Codeigniter Contact form submit returning timeout - php

Question

Hi I am wondering if anyone could give me some insight into why my Codeigniter contact form just times out on submit?
I understand this is a beginner error but I feel like it is something I am completely overlooking. I have provided the controller and view.
I do have email.php setup in the Config file as well, with the various helpers and libraries loaded. Thank you in advance!
Controller
<?php
class contactform extends CI_Controller
{
public function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
$this->load->helper(array('form','url'));
$this->load->library(array('session', 'form_validation', 'email'));
}
function index()
{
//set validation rules
$this->form_validation->set_rules('name', 'Name', 'trim|required|xss_clean|callback_alpha_space_only');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('email', 'Emaid ID', 'trim|required|valid_email');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('subject', 'Subject', 'trim|required|xss_clean');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('message', 'Message', 'trim|required|xss_clean');
//run validation on form input
if ($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE) {
//validation fails
$this->load->view('contact_form_view');
} else {
//get the form data
$name = $this->input->post('name');
$from_email = $this->input->post('email');
$subject = $this->input->post('subject');
$message = $this->input->post('message');
//set to_email id to receive emails
$to_email = 'littleliongirldesigns#gmail.com';
//configure email settings
$config['protocol'] = 'smtp';
$config['smtp_host'] = 'ssl://smtp.gmail.com';
$config['smtp_port'] = '465';
$config['smtp_user'] = 'email';
$config['smtp_pass'] = 'password';
$config['mailtype'] = 'html';
$config['charset'] = 'iso-8859-1';
$config['wordwrap'] = TRUE;
$config['newline'] = "\r\n"; //use double quotes
$this->load->library('email', $config);
$this->email->initialize($config);
//send mail
$this->email->from($from_email, $name);
$this->email->to($to_email);
$this->email->subject($subject);
$this->email->message($message);
if ($this->email->send()) {
// mail sent
$this->session->set_flashdata('msg','<div class="alert alert-success text-center">Your mail has been sent successfully!</div>');
redirect('contactform/index');
} else {
//error
$this->session->set_flashdata('msg','<div class="alert alert-danger text-center">There is error in sending mail! Please try again later</div>');
redirect('contactform/index');
}
}
}
//custom validation function to accept only alphabets and space input
function alpha_space_only($str)
{
if (!preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z ]+$/",$str)) {
$this->form_validation->set_message('alpha_space_only', 'The %s field must contain only alphabets and space');
return FALSE;
} else {
return TRUE;
}
}
}
?>
View
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-6 col-md-offset-3 well">
<?php $attributes = array("class" => "form-horizontal", "name" => "contactform");
echo form_open("contactform/index", $attributes);?>
<fieldset>
<legend>Contact Form</legend>
<div class="form-group">
<div class="col-md-12">
<label for="name" class="control-label">Name</label>
</div>
<div class="col-md-12">
<input class="form-control" name"name" placeholder="Your Name" type="text" value="<?php echo set_value('name'); ?>"/>
<span class="text-danger"><?php echo form_error('name'); ?></span>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<div class="col-md-12">
<label for="email" class="control-label">Email ID</label>
</div>
<div class="col-md-12">
<input class="form-control" name="email" placeholder="Your email" type="text" value="<?php echo set_value('email'); ?>" />
<span class="text-danger"><?php echo form_error('email');?></span>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<div class="col-md-12">
<label for="subject" class="control-label">Subject</label>
</div>
<div class="col-md-12">
<input class="form-control" name="subject" placeholder="Subject" type="text" value="<?php echo set_value('subject'); ?>"/>
<span class="text-danger"><?php echo form_error('subject');?></span>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<div class="col-md-12">
<label for="message" class="control-label">Message</label>
</div>
<div class="col-md-12">
<textarea class="form-control" name="message" rows="4" placeholder="Your Message"><?php echo set_value('message');?></textarea>
<span class="text-danger"><?php echo form_error('message'); ?></span>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<div class="col-md-12">
<input name="submit" type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" value="Send" />
</div>
</div>
</fieldset>
<?php echo form_close(); ?>
<?php echo $this->session->flashdata('msg'); ?>
</div>
</div>
</div>