Help with PHPmailer

[tvb2727]

I am new to PHP. I tried to use the regular mail() in PHP, but it kept giving me an authication error. I am trying PHPmailer now, but I am stuck. First I had a lanauage error. I think I have that fixed now. Now I can't figure out my error: Please Help!!

Here is my error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\mail_test.php on line 18

Here is my code:

<?PHP

require("class.phpmailer.php");
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->SetLanguage('en', 'C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\');
$mail->IsSMTP(); // telling the class to use SMTP
$mail->Host = "smtp.comcast.net"; // SMTP server
$mail->Port = 587;
$mail->From = "[e-mail]";
$mail->AddAddress("[e-mail]");

$mail->Subject = "First PHPMailer Message";
$mail->Body = "Hi! \n\n This is my first e-mail sent through PHPMailer.";
$mail->WordWrap = 50;

if(!$mail->Send())
{
   echo 'Message was not sent.'; ***here is the line where the error occurs.
   echo 'Mailer error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
}
else
{
   echo 'Message has been sent.';
}


?>

[bpat1434]

You have to be careful about using a back-slash around quotes and other "special" characters in php. A back-slash is the escape character in php. So you need to either escape the escape character, or just change your back-slashes to forward slashes (Windows will properly translate).

So your setLanguage line should either be:

$mail->SetLanguage('en', 'C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\\');

or

$mail->SetLanguage('en', 'C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/htdocs/');

You might even be able to just drop the last slash all together, which gives you:

$mail->SetLanguage('en', 'C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs');

[tvb2727]

Thanks for your quick response. Now I have an error at my from field. Here is the error:

Now what would cause this?

Message was not sent.Mailer error: The following From address failed: [e-mail]

<?PHP

require("class.phpmailer.php");
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->SetLanguage('en', 'C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\\');
$mail->IsSMTP(); // telling the class to use SMTP
$mail->Host = "smtp.comcast.net"; // SMTP server
$mail->Port = 587;
$mail->From ="[e-mail]";
$mail->AddAddress("[e-mail]");

$mail->Subject = "First PHPMailer Message";
$mail->Body = "Hi! \n\n This is my first e-mail sent through PHPMailer.";
$mail->WordWrap = 50;

if(!$mail->Send())
{
   echo 'Message was not sent.';
   echo 'Mailer error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
}
else
{
   echo 'Message has been sent.';
}


?>

[bpat1434]

Why are you logging in to the comcast server using a yahoo account?

$mail->Host = "smtp.comcast.net"; // SMTP server
$mail->From ="[e-mail]";

The from address should most probably be [e-mail], not a yahoo account.

[tvb2727]

I was just testing anything.... I had already tried [e-mail] in the from. It still gives me the error: Any more Idea's?

Message was not sent.Mailer error: The following From address failed: [e-mail]

$mail->From = "[e-mail]";
$mail->AddAddress("[e-mail]");

[bpat1434]

the comcast address is a valid address right?

[tvb2727]

Yes it is. Not sure whats causing the issue?

[bpat1434]

Well, it could be a couple things. The error is very vague.

So, turn on debugging in PHPMailer by setting $SMTPDebug to true in class.phpmailer.php and then in class.smtp.php editing the function "SMTP" and setting the do_debug value to 2.

Then try again, and see what error pops up.

[tvb2727]

I did the following and this is the error: Very long. I have no idea what it means. Could you help?

SMTP -> get_lines(): $data was "" 
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is "220 OMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net comcast ESMTP server ready " 
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is "220 OMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net comcast ESMTP server ready " 
SMTP -> FROM SERVER: 220 OMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net comcast ESMTP server ready 
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data was "" 
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is "250-OMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net hello [98.193.136.30], pleased to meet you " 
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is "250-OMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net hello [98.193.136.30], pleased to meet you " 
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data was "250-OMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net hello [98.193.136.30], pleased to meet you " 
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is "250-HELP " 
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is "250-OMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net hello [98.193.136.30], pleased to meet you 250-HELP " 
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data was "250-OMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net hello [98.193.136.30], pleased to meet you 250-HELP " 
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is "250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN CRAM-MD5 " 
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is "250-OMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net hello [98.193.136.30], pleased to meet you 250-HELP 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN CRAM-MD5 " 
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data was "250-OMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net hello [98.193.136.30], pleased to meet you 250-HELP 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN CRAM-MD5 " 
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is "250-SIZE 15728640 " 
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is "250-OMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net hello [98.193.136.30], pleased to meet you 250-HELP 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN CRAM-MD5 250-SIZE 15728640 " 
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data was "250-OMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net hello [98.193.136.30], pleased to meet you 250-HELP 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN CRAM-MD5 250-SIZE 15728640 " 
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is "250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES " 
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is "250-OMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net hello [98.193.136.30], pleased to meet you 250-HELP 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN CRAM-MD5 250-SIZE 15728640 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES " 
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data was "250-OMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net hello [98.193.136.30], pleased to meet you 250-HELP 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN CRAM-MD5 250-SIZE 15728640 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES " 
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is "250-8BITMIME " 
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is "250-OMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net hello [98.193.136.30], pleased to meet you 250-HELP 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN CRAM-MD5 250-SIZE 15728640 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-8BITMIME " 
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data was "250-OMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net hello [98.193.136.30], pleased to meet you 250-HELP 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN CRAM-MD5 250-SIZE 15728640 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-8BITMIME " 
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is "250-STARTTLS " 
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is "250-OMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net hello [98.193.136.30], pleased to meet you 250-HELP 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN CRAM-MD5 250-SIZE 15728640 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-8BITMIME 250-STARTTLS " 
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data was "250-OMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net hello [98.193.136.30], pleased to meet you 250-HELP 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN CRAM-MD5 250-SIZE 15728640 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-8BITMIME 250-STARTTLS " 
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is "250 OK " SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is "250-OMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net hello [98.193.136.30], pleased to meet you 250-HELP 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN CRAM-MD5 250-SIZE 15728640 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-8BITMIME 250-STARTTLS 250 OK "
SMTP -> FROM SERVER: 250-OMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net hello [98.193.136.30], pleased to meet you 250-HELP 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN CRAM-MD5 250-SIZE 15728640 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-8BITMIME 250-STARTTLS 250 OK 
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data was "" 
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is "550 5.1.0 Authentication required " 
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is "550 5.1.0 Authentication required " 
SMTP -> FROM SERVER: 550 5.1.0 Authentication required 
SMTP -> ERROR: MAIL not accepted from server: 550 5.1.0 Authentication required 
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data was "" 
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is "250 2.0.0 OK " 
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is "250 2.0.0 OK " 
SMTP -> FROM SERVER: 250 2.0.0 OK Message was not sent.
Mailer error: The following From address failed:[email][e-mail][/email]

[bpat1434]

Looks to me like your SMTP server isn't being logged in to. Is there a way to set up authentication to use in PHPMailer? I'm not 100% familiar with it.

Okay, in class.phpmailer.php set $SMTPAuth to true, and fill in the valid username and password for your comcast account in the two following variables ($Username and $Password). Then try again, this time, it should send.

[tvb2727]

Not sure. I am new to all of PHP. I am just trying some stuff out to send emails. I use comcast like you have seen. Do you know another way to do this maybe? Thanks for your help though. You have responded quick!

[bradgrafelman]

bpat nailed the problem - Comcast requires you to authenticate with the SMTP servers before it will allow you to send mail.

Read the documentation that comes with PHPMailer (site here) to see how to enable SMTP authentication.

[tvb2727]

Nice Job yall. Finally got it working. Thanks for your help. I sent a couple of emails. Appricate your help. Here is my final code.

<?PHP

require("class.phpmailer.php");
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->SetLanguage('en', 'C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\\');
$mail->IsSMTP(); // telling the class to use SMTP
$mail->Host = "smtp.comcast.net"; // SMTP server
$mail->Port = 587;
$mail->SMTPAuth = TRUE;
$mail->Username = "user";
$mail->Password = "******";

$mail->From = "[e-mail]";
$mail->FromName = "[e-mail]";
$mail->AddAddress("[e-mail]");

$mail->Subject = "First PHPMailer Message";
$mail->Body = "Hi! \n\n This is my first e-mail sent through PHPMailer.";
$mail->WordWrap = 50;

if(!$mail->Send())
{
   echo 'Message was not sent.';
   echo 'Mailer error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
}
else
{
   echo 'Message has been sent.';
}


?>

[ Mod Edit :: bpat1434 ] Added [noparse]

[/noparse] tags around code[/i][/size]

[bradgrafelman]

Glad we could help. Don't forget to mark this thread resolved.

Also note that I've been removing your e-mail adddress/username from your posts, just to keep bots and whatnot from getting them. You never know who's watching/mining your data 😉