, but still it is not working. Am I placing these in the wrong area? Or is there an easier way to fix this issue using the PEAR library? Please any help on this subject will be appreciated!:)
UPDATE(02/20/2018):
I have downloaded the bundle and set the pathway to it's correct location,curl.cainfo ="C:\OpenSSL-Win64\bin\PEM\cacert.pem",openssl.cafile="C:\OpenSSL-Win64\bin\PEM\cacert.pem". I still am getting the error I ran the following check of the ssl locations to see if it was using the php.ini file and got the following.
<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
print "\nIf you've got this far without errors then problem is with your SSL config\n";
$calocns=openssl_get_cert_locations();
if (count($calocns)) {
print "Check you've got your cacerts deployed in one of the following locations\n";
foreach ($calocns as $k=>$v) print "$k = $v\n";
} else {
print "You've not configured your openssl installation on this host\n";
}
$calocns=openssl_get_cert_locations();
//var_dump(openssl_get_cert_locations());
?>
Result:
If you've got this far without errors then problem is with your SSL config Check you've got your cacerts deployed in one of the following locations default_cert_file = f:\repo\winlibs_openssl_vc11_x86/cert.pem default_cert_file_env = SSL_CERT_FILE
default_cert_dir = f:\repo\winlibs_openssl_vc11_x86/certs
default_cert_dir_env = SSL_CERT_DIR
default_private_dir = f:\repo\winlibs_openssl_vc11_x86/private
default_default_cert_area = f:\repo\winlibs_openssl_vc11_x86
ini_cafile =
ini_capath =
I seem to be doing this wrong or need to know how to change the locations because those locations are not existent on my computer and I don't understand how it goes to those by default when I changed the pathway in the configuration file itself. Any thoughts?
Obviously it's still the certificate issue. Try using the latest CA certificates extracted from Mozilla. Simply download it, place it somewhere or replace your current cacert.perm, add the path to your certificate to openssl.cafile and curl.cainfo in your php.ini, and then try again. You might want to comment openssl.capath for now.
You can read more about issues related to CA certificate in PHPMailer Troubleshooting Wiki.
Update for 02/20/2018:
The curl.cainfo and openssl.cafile paths looks fine, assuming that is the correct path to the cacert.pem you downloaded. However your ini_cafile is empty when you run openssl_get_cert_locations(). It should reflect whatever you set in your openssl.cafile. You will need to restart your web server (Apache/nginx) after making changes to your php.ini to take effect. After restarting check the openssl.cafile value by running phpinfo(), and make sure it is correct.
I'm not sure why the default cert directory is like that. Maybe a previous installation of Open SSL? Either way, it's an non-existent default path for me as well but it doesn't matter since my ini_cafile shows the same value I defined in openssl.cafile. openssl_get_cert_locations() shows the list of places it will be looking for the certificates, so if the correct one is among the them, I think it should be fine.
I am getting the following warning when trying to configure and send mail using PHPMailer:
PHP Warning: stream_socket_enable_crypto(): SSL operation failed with code 1. OpenSSL Error messages:
error:1416F086:SSL routines:tls_process_server_certificate:certificate verify failed
I have looked around at the other solutions, and none of them work. Here are some particulars:
My cert (from letsencrypt) is valid, at least in my Nginx config. My WordPress site serves securely with no errors. My PHP version is 7.0.xx
I have tried adding the cert file location to php.ini, but it warns of a failure to load stream, even though the address is correct. Here is what I have tried (among others):
openssl.capath = "/etc/letsencrypt/live/example.org/" This results in
exactly the same error as above.
I have also tried:
openssl.cafile = "/etc/letsencrypt/live/example.org/fullchain.pem" but get warning: PHP Warning:failed loading cafile stream
My PHP mailer config (that is inside my wordpress functions file) looks like this:
$phpmailer->Host = 'mail.example.org';
$phpmailer->SMTPAuth = true;
$phpmailer->Port = 587;
$phpmailer->Username = 'myadminaccount#example.org';
$phpmailer->Password = 'mypassword';
$phpmailer->SMTPSecure = "tls";
$phpmailer->From = "myadminaccount#example.org";
$phpmailer->FromName = "MY Admin Account";
As I said, I have tried the various solutions elsewhere on the site, and none of them work. And I am baffled because my local cert (and the cert of the mail server for that matter) are both valid.
I don't really want to turn off peer verification as suggested elsewhere, but if I have to I guess I will.
UGH the solution was rather simple, and outside of what I wrote above. I was using a switch case to check to make sure my server was correct, like so:
switch ($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']) {
case 'https://example1.org':
// Set the hostname of the mail server
$phpmailer->Host = 'mail.example1.org';
And I needed to leave out the https. So changing it to:
switch ($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']) {
case 'example1.org':
// Set the hostname of the mail server
$phpmailer->Host = 'mail.example1.org';
got it working! I feel like a bonehead, but I hope this helps someone else.
I am trying to setup a php page to automatically send a verification email. I would like to use the gmail smtp servers, and everywhere I've looked suggests to use PHPMailer. I installed it and used the following example code:
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);
require_once ("incl\PHPMailer\PHPMailerAutoload.php");
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->IsSMTP();
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->SMTPSecure = "tls";
$mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
$mail->Port = 587;
$mail->Username = "myemail#gmail.com";
$mail->Password = "mypassword";
$mail->SetFrom('myemail#gmail.com','Me');
$mail->AddAddress("ToAddress#gmail.com");
$mail->Subject = "Verify your email";
$mail->Body = "Thank you for signing up. Please verify your email using the link below:";
$mail->IsHTML (true);
if($mail->Send()){
echo "Success";
}else{
echo "Error";
}
When trying to access the page via Firefox, the page will load for a few minutes, then give this error:
500 - Internal server error.
There is a problem with the resource you are looking for, and it cannot be displayed.
The server is Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard running IIS 7.5 and PHP Version 5.5.8. I can access all other pages without issues, but trying to call $mail->Send() seems to be timing out or something. I know this because I commented every line and slowly added pieces back in and $mail->Send() is the line that causes the behavior.
My Google abilities are failing me here as I simply cannot figure out how to make this work. Any ideas on what might be wrong?
Update
I opened the server log then tried loading the page again, but no new errors were added to the log. However, I noticed the following errors from today in System32\LogFiles\httperr1.log
2014-10-27 06:29:21 1.161.23.122 3148 212.83.145.123 80 HTTP/1.0 CONNECT mx2.mail2000.com.tw:25 400 - URL -
2014-10-27 10:10:12 95.183.244.244 33553 212.83.145.123 80 HTTP/1.1 GET / 400 - Hostname -
2014-10-27 11:25:25 207.38.185.197 51157 212.83.145.123 80 HTTP/1.1 GET /tmUnblock.cgi 400 - Hostname -
2014-10-27 12:46:21 1.168.221.158 7952 212.83.145.123 80 - - - - - Timer_ConnectionIdle -
UPDATE 2
I am positive that my gmail account details are correct and have tested sending from it using Thunderbird on the server. When trying to sent without secured methods, as suggested in this comment I get this error:
MAIL FROM command failed,550,5.7.3 Requested action aborted; user not authenticated
My PHP Mailer version is 5.2.9 and I've now also tried the following:
Using \\ in file paths instead of \
No change
Including class.phpmailer.php instead of PHPMailerAutoload.php
Fatal error: Class 'SMTP' not found in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\incl\PHPMailer\class.phpmailer.php on line 1195
Using ssl over port 465
SMTP connect() failed
Sending with a hotmail address over port 25 with $mail->SMTPAuth = false;
MAIL FROM command failed,550,5.7.3 Requested action aborted; user not authenticated
Update 3
After reloading the problem page, I checked through the Event Viewer and saw a new entry in Windows Logs -> System:
PHP Error : syntax error, unexpected BOOL_TRUE in C:\PHP\php.ini on line 101
That line is:
php_flag display_errors on
Looks like you're dealing with bunch of issues and here is a checklist: you're having issues with ssl, the actual mail software and credentials. It became an issue of 3 from one main issue and I'm guessing you don't either have your credentials typed in correctly or your open ssl isn't setup and you're also having issues using the mail software.
535 535 5.7.3 Authentication Unsuccessful means auth is unsuccessful, check your credentials username and password.
550 error code, it means that the receiving system could not deliver your email to the user to whom it was addressed because the mailbox is unavailable.
There are plenty of other solutions to resolve your issue. Why don't you try something more simple instead of using the autoload PHPMailerAutoload.php. Create a new file and place the code below, create a message body (test_message.html) and call it from the browser to test gmail smtp with the gmail credentials. This is a snippet from PHPMailer on how to use it with gmail smtp and it shouldn't go wrong if you have everything filled in correctly.
<?php
require_once('../class.phpmailer.php');
//include("class.smtp.php"); // optional, gets called from within class.phpmailer.php if not already loaded
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$body = file_get_contents('test_message.html');
$body = eregi_replace("[\]",'',$body);
$mail->IsSMTP(); // telling the class to use SMTP
$mail->Host = "mail.yourdomain.com"; // 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 = "tls"; // sets the prefix to the servier
$mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com"; // sets GMAIL as the SMTP server
$mail->Port = 587; // set the SMTP port for the GMAIL server
$mail->Username = "yourusername#gmail.com"; // GMAIL username
$mail->Password = "yourpassword"; // GMAIL password
$mail->SetFrom('name#yourdomain.com', 'First Last');
$mail->AddReplyTo("name#yourdomain.com","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 = "whoto#otherdomain.com";
$mail->AddAddress($address, "John Doe");
$mail->AddAttachment("images/phpmailer.gif"); // attachment
$mail->AddAttachment("images/phpmailer_mini.gif"); // attachment
if(!$mail->Send()) {
echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
echo "Message sent!";
}
?>
If you're getting user auth error, then your credentials aren't typed in
correctly. If that's not the issue, you'll get an ssl error if you're not using the right port.
If there are software issues with include, you should try something better.
I was debating this morning if I should should PHPMailer, ended up using Swiftmailer which worked right after I installed it with PHPComposer.
My Internal mail server is extremely picky and has ton of firewall settings and rules on hardware and software level and I was surprised it didn't give me any problems; the emails were being sent right away without any problems on port 587.
require_once 'vendor/swiftmailer/swiftmailer/lib/swift_required.php';
$transport = Swift_SmtpTransport::newInstance('mail.hellog***.com', 587)
->setUsername('apache#hellog***.com')
->setPassword('apa******')
;
This is what you need for gmail:
$transporter = Swift_SmtpTransport::newInstance('smtp.gmail.com', 465, 'ssl')
->setUsername($this->username)
->setPassword($this->password);
$this->mailer = Swift_Mailer::newInstance($transporter);
If none of what you like, you can try phpgmailer:
https://github.com/GregDracoulis/LectureBank/tree/master/phpgmailer
here is an example on how to use it:
http://www.vulgarisoverip.com/2006/10/13/update-send-email-with-php-and-gmail-hosted-for-your-domain/
this class is dedicated for gmail use.
If all your problems and issues relate to openSSL, you should follow the steps below:
1. Make sure the OpenSSL module DLL file is included in the PHP installation:
C:\user>dir \local\php\ext\php_openssl.dll
Directory of C:\local\php\ext
php_openssl.dll
2. Create the PHP configuration file, \local\php\php.ini, if it does not exist:
C:\user>copy \local\php\php.ini-production \local\php\php.ini
1 file(s) copied.
3. Enable the OpenSSL module by editing the configuration file with a text editor. You need to remove the comment maker (;) on two configuration lines:
...
; Directory in which the loadable extensions (modules) reside.
; http://php.net/extension-dir
; extension_dir = "./"
; On windows:
extension_dir = "ext"
...
extension=php_openssl.dll
...
That’s it. You should be all set setting up openSSL on your Windows IIS WebServer. Follow these options and steps, it could be your issue.
This problem is slashes ( \ )
Edit
require_once ("incl\\PHPMailer\\PHPMailerAutoload.php");
I have tried with you code, and i have only changed this line :
require_once ("incl\PHPMailer\PHPMailerAutoload.php");
by this one :
require_once ("incl\PHPMailer\class.phpmailer.php");
And it was worked successfully.
Also you should keep attention about your PHPMailer version and your PHP version.
Have you tried to send an email with not secured method ?
Are you sure that your google credentials are valid ?
UPDATED
From the command line of your server, what is the output of this command and how much time that it takes to respond
telnet smtp.gmail.com 587
I wonder if you are running into the same issue that this question ran into. Google actively frowns on people using Gmail as their own personal SMTP server.
http://www.labnol.org/internet/email/gmail-daily-limit-sending-bulk-email/2191/
Google also limits the number of email messages that you can send through your Gmail account in a day. If you exceed the daily quota, Google may temporarily disable your Gmail account without any warnings and you may have to wait for up to 24 hours before you can regain access to your Gmail mailbox.
I could see an error like that potentially producing a 500 error.
From the comments to the question, it seems pretty clear that this issue is OpenSSL related.
You mentioned that you already have extension=php_openssl.dll uncommented, but phpinfo() does show it not beeing loaded.
Some thoughts:
Have you restarted the webserver, after uncommenting the openssl php module in your php.ini?
This is the really obvious one, but still worth mentioning. The php.ini is loaded on start-up, and not doing a service restart is simply a common mistake.
Check the value of Loaded Configuration File in phpinfo()
If this is not the same location than the php.ini which you have edited, it also becomes clear why it has not been loaded. Also following lines from phpinfo() might be worth checking.
Configuration File (php.ini) Path
Loaded Configuration File
Scan this dir for additional .ini files
There are other things too which can be done like uninstalling and reinstalling OpenSSL, but it might be good to check these more obvious things first.
Further thoughts:
Checking the error logs
For php the path can (again) be found in your phpinfo(). Look for the value of error_log and check the latest entries, right after you tried to reload your page.
Also you may wanna check the log files of IIS. If you don't know the path look in the IIS Manager, select the computer on the left pane, and in the middle pane, go under "logging" in the IIS area. Usually these will point to something like C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles or C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles with a subfolder like W3SVC[x] where [x] is the website ID. (Will be just 1 if you only have one page, otherwise check the top level websites folder in IIS Manager, view the lists of sites in the right hand pane, it's the App ID)
Setting Up and Configuring IIS
Start by going to the ServerManager on you Server. Most often this is the server you’ll be running your php website on. Go to Add features in the Features summary section. Check SMTP Services in the Add Features Wizard and hit install. Now wait for the installation to finish. Open IIS6 (or IIS7) Manager under Administrative Tools -> Internet Information Services 6.0 in the Start Menu, the configuration of SMTP makes use of the management console from IIS6. Under [SMTP Virtual Server], click your right mouse button and select properties from the context menu. Go to the Access Tab and hit the Relay button.Add a new entry to the list by clicking the Add button and enter 127.0.0.1 (or your web server's IP) in the single computer entry field. Hit Ok two times to apply the new settings.
Configuring Php
To make Php send emails you need to make some configurations. Basically there are two options.
In case you’re only going to use the SMTP server in a single project and do not want it to interfere with other projects, you can set the configuration from within your php code by adding the following lines anywhere before sending the email:
ini_set('SMTP','localhost' );
ini_set('sendmail_from', 'administrator#YourWebsite.com');
Another way, to make global use of these settings, add the next lines to your php.ini file.
[mail function]
SMTP = localhost
sendmail_from = me#example.com
Make sure you restart your server after making these changes, to be sure they’re loaded.
This solution is provided here http://geekswithblogs.net/tkokke/archive/2009/05/31/sending-email-from-php-on-windows-using-iis.aspx on how to set up IIS and php and was provided as answer to this question 500 error when trying to use the MAIL function
Try to use SSL encryption with a port 465:
$mail->SMTPSecure = "ssl";
$mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
$mail->Port = 465;
Warning: require_once(mailer/PHPMailerAutoload.php): failed to open
stream: No such file or directory in....
This is the way I had my file routed
Before:
require_once "mailer/PHPMailerAutoload.php";
After:
require_once "../mailer/PHPMailerAutoload.php";
...Same process you would normally do to link an img as background using css.
I have hosting with HostGator, and I am using the PHP Mailer package to connect to the google smtp server and send mail.
Here is the part of my code that connects to the server:
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->IsSMTP();
$mail->SMTPDebug = 1;
$mail->CharSet="UTF-8";
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'ssl';
$mail->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com';
$mail->Port = 465;
$mail->Username = 'user';
$mail->Password = 'pass';
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
This is the error that im getting:
Perhaps google blocked me from logging in from an external server? If so, how do I permanently fix that? I am sure that my login credentials are correct.
I ran into similar problems when trying to use Google's SMTP with python (specifically, when using Django). Here were the steps I used to fix the issue (some of them are "well known" and reported in many places, others aren't).
I personally use TSL + port 587. However, SSL + port 465 is also
valid (which you have).
Ensure you have the appropriate security settings in gmail. Some of
these may not be necessary, but it's what I had to set.
Settings > Forwarding and POP/IMAP > Enable IMAP Access. Settings >
Accounts and Import > Change account settings: > Other Google
Account Settings > Sign-in & Security > Connected apps & sites >
Allow less secure apps (enabled / on).
Finally (and this is the step that made my system work), reset your password.
For whatever reason, I kept getting errors from gmail prompting me to ensure my login was correct / login via browser, despite being absolutely sure the login info was correct (and being able to login with those credentials via browser). However, as soon as I changed the password and tried again, it "magically" worked.
This might just be a security feature gmail has in place where if you've tried to access the gmail via an app before privileges were enabled, then it will block access from unknown apps (or at least that app) until they truly "verify" it's you. But, that's just a guess...
getting following error:
SMTP -> ERROR: Failed to connect to server: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: No such host is known. (0)
SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host. There was a problem sending this mail!
This is my config file setting as I have followed this PHPMailer tutorial
// Configuration settings for My Site
// Email Settings
$site['from_name'] = 'Manish Dekavadiya'; // from email name
$site['from_email'] = 'manish#<my-domain>.com'; // from email address
// Just in case we need to relay to a different server,
// provide an option to use external mail server.
$site['smtp_mode'] = 'enabled'; // enabled or disabled
$site['smtp_host'] = "smtp.<my-domain>.com";
$site['smtp_port'] = 587;
$site['smtp_username'] = "manish#<my-domain>.com";
$site['smtp_password']="<password>";
and used mailer class and an extended class as mentioned in tutorial as following:
/*****sendmail.php****/
// Grab our config settings
require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/config.php');
// Grab the FreakMailer class
//echo $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/lib/MailClass.inc');
// instantiate the class
$mailer = new FreakMailer();
// Set the subject
$mailer->Subject = 'This is a test';
$mailer->SMTPDebug = 1;
// Body
$mailer->Body = 'This is a test of my mail system!';
// Add an address to send to.
$mailer->AddAddress('manish.dekavadiya#gmail.com', 'Manish Dekavadiya');
if(!$mailer->Send())
{
echo 'There was a problem sending this mail!';
}
else
{
echo 'Mail sent!';
}
$mailer->ClearAddresses();
$mailer->ClearAttachments();
also getting another error when I tried an example given in phpmailer docs # examples/test_smtp_gmail_basic.php
SMTP -> ERROR: Failed to connect toserver: php_network_getaddresses:
getaddrinfo failed: No such host is
known. (0) SMTP Error: Could not
connect to SMTP host. There was a
problem sending this mail!
so there must be setting or configuration error. there can't be code error.
Is SMTP set up on ? And if so is it configured to listen to smtp..com on port 587? If the server is not set up by yourself it's not uncommon that they listen to mail..com instead. Also, try to connect to port 25 to see if it might be configured to listen to the default smtp port.
The error messages is in any case very clear. The host is not responding to your connection attempt. The reason could be missconfigurations in both the server and in PHP, firewall issues, routing issues, DNS issues etc.
Hopefully this helps someone else out there because I was fighting this same error. First I was getting. I was getting an error that said it couldn't connect(). Then I turned on the debugging and got the error you mentioned. The solution that worked for me was to change the smtp..com to the ip address.
$mail->Host = 'smtp.whateverDomain.com';
to
$mail->Host = 'theIPaddress';
debugging
$mail->SMTPDebug = 1; // enables SMTP debug information (for testing)
// 1 = errors and messages
// 2 = messages only
I had this problem a while ago, everything checked out just fine but the problem persisted. A reboot of httpd.service solved it.
Had this issue after restart of computer where docker container with apache webserver was running.
Apache server hosted php code which stopped sending emails after computer restart.
Restarting apache docker container solved the issue.