phpmailerHow do I use PHPMailer with Yii2?

Using PHPMailer with Yii2 is a simple process.

First, you need to install the PHPMailer extension for Yii2. This can be done with composer by running the command:

composer require "yiisoft/yii2-swiftmailer"

Next, you need to configure the application component for PHPMailer in the config/web.php file. This should look something like this:

'components' => [
    'mailer' => [
        'class' => 'yii\swiftmailer\Mailer',
        'useFileTransport' => false,
        'transport' => [
            'class' => 'Swift_SmtpTransport',
            'host' => 'smtp.example.com',
            'username' => 'username',
            'password' => 'password',
            'port' => '587',
            'encryption' => 'tls',
        ],
    ],
],

Finally, you can use PHPMailer in your application by calling the mailer component from the application instance. For example:

Yii::$app->mailer->compose()
    ->setFrom('[email protected]')
    ->setTo('[email protected]')
    ->setSubject('Message subject')
    ->setTextBody('Plain text content')
    ->send();

The above code will send an email from [email protected] to [email protected] with the subject line Message subject and the body Plain text content.

Helpful links

• Yii2 Documentation - Mailer
• GitHub - yiisoft/yii2-swiftmailer
• GitHub - PHPMailer/PHPMailer

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