PHPMailer to use Gmail as SMTP server.Could not connect to SMTP host. Mailer Error: SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host

Question

i am trying to use phpMailer to send confirmation messages to users via email. my code is this:

Answer 1

This page has code the author claims "worked flawlessly".

The only real difference I see between his and yours is that his has:

$mail->Mailer = "smtp";

I guess I would start with his code exactly to see if it works, and then debug from there.