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PHPMailer: SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: (0) with godaddy – CPanel

I am getting the error: 

    2020-05-03 02:33:55 SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: (0)
SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting
Mailer Error: SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting

I have looked at all GoDaddy articles and stack articles I can find and tried their solutions – such as changing ports, etc. I have also tried with both my Gmail and cPanel web/email accounts. Most solutions out there for this error, however, are not relating to GoDaddy, and their solutions are to do with XAMPP, etc.
Any help is greatly appreciated 🙂

As reference, here is the PHP code:

use PHPMailerPHPMailerPHPMailer;
use PHPMailerPHPMailerSMTP;
use PHPMailerPHPMailerException;


require 'src/Exception.php';
require 'src/PHPMailer.php';
require 'src/SMTP.php';

$mail = new PHPMailer(); // create a new object
$mail->IsSMTP(); // enable SMTP
$mail->SMTPDebug = 1; // debugging: 1 = errors and messages, 2 = messages only
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // authentication enabled
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'ssl'; 
$mail->Host = "localhost";
$mail->Port = 465; 
$mail->IsHTML(true);
$mail->Username = "[email protected]";
$mail->Password = "xxx";
$mail->SetFrom("[email protected]");
$mail->Subject = "Test";
$mail->Body = "hello";
$mail->AddAddress("[email protected]");

 if(!$mail->Send()) {
    echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
 } else {
    echo "Message has been sent";
 }
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  1. Chosen as BEST ANSWER
    0

    I have figured out what was wrong: Essentially, I just needed to replace $mail->isSMTP(); with $mail->isMail(); and it worked - just to let anyone else know if they have the same problem!


  2. 0

    I apologize if you have provided incorrect information. However, you should make sure that the server’s smtp port is not using 25.

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  3. 0

    I have the same problem
    i tried with SSL with port 465 then it said services is unavailable
    then i try this thing it solve my problem
    hopefully it solve also yours
    1) Make sure you use
    $mail->IsSMTP(); for the authentication. Ismail is only working for the same server with mail function

    2) This thing fix my problem
    $mail->SMTPSecure = “tsl”;
    $mail->Port = 587;

    i add these two lines now email sending is perfectly working
    earlier i face this error
    SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting
    but above thing solve my problem
    hopefully it work for you
    thank you

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  4. 0

    Before sending emails using the Gmail’s SMTP Server, you to make some of the security and permission level settings under your Google Account Security Settings.

    1. change

    $mail->host = "localhost";

    to

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

    Use real email for sender and receiver ‘Make sure of the password’

    1. change

    $mail->SMTPSecure = ‘ssl’;

    to

    $mail->SMTPSecure = ‘tls’;

       //tls for localhost and ssl for host server 'onligne'

    may work for you 🙂

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