Getting error SMTP connect() failed phpmailer with localhost

Question

I'm getting error SMTP connect() failed phpmailer with localhost:

2015-09-10 09:34:48 Connection: opening to ssl://smtp.gmail.com:587, timeout=300, options=array ( ) 2015-09-10 09:34:48 SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: (0) 2015-09-10 09:34:48 SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting Message could not be sent.Mailer Error: SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting

1. Is it phpmailer cannot run at localhost?
2. If I want really run at localhost how can I change the code?
3. I tried using mailto function is work for me but I want change whole thing.

4. can give any suggestion. I really want to learn it.

   This is the code from github: require 'PHPMailer/PHPMailerAutoload.php';

      $mail = new PHPMailer;
   
      //$mail->SMTPDebug = 4;                               // Enable verbose debug output
   
      $mail->isSMTP();                                      // Set mailer to use SMTP
       $mail->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com';  // Specify main and backup SMTP servers
      $mail->SMTPAuth = true;                               // Enable SMTP authentication
      $mail->Username = 'mygmail@gmail.com';                 // SMTP username
      $mail->Password = 'mygmailpassword';                           // SMTP password
      $mail->SMTPSecure = 'ssl';                            // Enable TLS encryption, `ssl` also accepted
      $mail->Port = 465;                                    // TCP port to connect to
      //$mail->Host = 'tls://smtp.gmail.com:587';
   
      $mail->From = 'ikramlim@gmail.com';
      $mail->FromName = 'Mailer';
      $mail->addAddress('ikramlim@gmail.com', 'Joe User');     // Add a recipient
   
      $mail->isHTML(true);                                  // Set email format to HTML
   
      $mail->Subject = 'Here is the subject';
      $mail->Body    = 'This is the HTML message body <b>in bold!</b>';
      $mail->AltBody = 'This is the body in plain text for non-HTML mail clients';
   
       if(!$mail->send()) {
          echo 'Message could not be sent.';
          echo 'Mailer Error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
       } else {
         echo 'Message has been sent';
        }
   

Answer 1

PHPMailer is normally working on all systems.

I think you have an old openssl extension or your extension is not enabled. Check that with a phpinfo() if there is openssl enabled.

If not then enable it in your php.ini.

And the other way is that it seems that Google has some problems. When i try to send an Email at the moment i have connection problems with Thunderbird, too. I have to try it some times to connect to gmail.

Answer 2

My suggestion is that please try using 'tls' with port 587 instead of 'ssl' with port 587.

Also check whether you are including class.phpmailer.php(ie: require 'class.phpmailer.php';) , If you are doing please comment it and give a try.