PHP with GMAIL SMTP

Test for WampServer Version 2.0 on Windows XP

This explains how to use gmail to send emails with attachments in php using PHPMailer using gmail example:

1. Download PHPMailer from http://phpmailer.sourceforge.net (5.0 tested)
2. Extract to folder phpmailer

3. Open your php.ini file, uncomment the extension=php_openssl.dll.2. Save the php.ini file

4. Restart your WAMP Server.

5. Create gmail.php file paster following gmail smtp code :

Note: you can find this example in folder (PHPMailer\examples\test_smtp_gmail_basic.php)

error_reporting(E_STRICT);
date_default_timezone_set('America/Toronto');
require_once('class.phpmailer.php');
include("class.smtp.php");
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$body = file_get_contents('contents.html');
$body = eregi_replace("[\]",'',$body);

IsSMTP(); // telling the class to use SMTP
$mail->SMTPDebug = 2; // enables SMTP debug information (for testing)

$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // enable SMTP authentication
$mail->SMTPSecure = "ssl"; // sets the prefix to the servier
$mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com"; // sets GMAIL as the SMTP server
$mail->Port = 465; // set the SMTP port for the GMAIL server
$mail->Username = "gmailaccount@gmail.com"; // GMAIL username
$mail->Password = "gmailpassword"; // GMAIL password
$mail->SetFrom('fromemailaddress', 'First Last');
$mail->AddReplyTo("replyemailaddress","First Last");
$mail->Subject = "PHPMailer Test Subject via smtp (Gmail), basic";
$mail->AltBody = "To view the message, please use an HTML compatible email viewer!"; // optional, comment out and test
$mail->MsgHTML($body);
$address = "toemailaddress";
$mail->AddAddress($address, "John Doe");
$mail->AddAttachment("images/phpmailer.gif"); // attachment
$mail->AddAttachment("images/phpmailer_mini.gif"); // attachment
if(!$mail->Send()) {
echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
echo "Message sent!";
}
?>