Re: How do I install PHPMailer on a Debian/Bullseye Apache2 server

[Gareth Evans <donotspam@fastmail.fm>]




> On 7 Sep 2022, at 17:55, Gary Dale <gary@extremeground.com> wrote:
> I'm using a web hosting company that pretty much limits me to using PHPMailer on their servers for sending complex e-mails (e.g. with attachments). That is working.
> 
> [...]

> However when I try it with my local Apache2 server, it doesn't work.
[...]
> However the test .php file that works on the hosting company's server doesn't do anything on my local server. I try to load the page and get nothing - not even an error message.

Hi Gary,

If you expect output of some sort from the script, try putting

ini_set("display_errors",1);
ini_set("error_reporting",E_ALL);

at the top of the script in question - this should show any errors on the page rather than having to look in /var/log/syslog, though that might be worthwhile too.

Also

$ php -l file.php
(Lower case L after dash)

Do you receive any bounce message in (iirc... or something like...)
 /var/spool/mail/username ?

Not knowing whether you expect output, it could be that the script is working but the remote server rejects mail from non-routable (ie LAN) IPs - I don't think a bounce message is necessarily guaranteed though.

Any difference sending with PHPMailer via SMTP ?

Best wishes,
Gareth