SMTP connect() failed error on localhost

Question

I have just started coding in PHP. I'm trying to send a mail but it throws an error Mailer Error: SMTP connect() failed.

Below is the code i am using :

    date_default_timezone_set('Etc/UTC');

    require 'PHPMailerAutoload.php';

    $mail = new PHPMailer;

    $mail->isSMTP(); 
    $mail->Host = gethostbyname('ssl://smtp.gmail.com'); 

    $mail->SMTPAuth = true; 
    $mail->AuthType = 'LOGIN';  
    $mail->Username = 'abc@gmail.com';
    $mail->Password = '********';   
    $mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';  
    $mail->Port = 587;  

    $mail->setFrom('abc@gmail.com','Abc') ;
    $mail->addReplyTo('abc@gmail.com');
    $mail->addAddress("abc@gmail.com",'No REPLY');
    $mail->isHTML(true);

    $mail->Body = "12345";
    $mail->Subject = "<b>OTP for password reset<b>";
    $mail->Body = "Hi! Your OTP is : ";

    if(!$mail->Send()) {
       echo 'Message was not sent.';
       echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
       } 
    else {
       echo 'Message has been sent.';
    }

Any help would be appreciated.

check this: [Error handling with PHPMailer](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2386544/error-handling-with-phpmailer) — Parantap Parashar, Jul 19 '17 at 08:45
i have changed the code to $mail = new PHPMailer(true);Now i have the following error : ( ! ) Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'phpmailerException' with message 'SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting' in C:\wamp64\www\cpms\class.phpmailer.php on line 1541 — Ankush TejawaT, Jul 19 '17 at 08:56

dhruv jadia · Answer 1 · 2017-07-19T09:59:48.610

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Change from

$mail->Host = gethostbyname('ssl://smtp.gmail.com');
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';  
$mail->Port = 587;

to

$mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com"; 
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'ssl';  
$mail->Port = 465;

And check for open_ssl enabled

Open your php.ini and search for this line ;extension=php_openssl.dll and remove the semi colon before it , save the file and restart your webserver.

edited Jul 19 '17 at 09:59

answered Jul 19 '17 at 08:59

dhruv jadia

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The open_ssl in PHP.INI is already enabled. I had the code used before but still got the same error. $mail->Host = "ssl://smtp.gmail.com"; – Ankush TejawaT Jul 19 '17 at 09:03
SMTP connect() failed – Ankush TejawaT Jul 19 '17 at 09:11
set $mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com"; – dhruv jadia Jul 19 '17 at 09:55
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Worked for me. Big Thanks!! – gadi Oct 10 '19 at 16:22

SMTP connect() failed error on localhost

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