PHP - send mail using gmail smtp

  • Go to the https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps and enable "Allow less secure apps"
  • Install composer if doesn't already exists
  • Install phpmailer library with command - composer require phpmailer/phpmailer
  • Copy the code from above and paste it into your index.php file
  • Execute created file with command - php index.php
    
    require 'vendor/autoload.php';
    
    use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer;
    
    $mail = new PHPMailer(true);
    
    try {
        $mail->isSMTP();
        $mail->SMTPAuth = true;
        $mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
        $mail->Port = 587;
        $mail->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com';
        $mail->Username = 'yourgmail@gmail.com';
        $mail->Password = 'yourgmailpassword';
    
        $mail->setFrom('yourgmail@gmail.com', 'Superman');
        $mail->addAddress('clientmail@mail.ru', 'Batman');
        $mail->Subject = 'Battle';
        $mail->Body = 'Your text here.';
    
        $mail->send();
    } catch (PHPMailer\PHPMailer\Exception $e) {
        echo $e->errorMessage();
    } catch (\Exception $e) {
        echo $e->getMessage();
    }
    

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