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

wrong:

$mail->Host = "ssl://smtp.gmail.com"; // specify main and backup server

good:

$mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com"; // specify main and backup server