Swift_TransportException Connection could not be established with host smtp.gmail.com
I can't figure for the life of me why exactly is it failing.. this is the exact error I am getting:
Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Swift_TransportException' with message 'Connection
could not be established with host smtp.gmail.com [Connection refused #111]' in
/home/content/38/6896038/html/test/lib/classes/Swift/Transport/StreamBuffer.php:259
Stack trace: #0
/home/content/38/6896038/html/test/lib/classes/Swift/Transport/StreamBuffer.php(64):
Swift_Transport_StreamBuffer->_establishSocketConnection() #1 /home/content/38/6896038/html/test/lib/classes/Swift/Transport/AbstractSmtpTransport.php(115): Swift_Transport_StreamBuffer->initialize(Array) #2 /home/content/38/6896038/html/test/lib/classes/Swift/Mailer.php(80): Swift_Transport_AbstractSmtpTransport->start() #3 /home/content/38/6896038/html/test/contact.php(55): Swift_Mailer->send(Object(Swift_Message)) #4 {main} thrown in /home/content/38/6896038/html/test/lib/classes/Swift/Transport/StreamBuffer.php on line 259
And the code Im using is what I've gotten from the tutorial and reading on here examples, here it is:
require_once 'lib/swift_required.php';
$transport = Swift_MailTransport::newInstance();
// Create the Transport the call setUsername() and setPassword()
$transport = Swift_SmtpTransport::newInstance('smtp.gmail.com', 465, 'ssl')
->setUsername('[email protected]')
->setPassword('xxx')
;
// Create the Mailer using your created Transport
$mailer = Swift_Mailer::newInstance($transport);
$nombre = $_POST['name'];
$apellido = $_POST['apellido'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$telefono = $_POST['telefono'];
$title = $_POST['jobtitle'];
// Create the message
$message = Swift_Message::newInstance()
// Give the message a subject
->setSubject('Nuevo applicante para: ' . $title)
// Set the From address with an associative array
->setFrom(array('[email protected]' => 'no-reply'))
// Set the To addresses with an associative array
->setTo('[email protected]')
// Give it a body
->setBody('<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<table>
<tr>
<td>Nombre:</td><td>' . $nombre . ' ' . $apellido .'</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Email:</td><td>' . $email . '</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Telefono:</td><td>'. $telefono .'</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>', 'text/html')
// Optionally add any attachments
->attach(Swift_Attachment::fromPath($_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"])->setFilename($_FILES['file']['name']));
// Send the message
$result = $mailer->send($message);
any help is greatly appreciated, I've done my reading and searching and cannot find a solution to this :(
EDIT: Apparently it's an issue with gmail, I changed to a different smtp and it worked.. :S
Answer
Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Swift_TransportException' with message 'Connection could not be established with host smtp.gmail.com [Connection refused #111]
Connection refused is a very explicit and clear error message. It means that the socket connection could not be established because the remote end actively refused to connect.
It's very unlikely that Google is blocking the connection.
It's very likely that your web hosting provider has firewall settings that block outgoing connections on port 465, or that they are blocking SMTP to Gmail. 465 is the "wrong" port for secure SMTP, though it is often used, and Gmail does listen there. Try port 587 instead. If the connection is still refused, call your host and ask them what's up.