How do i use php mailer with cpanel

[CaptainEboy]

I can't seem to find any documentation on how to use php mailer on an hosted code using cpanel.

References, links & explanations along with working & testable code snippets are greatly appreciated

[Synchro]

I've no idea about cpanel specifically, but you'd run it like you run any other PHP code: Configure a web server with a PHP runtime (usually PHP-FPM), point it at your scripts and off you go. How you do that it outside PHPMailer's scope. There is a ton of example code provided in the examples folder; I don't think you would need to do anything special at all to make all of them work with cpanel.

[CaptainEboy]

I think the main problem I have is with installing composer, don't really understand it.

I am actually new to php, more of a js developer

[Synchro]

composer is to PHP what npm is to js; a package manager. It's a command-line tool to download, install, and manage your dependencies, as PHPMailer might be for your project. It's generally easier and more reliable to use composer than to load a library yourself, for even a single dependency. A typical setup (after you have installed PHP and composer on your development machine) is simply:

composer require phpmailer/phpmailer;

This will create a composer.json file that lists your dependencies (the equivalent of npm's packages.json), a composer.lock file that records exactly which versions of each package you're using so that you can use it to install the same packages elsewhere (e.g. on your servers), and a vendor folder which contains composer's own libraries, your packages (such as PHPMailer), and a file called autoload.php that deals with finding and loading your dependencies whenever you want to use them. To use all of that, all you need in your application is:

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

and it will automatically deal with loading packages for you, so you can just say $mail = new PHPMailer(); without having to require it manually beforehand. You will still need to write your own use statements though.

Having done all that, when it comes to deployment, you can either run composer install on your server to install the same dependencies, or if you can't run CLI code on your server (e.g. you're on shared hosting), upload the vendor folder along with all your other PHP files.

Beyond this, this isn't reallly the place to answer how to use composer or how to write PHP.

[CaptainEboy]

Thanks alot.

Just sent my first email with phpmailer✌😁💥💖.

I didn't actually use composer.

Seems Cpanel blocks/doesn't work with alot of code on the main documentation.

I think the documentations should be updated

[Synchro]

I agree, cpanel should document how they prevent you from running your code...

[gaffordRich]

CaptainEboy where you able to make use of Cpanel in sending email with PHPmailer? im currently having difficulty with this myself though i intend to use mine to send SMS text, kindly help out