phpmailerHow can I use PHPMailer with Drupal?

Using PHPMailer with Drupal is a quick and easy way to send emails from your Drupal site. The following example code shows how to use PHPMailer in your Drupal site:

<?php
// Include PHPMailer library
require 'PHPMailer/PHPMailerAutoload.php';

// Create new PHPMailer instance
$mail = new PHPMailer;

// Set mailer to use SMTP
$mail->isSMTP();

// Specify main and backup SMTP servers
$mail->Host = 'smtp1.example.com;smtp2.example.com';

// Enable SMTP authentication
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;

// SMTP username
$mail->Username = '[email protected]';

// SMTP password
$mail->Password = 'secret';

// Set from address
$mail->setFrom('[email protected]', 'Mailer');

// Set to address
$mail->addAddress('[email protected]', 'John Doe');

// Set subject
$mail->Subject = 'Here is the subject';

// Set body
$mail->Body = 'This is the HTML message body <b>in bold!</b>';

// Send email
if (!$mail->send()) {
    echo 'Message could not be sent.';
    echo 'Mailer Error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
    echo 'Message has been sent';
}

Output example

Message has been sent

The code above will send an email from [email protected] to [email protected] using SMTP authentication and the specified SMTP servers. The email will have the subject Here is the subject and the body This is the HTML message body <b>in bold!</b>.

Code explanation

• require 'PHPMailer/PHPMailerAutoload.php';: This line includes the PHPMailer library.
• $mail = new PHPMailer;: This line creates a new PHPMailer instance.
• $mail->isSMTP();: This line sets the mailer to use SMTP.
• $mail->Host = 'smtp1.example.com;smtp2.example.com';: This line specifies the main and backup SMTP servers.
• $mail->SMTPAuth = true;: This line enables SMTP authentication.
• $mail->Username = '[email protected]';: This line sets the SMTP username.
• $mail->Password = 'secret';: This line sets the SMTP password.
• $mail->setFrom('[email protected]', 'Mailer');: This line sets the from address.
• $mail->addAddress('[email protected]', 'John Doe');: This line sets the to address.
• $mail->Subject = 'Here is the subject';: This line sets the subject.
• $mail->Body = 'This is the HTML message body <b>in bold!</b>';: This line sets the body.
• if (!$mail->send()) {: This line checks if the email was sent successfully.
• echo 'Message could not be sent.';: This line prints an error message if the email was not sent successfully.
• echo 'Message has been sent';: This line prints a success message if the email was sent successfully.

Helpful links

• PHPMailer Documentation
• Drupal Documentation

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