使用phpmailer的正确方法是什么[关闭]

Question

i want to send details from a form using the phpmailer function but i have the error:

SMTP connect() failed. message could not be sent.

mailer error:SMTP connect() failed.

//start of phpmailer
<?php
mailer error:SMTP connect() failed.
  require_once '_libs/PHPMailer/PHPMailerAutoload.php';
$m= new PHPMailer;
$m->isSMTP();
$m->SMTPAuth=true;
$m->SMTPSecure = "tls";
$m->SMTPDebug=2;
$m->Host ="ssl:smtp.gmail.com:465";//my mail host
$m->Username='[e-mail]';
$m->Password=##########;
$m->From='[e-mail]';
$m->AddAddress("[e-mail]");
$m->AddReplyTo('[e-mail]'); // Reply TO
$m->FromName="{$firstname}";
$m->Subject='paper order';
$m->WordWrap = 50;
$m->isHTML(true);   
$m->Body="the details of the order are  firstname {$firstname} <br> lastname {$lastname}";
if(!$m->Send())
{
    echo "message could not be sent.<p>";
    echo"mailer error:" .$m->ErrorInfo;
    exit;
}
echo "Message has sent";


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Answer 1

The official PHPMailer Gmail example declares the host as such:

$mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com";

The port gets its own declaration as well:

$mail->Port = 587; 

I would assume that would be the cause of your SMTP connect() failed message.