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Message could not be sent. Mailer Error: SMTP Error: Could not authenticate.

for prog answered on September 10, 2023 Popularity 7/10 Helpfulness 2/10

answer Message could not be sent. Mailer Error: SMTP Error: Could not authenticate.

Message could not be sent. Mailer Error: SMTP Error: Could not authenticate.

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/*
step by step :
	1. go to the manage your google account
    2. and select the security tab
    3. the security tab click the 2-Step Verification and Enable 2-Step Verification
    4. After enabling 2-Step Verification :
    	in the search box on google account, search this :
        	less secure app access or search app passwords
            	and click the app passwords
    5. after click the app passwords :
    	in the open tab Select the app and device you want to generate the app password for.
    		for example : app = mail, and device = windows computer
    6. and click the generate button and copy the password
    	( this password is your password for your gmail account in phpMailer )
    7. Enter the generated password in the $mail->Password = ''
    
    for example :
*/
public function sendMail($emailAddress, $subject, $body)
    {
      $mail = new PHPMailer(true);
      try {
        $mail->SMTPDebug = SMTP::DEBUG_SERVER;
        $mail->CharSet = "UTF-8";
        $mail->isSMTP();
        $mail->Host = MAIL_HOST;
        $mail->SMTPAuth = SMTP_AUTH;
        $mail->Username = MAIL_USERNAME;
        
        // Enter the password here
        $mail->Password = 'yuur generated password by google'; //SMTP password , Enter the password here
        
        $mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
        $mail->Port = MAIL_PORT;
        $mail->setFrom(SENDER_MAIL, SENDER_NAME);
        $mail->addAddress($emailAddress);    
        $mail->isHTML(true);
        $mail->Subject = $subject;
        $mail->Body = $body;

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

}

/*
	I am not good at speaking English,
    I hope you understand what I mean and your problem is solved
*/

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