message could not be sent.mailer error: smtp connect() failed. https://github.com/phpmailer/phpmailer/wiki/troubleshooting

Hello Friends

When we use PHPmailer in Localhost sometime we Get Error(message could not be sent.mailer error: smtp connect() failed. https://github.com/phpmailer/phpmailer/wiki/troubleshooting) Specially if we are a gmail user So How we can over come with this type of errors

I will Suggest you to watch this video it will really help you

Step 1

require 'vendor\phpmailer\phpmailer\PHPMailerAutoload.php';
$mail = new PHPMailer;
//$mail->SMTPDebug = 3;                               // Enable verbose debug output
$mail->isSMTP();                                      // Set mailer to use SMTP
$mail->Host = 'smtp.mandrillapp.com';  // Specify main and backup SMTP servers
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;                               // Enable SMTP authentication
$mail->Username = 'your@username.com';                 // SMTP username
$mail->Password = 'mandrilapp_will_give_you_a_password';                           // SMTP password
$mail->Port = 587;                                    // TCP port to connect to

After Editing the above code as per your requirement then run the php script in your localhost. The mail ID from which you are trying to send mail you will get a mail like this.

Then click on allowing access less secure apps and allow them

Step 2

Are you running on Localhost? and have you edit the php.ini ?

If not yet, try this:

1. Open xampp->php->php.ini

2. Search for extension=php_openssl.dll

3. The initial will look like this ;extension=php_openssl.dll

4. Remove the ';' and it will look like this extension=php_openssl.dll

5. If you can't find the extension=php_openssl.dll, add this line extension=php_openssl.dll.

6. Then restart your Xampp.

Goodluck ;)