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Send email with PHP (code to accompany https://youtu.be/fIYyemqKR58)
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form.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Contact</title>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/water.css@2/out/water.css">
</head>
<body>
<h1>Contact</h1>
<form method="post" action="send-email.php">
<label for="name">Name</label>
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" required>
<label for="email">email</label>
<input type="email" name="email" id="email" required>
<label for="subject">Subject</label>
<input type="text" name="subject" id="subject" required>
<label for="message">Message</label>
<textarea name="message" id="message" required></textarea>
<br>
<button>Send</button>
</form>
</body>
</html>
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send-email.php
<?php
$name = $_POST["name"];
$email = $_POST["email"];
$subject = $_POST["subject"];
$message = $_POST["message"];
require "vendor/autoload.php";
use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer;
use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\SMTP;
$mail = new PHPMailer(true);
// $mail->SMTPDebug = SMTP::DEBUG_SERVER;
$mail->isSMTP();
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->Host = "smtp.example.com";
$mail->SMTPSecure = PHPMailer::ENCRYPTION_STARTTLS;
$mail->Port = 587;
$mail->Username = "[email protected]";
$mail->Password = "password";
$mail->setFrom($email, $name);
$mail->addAddress("[email protected]", "Dave");
$mail->Subject = $subject;
$mail->Body = $message;
$mail->send();
header("Location: sent.html");
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sent.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Contact</title>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/water.css@2/out/water.css">
</head>
<body>
<h1>Contact</h1>
<p>Thank you for your message.</p>
</body>
</html>
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daveh commented Mar 5, 2024

@GuyCos In Windows it's the command prompt application, in Mac it's called Terminal I believe. You need to change to the folder where your code is using the "cd" command.

To install packages with Composer, you need to have it installed, instructions here.

Then you can follow the instructions in the video. You don't need to install it on your live server, rather the usual method is to install the code locally, then copy it live. (it will install code to the vendor folder, just copy that whole folder to your live server)

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GuyCos commented Mar 7, 2024 via email

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GuyCos commented Mar 7, 2024 via email

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daveh commented Mar 7, 2024

@GuyCos Is the vendor folder inside the public_html folder?

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GuyCos commented Mar 7, 2024 via email

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GuyCos commented Mar 7, 2024 via email

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daveh commented Mar 8, 2024

@GuyCos I'm afraid I can't see the screenshots. The composer.lock file (along with the composer.json file) is generated automatically when you run the composer install command. It will be in the same place the vendor folder was.

I suggest you run the composer install command again from your public_html folder, so that all the files are in the correct place.

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GuyCos commented Mar 8, 2024 via email

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When I try to send an email with my personal website and I click "Send", it just downloads a send-email.php file which is exactly just the code. Any help with this?

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daveh commented Apr 5, 2024

@jcdynasteel Sounds like you're opening form.html as a file, not from a web server - if so the web address will be something like file:///path/to/form.html instead of http://example.com/form.html.
If it's not that, please share a screenshot of what happens.

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hey Daveh can we do this work without hosting the site? i did this work on sublime text

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daveh commented Apr 23, 2024

@Shafeeqvv You need to be able to run PHP - the simplest way to do this is to install something like XAMPP and put the scripts in the root folder, then load them from there.

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can u give me your personal mail ?
for asking a doubt regarding your SMTP video ??

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Hi Dave, I have a neubie q for you: No closing PHP ?> after line 35 of send-emai.php. HTTP ERROR 500

I have a hosted site on Ggodaddy.

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daveh commented Oct 22, 2024

@charlesdarwall1 If a file just contains PHP, it's not necessary to include the closing PHP tag. In fact it's recommended not to, as you can introduce hard to find whitespace.

If you're getting a 500 error, this means that PHP isn't configured to show you the actual details of the error. Try adding this to the top of your script:

ini_set('display_errors', 1);
ini_set('display_startup_errors', 1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);

Then the error message will tell you exactly what the error is and what line it's on.

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charlesdarwall1 commented Oct 22, 2024 via email

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Fatal error: Uncaught PHPMailer\PHPMailer\Exception: SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host. Failed to connect to server in C:\xampp\htdocs\form\vendor\phpmailer\phpmailer\src\PHPMailer.php:2282 Stack trace: #0 C:\xampp\htdocs\form\vendor\phpmailer\phpmailer\src\PHPMailer.php(2058): PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer->smtpConnect(Array) #1 C:\xampp\htdocs\form\vendor\phpmailer\phpmailer\src\PHPMailer.php(1687): PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer->smtpSend('Date: Thu, 28 N...', 'ggggggggggggg\r\n') #2 C:\xampp\htdocs\form\vendor\phpmailer\phpmailer\src\PHPMailer.php(1521): PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer->postSend() #3 C:\xampp\htdocs\form\send-email.php(33): PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer->send() #4 {main} thrown in C:\xampp\htdocs\form\vendor\phpmailer\phpmailer\src\PHPMailer.php on line 2282 i meet with this error what i do

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what I do about those error

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daveh commented Nov 29, 2024

@Niyonkuru-olivier It looks like your SMTP server address is either incorrect or the server is unreachable - check the address or try a different SMTP server

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Niyonkuru-olivier commented Nov 29, 2024 via email

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How I check those SMTP server address

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SMTPDebug = SMTP::DEBUG_SERVER; $mail->isSMTP(); $mail->SMTPAuth = true; $mail->Host = "smtp.example.com"; $mail->SMTPSecure = PHPMailer::ENCRYPTION_STARTTLS; $mail->Port = 587; $mail->Username = "[email protected]"; $mail->Password = "password"; $mail->setFrom($email, $name); $mail->addAddress("[email protected]", "Olivier"); $mail->Subject = $subject; $mail->Body = $message; $mail->send(); header("Location: sent.html");

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this is my code. helps me

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daveh commented Nov 29, 2024

smtp.example.com is not a valid SMTP server, it's just an example. You need to use one you have access to (e.g. smtp.google.com if you have a Gmail account etc.)

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