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PHP

Posted by Jordan Olson
Jordan Olson
6,155 Points

Mailer error, could not instantiate mail function

$mail->setFrom($email, $name); $mail->addAddress('jordanolson1@gmail.com', 'Jordan'); // Add a recipient 

$mail->isHTML(false);                                  // Set email format to HTML

$mail->Subject = 'Thank you for your email, ' . $name;
$mail->Body    = $email_body;

if(!$mail->send()) {
    echo 'Message could not be sent. ';
    echo 'Mailer Error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;

    exit;
}

Pretty sure it's cuz I set my recipient address as my email address, but I keep getting the error:

Message could not be sent. Mailer Error: Could not instantiate mail function.

I am currently using MAMP. I don't have any idea what to put for the values in 'addAddress'. Dunno what to do here

kevinrambaud
kevinrambaud
5,734 Points

Hey Jordan,

This error is due to your php configuration. Open your php.ini file and find the following line parameters :

SMTP smtp_port sendmail_from

Maybe some others.

If they are commented (start with a semi colon), just delete the semi colon and put the right value for these parameters. After that, save your php.ini file and just restart apache to be sure that changes has been loaded.

Adebayo Ojo
Adebayo Ojo
23,661 Points
Adebayo Ojo
Adebayo Ojo
23,661 Points

I just followed Kevin Rambaud suggestion and it works!!!! I edited my php.ini file and changed the SMPT and smtp_port, restarted my apache and bang...........that's it.

2 Answers

Jordan Olson
Jordan Olson
6,155 Points
Jordan Olson
Jordan Olson
6,155 Points

Unfortunately that didn't solve the issue, I found out it's because of the code:

$mail->Body = $email_body;

When I remove the above line of code from the first example, it goes through to the thank you page, but I don't think it actually goes through the email sending process.

kevinrambaud
kevinrambaud
5,734 Points
kevinrambaud
kevinrambaud
5,734 Points

Well, if you remove this line, the email you're trying to send won't have any text in body. Check if you've entered value in $email_body variable and check your smtp parameters. If they are not defined, your email system won't work.