Sending Email Using PHPMailer and SMTP

This tutorial describes how to use PHPMailer and use of the PHPMailer class functions. Many PHP websites and web applications need to send transactional emails. PHP does have a mail() function you could use to send an email from the web server itself.

Step 1. Include the library and instantiate a PHPMailer object

For those who have not used PHP’s mail() function before, this section will provide information about email and e-mailing in general, in addition to explaining how to get started with PHPMailer.

<?php
#include the PHPMailer object
require("class.phpmailer.php");

$mail = new PHPMailer();
?>

<?php

#include the PHPMailer object

require("class.phpmailer.php");

$mail = new PHPMailer();

Save it in the same directory where you’ve saved class.phpmailer.php. If you switched error messages and warnings off, then go ahead and set it on.

Step 2. set up the object to use SMTP and configure it to point to the proper server

<?PHP
    $mail->IsSMTP(); 								// telling the class to use SMTP
	$mail->SMTPAuth   = true;     
              		// enable SMTP authentication
	$mail->SMTPSecure = "tsl";                 		// sets the prefix to the servier
	$mail->Host       = "ssl://smtp.gmail.com";      		// sets GMAIL as the SMTP server
	$mail->Port       = 465;                  	 	// set the SMTP port for the GMAIL server
	$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
	
	$mail->Username   = "youremail@gmail.com";  	// GMAIL username
	$mail->Password   = "Youremail Password";				// GMAIL password
	
 ?>

<?PHP

$mail->IsSMTP(); // telling the class to use SMTP

$mail->SMTPAuth = true;

// enable SMTP authentication

$mail->SMTPSecure = "tsl"; // sets the prefix to the servier

$mail->Host = "ssl://smtp.gmail.com"; // sets GMAIL as the SMTP server

$mail->Port = 465; // set the SMTP port for the GMAIL server

$mail->SMTPAuth = true;

$mail->Username = "[email protected]"; // GMAIL username

$mail->Password = "Youremail Password"; // GMAIL password

Step 3. Set the email properties where you want to send email

 <?php

	$mail->SetFrom('name@yourdomain.com', 'Your Application Name');
	$mail->Subject    = $subject;	 
	$mail->AltBody    = "To view the message, please use an HTML compatible email viewer!"; // optional, comment out and test	 
	$mail->MsgHTML($body);
	$mail->SMTPDebug = false;
	$mail->AddAddress($address, "User");
	
?>

<?php

$mail->SetFrom('[email protected]', 'Your Application Name');

$mail->Subject = $subject;

$mail->AltBody = "To view the message, please use an HTML compatible email viewer!"; // optional, comment out and test

$mail->MsgHTML($body);

$mail->SMTPDebug = false;

$mail->AddAddress($address, "User");

Once you set up the way you want it, you call the object’s Send method. If the Send method returns true, then email send successfully to configures email address. If it returns false, then there was a problem in your phpmailer configuration.

<?PHP
if(!$mail->Send()) {
	  echo "Message not sent!";
	  echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
	} else {
	  echo "Message sent!";
	}
?>

<?PHP

if(!$mail->Send()) {

echo "Message not sent!";

echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;

} else {

echo "Message sent!";

}

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Sending Email Using PHPMailer and SMTP

Step 1. Include the library and instantiate a PHPMailer object

Step 2. set up the object to use SMTP and configure it to point to the proper server

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