PHPMailer - OpenSSL Error

Question

Based on the example that PHPMailer provides i have the script below,

date_default_timezone_set(\'Etc/UTC\');
require \'./PHPMailerAutoload.php\';
$mail = ne         


        

Answer 1

This is because you're running PHP 5.6 and it's verifying your certs, but your server is presenting invalid certs so it's failing. Both PHPMailer and PHP are correct in what they are doing - the code is not at fault. You can either fix your mail server, or do what it suggests in the troubleshooting guide, which is:

$mail->SMTPOptions = array(
    'ssl' => array(
        'verify_peer' => false,
        'verify_peer_name' => false,
        'allow_self_signed' => true
    )
);

And as the guide says, you should not do this unless you have to - it's compromising your security.