phpmailerHow can I use PHPMailer with Mailtrap?

PHPMailer is a library for sending emails from PHP applications. It can be used with Mailtrap, a fake SMTP server, to test email sending without actually sending emails.

Here is an example of how to use PHPMailer with Mailtrap:

<?php
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$mail = new PHPMailer;

$mail->isSMTP();
$mail->Host = 'smtp.mailtrap.io';
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->Username = 'YOUR_MAILTRAP_USERNAME';
$mail->Password = 'YOUR_MAILTRAP_PASSWORD';
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
$mail->Port = 2525;

$mail->setFrom('[email protected]', 'Mailtrap');
$mail->addAddress('[email protected]', 'John Doe');

$mail->Subject = 'PHPMailer with Mailtrap';
$mail->Body    = 'This is a test email sent with PHPMailer and Mailtrap';

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

The output of this code should be Message has been sent.

Code explanation

1. require 'vendor/autoload.php';: This loads the PHPMailer library.
2. $mail->isSMTP();: This sets the mailer to use SMTP.
3. $mail->Host = 'smtp.mailtrap.io';: This sets the SMTP host to Mailtrap.
4. $mail->SMTPAuth = true;: This enables SMTP authentication.
5. $mail->Username = 'YOUR_MAILTRAP_USERNAME';: This sets the Mailtrap username.
6. $mail->Password = 'YOUR_MAILTRAP_PASSWORD';: This sets the Mailtrap password.
7. $mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';: This sets the encryption system.
8. $mail->Port = 2525;: This sets the SMTP port.
9. $mail->setFrom('[email protected]', 'Mailtrap');: This sets the sender's address.
10. $mail->addAddress('[email protected]', 'John Doe');: This sets the recipient's address.
11. $mail->Subject = 'PHPMailer with Mailtrap';: This sets the email subject.
12. $mail->Body = 'This is a test email sent with PHPMailer and Mailtrap';: This sets the email body.
13. if(!$mail->send()) {...}: This sends the email and checks for errors.

Helpful links

• PHPMailer
• Mailtrap

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