PHPmailer setting From email the same as to email - php

Question

I'm using PHP mailer to build a contact form and bear in mind I'm new to PHP. I have the form sending nicely, however, in the email that I receive the From address does not match the email that the user inputs into the contact form and is instead displaying the same email as the recipient. I'm 100% sure I'm entering the correct email into the live contact form. I have replaced my sensitive information with $$$$$$$$$
<?php
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
$name = trim($_POST["name"]);
$email = trim($_POST["email"]);
$message = trim($_POST["message"]);
if ($name == "" OR $email == "" OR $message == "") {
$error_message = "You must specify a value for name, email address, and message.";
}
if (!isset($error_message)) {
foreach( $_POST as $value ){
if( stripos($value,'Content-Type:') !== FALSE ){
$error_message = "There was a problem with the information you entered.";
}
}
}
if (!isset($error_message) && $_POST["address"] != "") {
$error_message = "Your form submission has an error.";
}
require_once("../inc/phpmailer/PHPMailerAutoload.php");
$mail = new PHPMailer();
if (!isset($error_message) && !$mail->ValidateAddress($email)){
$error_message = "You must specify a valid email address.";
}
$mail->IsSMTP();
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
$mail->Port = 587;
$mail->Username = "$$$$$$$$$$$$$";
$mail->Password = "$$$$$$$$$$$$$";
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
if (!isset($error_message)) {
$mail->From = $email;
$mail->FromName = $name;
$mail->addAddress('$$$$$$$$$$$$$$', '$$$$$$$$$$l');
$mail->isHTML(true);
$mail->Subject = '$$$$$$$$$$| ' . $name;
$mail->Body = $message;
$mail->AltBody = $message;
if($mail->Send()) {
header("Location: ../contact/?status=thanks");
exit;
} else {
$error_message = "There was a problem sending the email: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
}
}
}
require_once("../inc/header.php"); ?>
<div class="section page">
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-4 col-md-offset-4">
<div class="center-block">
<h1>Contact</h1>
</div>
<?php if (isset($_GET["status"]) AND $_GET["status"] == "thanks") { ?>
<div class="alert alert-success">
<p>Thanks for the email! I’ll be in touch shortly!</p>
</div>
<?php } else { ?>
<?php
if (!isset($error_message)) {
echo '<p>I’d love to hear from you! Complete the form to send me an email.</p>';
} else {
?><div class="alert alert-warning"><?php
echo '<p>' . $error_message . '</p>';
?></div><?php
}
?>
</div>
</div>
<form class="form-horizontal" method="post" role="form">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="name" class="col-sm-4 control-label">Name</label>
<div class="col-sm-4">
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="name" name="name" placeholder="Name" value="<?php if (isset($name)) { echo htmlspecialchars($name); } ?>">
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="email" class="col-sm-4 control-label">Email</label>
<div class="col-sm-4">
<input type="email" class="form-control" id="email" name="email" placeholder="Email" value="<?php if(isset($email)) { echo htmlspecialchars($email); } ?>">
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="message" class="col-sm-4 control-label">Message</label>
<div class="col-sm-4">
<textarea class="form-control" id="message" name="message" rows="3"><?php if (isset($message)) { echo htmlspecialchars($message); } ?></textarea>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group" style="display:none;">
<label for="address" class="col-sm-4 control-label">Address</label>
<div class="col-sm-4">
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="address" name="address" placeholder="Name">
<p>Humans: please leave this field blank.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<div class="col-sm-offset-4 col-sm-">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Submit</button>
</div>
</div>
</form>
<?php } ?>
</div>
</div>
<?php require_once("../inc/footer.php"); ?>

Answer 1

change this
$mail->From = $email;
$mail->FromName = $name;
$mail->addAddress('$$$$$$$$$$$$$$', '$$$$$$$$$$l');
to
$mail->setFrom($email, $name);
$mail->addAddress($EMAIL THAT ITS GOING TO, $NAME THATS ITS GOING TO);
Also see this link on sending FROM other address with GMAIL
https://support.google.com/mail/answer/22370?hl=en

Answer 2

It looks like you forgot to call the Sender variable:
public $Sender = '';
/**
* The Return-Path of the message.
* If empty, it will be set to either From or Sender.
* #type string
*/
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/blob/master/class.phpmailer.php

Answer 3

Thanks for your replies guys. I did a bit of external research and it turns out that it is an issue with gmail itself. They don't allow you to use their smtp service with a from address different to your gmail account. I think it's because of spam.