send-email.php

<?php
// error_reporting(E_ALL);
// ini_set('display_errors', 1);
set_time_limit(30); // Increase timeout to 30 seconds

// Include PHPMailer files manually
// Download these from https://github.com/phpmailer/phpmailer/releases version 6.9.3
require '../assets/phpmailer/src/PHPMailer.php'; // Path to the PHPMailer class
require '../assets/phpmailer/src/Exception.php'; // Path to the Exception class
require '../assets/phpmailer/src/SMTP.php'; // Path to the SMTP class

use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer;
use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\Exception;

if (isset($_REQUEST['sendEmail'])) {
    function sendEmail($recipient, $subject, $message)
    {
        $mail = new PHPMailer(true);  // Set up PHPMailer to use exceptions

        try {
            // Set mailer to use SMTP
            $mail->isSMTP();
            $mail->Host = 'your smtp server';  // Your SMTP server (e.g., smtp.gmail.com)
            $mail->SMTPAuth = true;
            $mail->Username = 'your usernae'; // SMTP username
            $mail->Password = 'your password'; // SMTP password
            $mail->SMTPSecure = PHPMailer::ENCRYPTION_STARTTLS; // Enable TLS encryption
            $mail->Port = 587; // SMTP port for TLS

            // Debugging SMTP connection
            // $mail->SMTPDebug = 2; // Enables SMTP debug output (1 = errors, 2 = detailed)

            // Set sender and recipient
            $mail->setFrom('youremail', 'your name');  // Sender's email
            $mail->addAddress($recipient);  // Recipient's email

            // Set email subject and body
            $mail->Subject = $subject;
            $mail->Body    = $message;

            // Send email
            if ($mail->send()) {
                return 'Email sent successfully';
            } else {
                return 'Mailer Error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
            }
        } catch (Exception $e) {
            return 'Mailer Error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
        }
    }

    // Example usage:
    $email = $_REQUEST['email'];
    $subject = $_REQUEST['subject'];
    $message = $_REQUEST['message'];
    $name = $_REQUEST['name'];

    $message = "Dear " . $name . ",<br><br>" . $message;

    $result = sendEmail($email, $subject, $message);
    // echo $result;
    echo json_encode(array('status' => 'success', 'message' => $result));
    exit;
}