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PHP

Posted by Roxane Castelein
Roxane Castelein
2,215 Points

Using a Third party library

When I use the files provided in the tutorial (both the class.phpmailer.php and the contact.php) it shows me a server error when i submit the contact form.

Can anyone help ?

Thanks!

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Can anyone help?

I suppose it depends on the error and what credentials you put in the file.

Roxane Castelein
Roxane Castelein
2,215 Points

Thanks James! It just says server error, don't know how to discover more about this, and I don't really know what you mean when you talk about credentials. I'm sorry, im a very beginner..

I don't access the local server through localhost, as in the file, but through another URL, could it be for that reason it's not working ?

Thanks again!

Roxane

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

I don't really know what you mean when you talk about credentials.

Credentials are just a fancy term for login information, like username, password, hostname.

Roxane Castelein
Roxane Castelein
2,215 Points

Thanks James!

1 Answer

Roxane Castelein
Roxane Castelein
2,215 Points

Ok I got how to find the error. I used this in the terminal: tail /Applications/MAMP/logs/php_error.log

What was happening is that I needed to import the file phpmailAutoloader, which I hadn't done. Could be good to mention it in the tutorial btw.

Thanks James!

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Tagging Randy Hoyt on this one