How to use pear mail mime - php

Question

How can you use pear mail mime with google. I found this which lets you use pear mail with google, but not mail mime: http://globalconstant.scnay.com/2009/11/06/sending-email-through-gmail-using-php/
require_once "Mail.php";
require_once "Mail/mime.php";
$from = "Sender <*******#googlemail.com>";
$to = "Receiver <*******#googlemail.com>";
$subject = "Welcome to SITENAME!";
$crlf = "\n";
$html = "<h1> This is HTML </h1>";
$headers = array('From' => $from,
'To' => $to,
'Subject' => $subject);
$host = "smtp.gmail.com";
$port = 465;
$username = "********#googlemail.com";
$password = "********";
$mime = new Mail_mime($crlf);
$mime->setHTMLBody($html);
$body = $mime->get();
$headers = $mime->headers($headers);
$smtp = Mail::factory("smtp",array("host" => $host,
"port" => $port,
"auth" => true,
"username" => $username,
"password" => $password));
$mail = $smtp->send($to, $headers, $body);
if (PEAR::isError($mail)) {
echo $mail->getMessage();
} else {
echo "Message sent successfully!";
}
echo "\n";
I keep getting
Failed to add recipient: #localhost
[SMTP: Invalid response code received
from server (code: 555, response:
5.5.2 Syntax error. f52sm5542930wes.35)]
Edit:
The email is now received, however it turns out like this:
This is a message I sent from PHP using=
the PEAR Mail package and SMTP through Gmail. Enjoy!

Answer 1

It looks like you have an issue with the email header. I updated your code based on the pear mail doc (http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.mail.mail-mime.example.php):
require_once "Mail.php";
require_once "Mail/mime.php";
$from = "Sender <*******#googlemail.com>";
$to = "Receiver <*******#googlemail.com>";
$subject = "Welcome to SITENAME!";
$crlf = "\n";
$html = "<h1> This is HTML </h1>";
$headers = array('From' => $from,
'To' => $to,
'Subject' => $subject);
//$host = "smtp.gmail.com";
$host = "ssl://smtp.gmail.com"; // try this one to use ssl
$port = 465;
$username = "********#googlemail.com";
$password = "********";
//$mime = new Mail_mime($crlf);
$mime = new Mail_mime(array('eol' => $crlf)); //based on pear doc
$mime->setHTMLBody($html);
//$body = $mime->get();
$body = $mime->getMessageBody(); //based on pear doc above
$headers = $mime->headers($headers);
$smtp = Mail::factory("smtp",array("host" => $host,
"port" => $port,
"auth" => true,
"username" => $username,
"password" => $password));
$mail = $smtp->send($to, $headers, $body);
if (PEAR::isError($mail)) {
echo $mail->getMessage();
} else {
echo "Message sent successfully!";
}
echo "\n";
It works for me so I hope it will work for you!
Cheers,
Erez

Answer 2

#john: Using the code from the link you posted, modify it like so --
<?php
require_once('Mail.php');
require_once('Mail/mime.php');
$from = 'Sender <sender#gmail.com>';
$to = 'Receiver <receiver#something.com>';
$subject = 'Sent from PHP on my machine';
$text = 'This is a message I sent from PHP '
. 'using the PEAR Mail package and SMTP through Gmail. Enjoy!';
$message = new Mail_mime();
$message->setTXTBody(strip_tags($text)); // for plain-text
$message->setHTMLBody($text);
$body = $message->get();
$host = 'smtp.gmail.com';
$port = 587; //According to Google you need to use 465 or 587
$username = 'sender';
$password = 'your_password';
$headers = array('From' => $from,
'To' => $to,
'Subject' => $subject);
$smtp = Mail::factory('smtp',
array(
'host' => $host,
'port' => $port,
'auth' => true,
'username' => $username,
'password' => $password));
$mail = $smtp->send($to, $headers, $body);
if (PEAR::isError($mail)) {
echo $mail->getMessage();
} else {
echo "Message sent successfully!";
}
echo "\n";
?>
Update:
Edit:
The email is now received, however it turns out like this:
This is a message I sent from PHP using=
the PEAR Mail package and SMTP through Gmail. Enjoy!
#john: Update
$body = $mime->get();
to
$body = $mime->get(array('text_charset' => 'utf-8'));
and try again.

Answer 3

$body = $mime->get(array('text_charset' => 'utf-8'));
In addition to the above you need html_charset for html emails.
$crlf = "\n";
$body = $mime->get(array('html_charset' => 'utf-8', 'text_charset' => 'utf-8', 'eol' => $crlf));
This will fix the abberations like  in the e-mails.

Answer 4

Couldn't comment on StealthyNinja's answer so I posted my own, sorry about that.
The question is also a bit old but I maybe this could be useful to others.
To get rid of all that HTML tags and weird characters you have to prepare your header so the e-mail client can read the e-mail right. Try this AFTER setting your $headers array:
$headers = $message->headers($headers);
It should work ok after that.

Answer 5

I have used this code to remove 3D after = sign.
$hdrs = array( 'From' => $from,
'To' => $to,
'Subject' => $subject );
$mime =& new Mail_mime();
$mime->setTXTBody($message);
if($htmlMessage==""){
$htmlMessage=$message;
}
$mime->setHTMLBody($htmlMessage);
if($attachmentIsFile){
if($attachment!=null)
$mime->addAttachment($attachment,'application/octet-stream',$attachmentName.extractExtension($attachment));
}else{
if($attachment!="")
$mime->addAttachment($attachment,'application/octet-stream',$attachmentName,false);
}
$body = $mime->get(array('text_encoding' => '8bit','html_encoding' => '8bit'));
$hdrs = $mime->headers($hdrs);