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Joseph Yhu
PHP Development Techdegree Graduate 48,637 Points502 Error
Whenever I try to send an email using Workspaces, I keep getting 502 error. Here is my code:
<?php
//Import the PHPMailer class into the global namespace
use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer;
require 'vendor/phpmailer/src/PHPMailer.php';
require 'vendor/phpmailer/src/Exception.php';
require 'vendor/phpmailer/src/SMTP.php';
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
$name = trim(filter_input(INPUT_POST, "name", FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING));
$email = trim(filter_input(INPUT_POST, "email", FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL));
$details = trim(filter_input(INPUT_POST, "details", FILTER_SANITIZE_SPECIAL_CHARS));
if ($name == "" || $email == "" || $details == "") {
echo "Please fill in the required fields: Name, Email, and Details.";
exit;
}
if ($_POST["address"] != "") {
echo "Bad form input";
exit;
}
if (!PHPMailer::validateAddress($email)) {
echo "Invalid Email Address";
exit;
}
$email_body = "";
$email_body .= "Name " . $name . "\n";
$email_body .= "Email " . $email . "\n";
$email_body .= "Details " . $details . "\n";
$mail = new PHPMailer;
//Tell PHPMailer to use SMTP
$mail->isSMTP();
//Enable SMTP debugging
// 0 = off (for production use)
// 1 = client messages
// 2 = client and server messages
$mail->SMTPDebug = 2;
//Set the hostname of the mail server
$mail->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com';
// use
// $mail->Host = gethostbyname('smtp.gmail.com');
// if your network does not support SMTP over IPv6
//Set the SMTP port number - 587 for authenticated TLS, a.k.a. RFC4409 SMTP submission
$mail->Port = 587;
//Set the encryption system to use - ssl (deprecated) or tls
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
//Whether to use SMTP authentication
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
//Username to use for SMTP authentication - use full email address for gmail
$mail->Username = "xbhlx7@gmail.com";
//Password to use for SMTP authentication
$mail->Password = "";
//It's important not to use the submitter's address as the from address as it's forgery,
//which will cause your messages to fail SPF checks.
//Use an address in your own domain as the from address, put the submitter's address in a reply-to
$mail->setFrom('xbhlx7@gmail.com', $name);
$mail->addReplyTo($email, $name);
$mail->addAddress('xbhlx7@gmail.com', 'Joseph Yhu');
$mail->Subject = 'Library suggestion from ' . $name;
$mail->Body = $email_body;
if (!$mail->send()) {
echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
exit;
}
header("location:suggest.php?status=thanks");
}
$pageTitle = "Suggest a Media Item";
$section = "suggest";
include("inc/header.php"); ?>
<div class="section page">
<div class="wrapper">
<h1>Suggest a Media Item</h1>
<?php if (isset($_GET["status"]) && $_GET["status"] == "thanks") {
echo "<p>Thanks for the email! I’ll check out your suggestion shortly!</p>";
} else { ?>
<p>If you think there is something I’m missing, let me know! Complete the form to send me an email.</p>
<form method="post" action="suggest.php">
<table>
<tr>
<th><label for="name">Name</label></th>
<td><input type="text" id="name" name="name"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th><label for="email">Email</label></th>
<td><input type="text" id="email" name="email"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th><label for="details">Suggest Item Details</label></th>
<td><textarea name="details" id="details"></textarea></td>
</tr>
<tr style="display:none">
<th><label for="address">Address</label></th>
<td><input type="text" id="address" name="address">
<p>Please leave this field blank.</p></td>
</tr>
</table>
<input type="submit" value="Send">
</form>
<?php } ?>
</div>
</div>
<?php include("inc/footer.php"); ?>
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Edit: Using localhost server doesn't work either.