What are common issues when using PHP Mailer and how can they be resolved?

Issue: Common issues when using PHP Mailer include emails not being sent, emails being marked as spam, and incorrect email formatting. These issues can be resolved by ensuring that the SMTP settings are correct, setting proper headers, and using the correct email address format. 

// Example code snippet for setting up PHP Mailer with correct SMTP settings and headers

use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer;
use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\Exception;

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$mail = new PHPMailer(true);

try {
    $mail->isSMTP();
    $mail->Host = 'smtp.example.com';
    $mail->SMTPAuth = true;
    $mail->Username = 'your@example.com';
    $mail->Password = 'your_password';
    $mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
    $mail->Port = 587;

    $mail->setFrom('from@example.com', 'Your Name');
    $mail->addAddress('recipient@example.com', 'Recipient Name');

    $mail->isHTML(true);
    $mail->Subject = 'Subject';
    $mail->Body = 'Email body content';

    $mail->send();
    echo 'Email sent successfully';
} catch (Exception $e) {
    echo 'Email could not be sent. Mailer Error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
}

Keywords

PHP Mailer SMTP Authentication Error Handling Troubleshooting

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