PHPMailer to use Gmail as SMTP server.Could not connect to SMTP host. Mailer Error: SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host

Question

i am trying to use phpMailer to send confirmation messages to users via email. my code is this:

<?php
include("class.phpmailer.php");
include("class.smtp.php");
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->IsSMTP(); // set mailer to use SMTP
$mail->Host = "ssl://smtp.gmail.com"; // specify main and backup server
$mail->Port = 465; // set the port to use
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // turn on SMTP authentication
$mail->Username = "sender@gmail.com"; // your SMTP username or your gmail username
$mail->Password = "mypasswrord"; // your SMTP password or your gmail password
$from = "webmaster@example.com"; // Reply to this email
$to="receiver@yahoo.com"; // Recipients email ID
$name="Jersey Name"; // Recipient's name
$mail->From = $from;
$mail->FromName = "Webmaster"; // Name to indicate where the email came from when the recepient received
$mail->AddAddress($to,$name);
$mail->AddReplyTo($from,"Webmaster");
$mail->WordWrap = 50; // set word wrap
$mail->IsHTML(true); // send as HTML
$mail->Subject = "Sending Email From Php Using Gmail";
$mail->Body = "This Email Send through phpmailer, This is the HTML BODY "; //HTML Body
$mail->AltBody = "This is the body when user views in plain text format"; //Text Body
if(!$mail->Send())
{
echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
}
else
{
echo "Message has been sent";
}
?>

i already enabled ssl in php.ini.

PS> sender@gmail.com is a mask email to protect the privacy. but i did put a true email address in that part

have you considered using http://swiftmailer.org/ ? It works out of the box for sending emails via GMail. Great library! :-) — Flukey, May 29 '11 at 16:33
Also, change host from "ssl://smtp.gmail.com" to "smtp.gmail.com" — Flukey, May 29 '11 at 16:37
jamie can you send me a simple example code that uses swiftmailer? — phpDeveloperForThesis, May 30 '11 at 13:18
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3478906/using-phps-swiftmailer-with-gmail — Flukey, May 30 '11 at 14:35

score 18 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 01 '11 at 20:19

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in you php.ini make sure you have uncommented the line with

extension=php_openssl.dll

edited Jun 01 '11 at 20:19

DarthJDG

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answered Jun 01 '11 at 12:51

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this is only for windows...where is for linux – Netorica Jul 02 '13 at 05:26
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For Linux: extension=php_openssl.so – Jhourlad Estrella Sep 08 '13 at 11:31

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 18 '13 at 01:38

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From here

2) Comment out the following lines of code in class.phpmailer.php

/*
if(strstr($hosts[$index], ":"))
list($host, $port) = explode(":",
$hosts[$index]); else 
*/

Try this if you haven't already.

edited Apr 18 '13 at 01:38

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answered May 29 '11 at 16:36

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that line does not exist in my class.phpmailer.php – phpDeveloperForThesis May 29 '11 at 16:51

Nemo · Answer 3 · 2011-05-29T16:52:17.470

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This page has code the author claims "worked flawlessly".

The only real difference I see between his and yours is that his has:

$mail->Mailer = "smtp";

I guess I would start with his code exactly to see if it works, and then debug from there.

edited May 29 '11 at 16:52

answered May 29 '11 at 16:41

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So his code works for him but not for you? Then there is something different in the environment... Try `telnet smtp.gmail.com 465` to make sure it is not a firewall issue. Next most likely cause is a failure to validate the server's SSL cert. – Nemo May 29 '11 at 16:54

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 14 '12 at 08:53

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wrong:

$mail->Host = "ssl://smtp.gmail.com"; // specify main and backup server

good:

$mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com"; // specify main and backup server

edited Mar 14 '12 at 08:53

Code Lღver

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This did not work for me. It only works with the "ssl://" included. – neave Jun 09 '12 at 15:22

PHPMailer to use Gmail as SMTP server.Could not connect to SMTP host. Mailer Error: SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host

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