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PHP Finding and Using Packages

David Marec
David Marec
9,578 Points
Posted by David Marec
David Marec
9,578 Points

Fatal error with phpMailer class

Hi there,

I think i've done each step right (phpmailer install by composer, require autoload...) but when i try to send a mail, i have this error message :

Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Class 'PHPMailer' not found in /home/treehouse/workspace/email.php

This is happening in workSpace. Any help would be great !!

Thanks in advance ! David.

1 Answer

Dragos Alin
Dragos Alin
226 Points
Dragos Alin
Dragos Alin
226 Points

You should import the PHPMailer's classes into the global namespace, at the beginning of your code: use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer; use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\Exception;

Or otherwise, you should instantiate the PHPMailer object like this: $mail = new PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer();