Module: PHPMailer

If anyone's interested, I've created a new module called PHPMailer which replaces Gallery's built in Sendmail code with a slightly modified version. Instead of using PHP's built in mail function, this will allow Gallery to send email messages using something called PHPMailer ( http://phpmailer.sourceforge.net/ ). For some reason my web host doesn't have PHP's mail function set up properly, so this fixes that issue for me. I've tested it against my "ContactOwner" module and done some quick testing against the notification module as well, and it appears to work fine. Should anyone run into a problem with it though, let me know.

Also note that this module does not include PHPMailer. You will need to download it from the above web site and install it on your own before setting up this module.

The module may be downloaded from this post, or from my github account at:
http://github.com/rWatcher/gallery3-contrib/tree/master

I've also set up a wiki entry at:
http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery3:Modules:phpmailer

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This is a great module, although having an issue with using it with a gmail/googleapps account. I know in gallery 2, to make it work I had to use tls://smtp.gmail.com|465 as the smtp server. I believe from what I can see in your code, it looks like you are passing the variables in. I have seen posts on google about using phpmailer with gmail, but can't seem to get it to work with this module. If you could provide any guidance that would be great. (by the way i'm running libphp-phpmailer on ubuntu)

Thanks

send a pull request to bharat so he can sync up the main gallery3-contrib repo with it..

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I'm abit confussed what this module does & how to set it up!
Is it to upload via email to your gallery or send out email of your uploaded photo!

How I can Setup PHPMailer with GMail?
and
What Is "Location of PHPMailer Class"

I am using PHPMailer and I am also using ContactOwner modules. When I try to send an email to the owner I get the follwoing error message:

HTTP Error 500 (Internal Server Error): An unexpected condition was encountered while the server was attempting to fulfill the request. When I reload I get this:

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Dang... Something went wrong!

We tried really hard, but it's broken.

Hey wait, you're an admin! We can tell you stuff.

There's an error message below and you can find more details in gallery3/var/logs (look for the file with the most recent date on it). Stuck? Stop by the Gallery 3 Forums and ask for help. You can also look at our list of open tickets to see if the problem you're seeing has been reported. If you post a request, here's some useful information to include:

Platform information

Host name: my.site
Operating system: Linux 2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop
Apache: Apache/2.2.15 (Linux/SUSE)
PHP: 5.3.3
MySQL: 5.1.46-log
Server load: 0.00 0.00 0.00
Graphics toolkit: imagemagick
Gallery stats

Version: 3.0 (Santa Fe)
Albums: 194
Photos: 12735
Kohana_Exception [ kohana/core.errors.403 ]:
@todo FORBIDDEN
MODPATH/gallery/helpers/access.php[ 194 ]

189
190 /**
191 * Terminate immediately with an HTTP 403 Forbidden response.
192 */
193 static function forbidden() {
194 throw new Kohana_Exception("@todo FORBIDDEN", null, 403);
195 }
196
197 /**
198 * Internal method to set a permission
199 *
MODPATH/gallery/helpers/access.php[ 417 ] » access_Core::forbidden()
MODPATH/gallery/libraries/MY_Forge.php[ 42 ] » access_Core::verify_csrf()
MODPATH/forge/libraries/Forge.php[ 164 ] » Forge->validate()
MODPATH/gallery/libraries/MY_Forge.php[ 41 ] » Forge_Core->validate()
MODPATH/contactowner/controllers/contactowner.php[ 112 ] » Forge->validate()
{PHP internal call} » ContactOwner_Controller->sendemail( arguments )
SYSPATH/core/Kohana.php[ 331 ] » ReflectionMethod->invokeArgs( arguments )
{PHP internal call} » Kohana_Core::instance( arguments )
SYSPATH/core/Event.php[ 208 ] » call_user_func_array( arguments )
APPPATH/Bootstrap.php[ 67 ] » Event_Core::run( arguments )
DOCROOT/index.php[ 97 ] » require( arguments )

Any help would be appreciated!

Any help?

Here is the lastest version of the PHPMailer module. I have included the fix from ticket 1572 and added support for ssl as requested in ticket 1573.

What happens? Do you get an error message, or does the email just not get sent, or something else? Does anything show up in /var/logs?

This module allows you to replace Gallery's built in method for sending email messages with PHPMailer. It should work in conjunction with anything that needs to send out an email and has been tested with the Contact Owner, eCard, and Notification modules in conjunction with Gallery 3.0.1.

Explanation of settings --
Location of PHPMailer Class: The server path to the class.phpmailer.php file (which must be installed separately). If you're on a linux server, this should look something like "/path/to/class.phpmailer.php" and if you're on a windows server this should look something like "c:\path\to\class.phpmailer.php".

From Email Address: The email address that messages will be sent from. Some SMTP server's restrict you to only sending mail from a specific address, others will let you send email from any address. Make sure the address that you specify here is valid for use with your server.

From Name: This can be anything. It'll show up on the from line in all email messages that Gallery sends.

SMTP Server Address: A valid smtp server address, ex: smtp.example.com

SMTP Login Name / SMTP Password: The login name and password for the SMTP server, if required.

SMTP Port: The port number, default is 25 for unencrypted servers, and usually either 587 or 465 for encrypted servers, although some smtp servers may use a completely different port number.

Use SSL?: Check this box if you're SMTP server requires encryption (ex: gmail).

That doesn't really tell me much Is there anything in the gallery3/var/logs folder?

Also, do you know what version of PHPMailer you have installed? I did all my testing against 5.1:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmailer/files/phpmailer%20for%20php5_6/PHPMailer%20v5.1/

There are two files you should have on you're server that come with phpmailer -- class.phpmailer.php and class.smtp.php (there's also a third file that it comes with called class.pop.php, but I think it should work fine if that's missing).

PHP Mailer comes with some test scripts, are you able to use any of them to send test messages (specifically test_smtp_basic.php -- you'll have to manually edit it to specify a mail server and login/password/etc)? That would tell us if php mailer it'self is working properly or not.

This is from the smtp_basic. Works great. I receive an email. Settings in the gallery settings and the test file are the same.

SMTP -> FROM SERVER:220 mx.google.com ESMTP m16sm148529qck.40
SMTP -> FROM SERVER: 250-mx.google.com at your service, [71.178.50.63] 250-SIZE 35882577 250-8BITMIME 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN XOAUTH 250 ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
SMTP -> FROM SERVER:250 2.1.0 OK m16sm148529qck.40
SMTP -> FROM SERVER:250 2.1.5 OK m16sm148529qck.40
SMTP -> FROM SERVER:354 Go ahead m16sm148529qck.40
SMTP -> FROM SERVER:250 2.0.0 OK 1306862040 m16sm148529qck.40
Message sent!

Here is the latest version of the PHPMailer module. It has been tested against Gallery 3.0.2 and PHPMailer 5.1 and works fine for me.

I've added lots of additional error handling and error logging code to this version. Hopefully if it's still not working there will at least be something useful in the gallery3/var/logs folder to explain what's going wrong instead of just the generic "@todo SEND_MAIL_FAILED".

I think adding class.phpmailer.php at the end was the key. I replaced the module with the new one rWatcher provided, but still got the white empty screen. Once I added "class.phpmailer.php" at the end of the path, everything works as a charm now!

rWatcher I think you should make a note on that.

My issues were around incorrect SMTP options, the additional logging exposed my stupidity.

Thanks

I have installed this on my site, and have it working with the test functions, and now contact owner.

However it does not seem to work for the basket module? I cannot determine if this is the basket module or phpmailer causing the issue, as I have never been able to get the mail working from basket.

No errors showing in the log files, and site operates as normal, except without mail being sent.

Any ideas?

What is the chance of you modifying the module for me so I can get my site up and running - while I request the module be changed?

This is the only thing stopping my site from getting up and running

Unless I'm missing something, this change will prevent my PHPMailer module from using PHPMailer. If you want to use PHP's mail function, why not just stick with the default Sendmail.php file at /modules/gallery/libraries/Sendmail.php?

Anyone getting phpmailer causing them to not be able to create albums? WHen i disable it I go to add an ablum and click create and the page loads. When i enabled PHPmailer and i perform the same actions the page never reloads. The album is created but the page never reloads.

Hi

This might be an obvious question, so apologies in advance.

I am using this plugin as my webhost changed settings prevent php mail from working. However, I have found several modules that need email, don't seem to work. The ones I have found so far are Favorites and Shopping basket.

I know this module is set up and running OK as I can use contact form which uses this module all ok.

Should this module override all other settings and modules that require email just switch to using this module, or is it that these modules are coded just to use php mail functions?

Like I said, probably obvious question but some guidance would be appreciated.

Many thanks

Mark

Recently upgraded to 3.0.4 and started getting an error msg when I try to use sendmail:

Platform information

Host name: gal.site
Operating system: Linux 3.1.9-1.4
Apache: Apache/2.2.21 (Linux/SUSE)
PHP: 5.3.10
MySQL: 5.5.16-log
Server load: 0.03 0.04 0.05
Graphics toolkit: imagemagick

Gallery stats

Version: 3.0.4 (Ricochet)

Exception [ 0 ]: @todo SEND_MAIL_FAILED

MODPATH/phpmailer/libraries/Sendmail.php[ 90 ]
85 // The docs say headers should be separated by \r\n, but occasionaly that doesn't work and you
86 // need to use a single \n. This can be set in config/sendmail.php
87 $headers = implode($this->header_separator, $headers);
88 $message = wordwrap($this->message, $this->line_length, "\n");
89 if (!$this->mail($to, $this->subject, $message, $headers)) {
90 throw new Exception("@todo SEND_MAIL_FAILED");
91 }
92 return $this;
93 }
94
95 public function mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers) {

MODPATH/contactowner/controllers/contactowner.php[ 155 ] » Sendmail_Core->send()
{PHP internal call} » ContactOwner_Controller->sendemail( arguments )
SYSPATH/core/Kohana.php[ 331 ] » ReflectionMethod->invokeArgs( arguments )
{PHP internal call} » Kohana_Core::instance( arguments )
SYSPATH/core/Event.php[ 208 ] » call_user_func_array( arguments )
APPPATH/Bootstrap.php[ 67 ] » Event_Core::run( arguments )
DOCROOT/index.php[ 113 ] » require( arguments )

I have my PHPMailer:

gal:/usr/lib/php5/classes/PHPMailer_v5.1 # ls
LICENSE aboutus.html class.phpmailer.php class.smtp.php examples test
README changelog.txt class.pop3.php docs language

WHat seems to be wrong?

Thanks!