php - Mail not sending with PHPMailer over SSL using SMTP

Question

I am trying to use PHPMailer to send e-mails over SMTP but so far have had no luck. I've gone through a number of SO questions, PHPMailer tutorials and forum posts but still cannot get it to work. I'll document as many of my failed attempts as I can remember to save time, but firstly here is the code I am using:

<?php
    session_start();
    error_reporting(E_ALL);
    ini_set('display_errors','On');

    require('includes/class.phpmailer.php');
    include('includes/class.smtp.php');
    $mail = new PHPMailer(); 

    $name = $_POST["name"];
    $guests = $_POST["guests"];
    $time = $_POST["time"];

    $message = "<h1>".$name." has booked a table for ".$guests." at ".$time."</h1>";

    $mail->IsSMTP(); // telling the class to use SMTP
    $mail->Host       = "ssl://smtp.gmail.com"; // SMTP server
    $mail->SMTPDebug  = 1;                     // enables SMTP debug information (for testing)
    $mail->SMTPAuth   = true;                  // enable SMTP authentication
    $mail->Port       = 26;                    // set the SMTP port for the GMAIL server
    $mail->Username   = "myEmail@gmail.com"; // SMTP account username
    $mail->Password   = "myPassword";        // SMTP account password
    $mail->SetFrom('myEmail@gmail.com', 'James Cushing');
    $mail->AddReplyTo("myEmail@gmail.com","James Cushing");
    $mail->Subject    = "PHPMailer Test Subject via smtp, basic with authentication";
    $mail->AltBody    = "To view the message, please use an HTML compatible email viewer!";
    $mail->MsgHTML($message)
    $address = "myOtherEmail@me.com";
    $mail->AddAddress($address, "James Cushing");

    if(!$mail->Send()) {
        echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
    } else {
        echo "Message sent!";
    }
?>

Firstly, when I run this code now I get two different errors. On my local server I get the error:
SMTP -> ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Operation timed out (60)
The following From address failed: myEmail@gmail.com : Called Mail() without being connected
Mailer Error: The following From address failed: myEmail@gmail.com : Called Mail() without being connected

I get moreorless the same error running the same code on my web server, but the first line is:
SMTP -> ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Network is unreachable (101)

Obviously it's worth pointing out that I'm not using the literal "myEmail@gmail.com" but I've substituted my own email out for this post.

Things I've tried
- Using the iCloud SMTP server
- Using a different port
- Enabling the OpenSSL extension in my php.ini file
- Copying code from various PHPMailer examples
- Using Google's "DisplayUnlockCaptcha" system to enable connections
- Sending to and from different addresses - Removing the "@gmail.com" from the Username property - A number of other things I can't remember

This has now been driving me mad for about a day, so if anyone can solve it they will be a hero.

Thanks

Answer 1

$mail->IsSMTP();
$mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->SMTPSecure = "ssl";
$mail->Username = "myemail@gmail.com";
$mail->Password = "**********";
$mail->Port = "465";

That is a working configuration.

try to replace what you have