PHP Fatal Error: Uncaught PHPMailer\PHPMailer\Exception: SMTP Error: Unable to connect to SMTP host
<p>I tried to use the Forgot Password feature in PHPMailer and got this error: </p>
<pre class="brush:php;toolbar:false;">[12-May-2023 17:53:32 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught PHPMailer\PHPMailer\Exception: SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host . in /home/raso1970/cliquedigitalepdo.com4muz.com/vendor/phpmailer/phpmailer/src/PHPMailer.php:2233
Stack trace:
#0 /home/raso1970/cliquedigitalepdo.com4muz.com/vendor/phpmailer/phpmailer/src/PHPMailer.php(2019): PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer->smtpConnect()
#1 /home/raso1970/cliquedigitalepdo.com4muz.com/vendor/phpmailer/phpmailer/src/PHPMailer.php(1678): PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer->smtpSend()
#2 /home/raso1970/cliquedigitalepdo.com4muz.com/vendor/phpmailer/phpmailer/src/PHPMailer.php(1516): PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer->postSend()
#3 /home/raso1970/cliquedigitalepdo.com4muz.com/forgot.php(75): PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer->send()
#4 {main}
thrown in /home/raso1970/cliquedigitalepdo.com4muz.com/vendor/phpmailer/phpmailer/src/PHPMailer.php on line 2233</pre>
<p>This is my code in forget.php: </p>
<pre class="brush:php;toolbar:false;"><?php
ini_set('display_errors', '1');
ini_set('display_startup_errors', '1');
error_reporting(E_ALL);
use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer;
use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\SMTP;
use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\Exception;
?>
<?php ob_start(); ?>
<?php include "config/db.php"; ?>
<?php include "includes/header.php"; ?>
<!-- LOGIN -->
<?php
require './vendor/autoload.php';
if(!isset($_GET['forgot'])) {
redirect('https://cliquedigitalepdo.com4muz.com/');
}if(IfItIsMethod('post')) {
if(isset($_POST['email'])) {
$email = $_POST['email'];
$length = 50;
$token = bin2hex(openssl_random_pseudo_bytes($length));
if(email_exists($email)) {
if($stmt = $connection->prepare("UPDATE users SET token = :token WHERE user_email = :email")) {
$stmt->bindValue(':token', $token);
$stmt->bindValue(':email', $email);
$stmt->execute([
'token' => $token,
'email' => $email
]);
// $stmt->close();
/***
*
* Configure PHPMailer
*
**/
$mail = new PHPMailer(true);
$mail->isSMTP();
$mail->Host = Config::SMTP_HOST;
$mail->Username = Config::SMTP_USER;
$mail->Password = Config::SMTP_PASSWORD;
$mail->Port = Config::SMTP_PORT;
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'PHPMailer::ENCRYPTION_SMTPS';
$mail->SMTPAuth = 'ssl';
$mail->isHTML(true);
$mail->CharSet = 'UTF-8';
$mail->setFrom('contact@com4muz.com');
$mail->addAddress('contact@com4muz.com');
$mail->Subject = 'Veuillez réinitialiser votre mot de passe';
$mail->Body = '<p>Cliquez sur le lien pour réinitialiser votre mot de passe
<a href="https://cliquedigitalepdo.com4muz.com/reset.php?email='.$email.'&token='.$token.' ">https://cliquedigitalepdo.com4muz.com/reset.php?email='.$email.'&token='.$token.'</a>
</p>';
if($mail->send()) {
$emailSent = true;
} else {
echo "NOT SENT";
}
}
}
}
}?>
<main class="main__content_wrapper">
<!-- Start breadcrumb section -->
<section class="breadcrumb__section breadcrumb__bg">
<div class="container">
<div class="row row-cols-1">
<div class="col">
<div class="breadcrumb__content text-center">
<h1 class="breadcrumb__content--title mb-10">Mot de Passe Oublié</h1>
<ul class="breadcrumb__content--menu d-flex justify-content-center">
<li class="breadcrumb__content--menu__items"><a href="https://cliquedigitalepdo.com4muz.com/">Accueil</a></li>
<li class="breadcrumb__content--menu__items"><span class="text__secondary">Mot de Passe Oublié</span></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<img class="breadcrumb__section--shape--bg" src="https://cliquedigitalepdo.com4muz.com/assets/img/other/breadcrumb-shape-bg.webp" alt="breadcrumb-img">
</section>
<!-- End breadcrumb section -->
<!-- Start login section -->
<div class="login__section section--padding">
<?php if(!isset($emailSent)): ?>
<div class="container">
<form method="post">
<div class="login__section--inner">
<div class="row row-cols-md-1 row-cols-1">
<div class="col">
<div class="account__login">
<div class="account__login--header mb-25">
<h2 class="account__login--header__title h3 mb-10 text-center">Vous Avez Oubliez Votre Mot de passe ?</h2>
<p class="account__login--header__desc text-center">Entrez votre adresse email</p>
</div>
<div class="account__login--inner">
<label>
<input name="email" class="account__login--input" placeholder="Adresse Email" type="email">
</label>
<button class="account__login--btn primary__btn" name="login" type="submit">Envoyer</button>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
<?php else: ?>
<h4>Veuillez Vérifier Votre Boîte Mail</h4>
<?php endIf; ?>
</div>
<!-- End login section -->
<!-- Start newsletter section -->
<section class="newsletter__section newsletter__bg2 section--padding">
<div class="container">
<div class="row row-cols-md-2 row-cols-1 align-items-center">
<div class="col">
<div class="newsletter__content">
<h2 class="newsletter__content--title text-white">Rejoignez Notre Newsletter</h2>
<p class="newsletter__content--desc text-white">Devenez les premiers à découvrez toutes nos actualités
relatives au monde du digital et les nouvelles tendances</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col">
<div class="newsletter__subscribe">
<form class="newsletter__subscribe position__relative" action="#">
<label>
<input class="newsletter__subscribe--input" placeholder="Entrez votre adresse email" type="email">
</label>
<button class="newsletter__subscribe--button style2 primary__btn" type="submit">S'inscrire
<svg class="newsletter__subscribe--button__icon" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="14.34" height="14.34" viewBox="0 0 14.34 14.34">
<path id="ic_near_me_24px" d="M17.34,3,3,9V9.78l5.449,2.111,2.1,5.449h.781Z" transform="translate(-3 -3)" fill="currentColor"/>
</svg>
</button>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<!-- End newsletter section -->
</main>
<?php include "includes/footer.php" ?></pre>
<p>I tried commenting out these two lines: </p>
<pre class="brush:php;toolbar:false;">use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\SMTP;
use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\Exception;</pre>
<p>It doesn't seem to be able to connect to SMTP, but I'm using the same SMTP configuration to send emails from contact.php and it works. </p>
<p><strong>PS: </strong>It’s worth noting that I’m using the same code locally and it works.
Therefore, the problem only exists online. </p>
<p>I use the same PHP version 8.2 for both local and online applications. </p>