• Installing PHPMailer on a VPS or Dedicated server

1. Log into your server via SSH.
2. Make sure you're in your user's home directory.

[server]$ cd ~​

 3. Download the zip file from GitHub.com.

[server]$ wget https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/archive/master.zip

4. Unzip the file. 

[server]$ unzip master.zip

This creates a directory named 'PHPMailer-master'.

5. Rename this directory.

[server]$ mv PHPMailer-master PHPMailer

Basic code example for email hosted at Da-Manager

Insert the following code into a PHP file.

You only need to update the code in bold.

username — Make sure to change the 'username' field to your actual shell username. You can also view this by running the following command.

[server]$ echo $USER
username

Host — If you're sending from a Da-Manage raddress, you should only use smtp.da-manager.com. If you are using a Gmail address, use smtp.gmail.com.

Username and setFrom must both be an email on the domain you're sending from.

<?php
// Import PHPMailer classes into the global namespace
// These must be at the top of your script, not inside a function
use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer;
use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\Exception;

require '/home/username/PHPMailer/src/Exception.php';
require '/home/username/PHPMailer/src/PHPMailer.php';
require '/home/username/PHPMailer/src/SMTP.php';

$mail = new PHPMailer(true);                              // Passing `true` enables exceptions
try {
    //Server settings
    $mail->SMTPDebug = 2;                                 // Enable verbose debug output
    $mail->isSMTP();                                      // Set mailer to use SMTP
    $mail->Host = 'smtp.da-manager.com';                   // Specify main and backup SMTP servers
    $mail->SMTPAuth = true;                               // Enable SMTP authentication
    $mail->Username = 'contact@example.com';              // SMTP username
    $mail->Password = 'secret';                           // SMTP password
    $mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';                            // Enable TLS encryption, `ssl` also accepted
    $mail->Port = 587;                                    // TCP port to connect to

    //Recipients
    $mail->setFrom('contact@example.com', 'Mailer');          //This is the email your form sends From
    $mail->addAddress('recipient@da-manager.com', 'Joe User'); // Add a recipient address
    //$mail->addAddress('contact@example.com');               // Name is optional
    //$mail->addReplyTo('info@example.com', 'Information');
    //$mail->addCC('cc@example.com');
    //$mail->addBCC('bcc@example.com');

    //Attachments
    //$mail->addAttachment('/var/tmp/file.tar.gz');         // Add attachments
    //$mail->addAttachment('/tmp/image.jpg', 'new.jpg');    // Optional name

    //Content
    $mail->isHTML(true);                                  // Set email format to HTML
    $mail->Subject = 'Subject line goes here';
    $mail->Body    = 'Body text goes here';
    //$mail->AltBody = 'This is the body in plain text for non-HTML mail clients';

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