500: Internal server error when using PHPMailer

Question

I am trying to send an email using the following code and I am getting an Internal Server Error. I am not sure why I have such a problem.

PHP code:

<?php $mail = new PHPMailer(); // create a new object $mail->IsSMTP(); // enable SMTP $mail->SMTPDebug = 0; // debugging: 1 = errors and messages, 2 = messages only $mail->SMTPAuth = true; // authentication enabled $mail->SMTPSecure = 'ssl'; // secure transfer enabled REQUIRED for Gmail $mail->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com'; $mail->Port = 465; $mail->Username = ' [e-mail] '; $mail->Password = "mypasswordhere"; $mail->SetFrom($from, $from_name); $mail->Subject = $subject; $mail->Body = $body; $mail->AddAddress(' [e-mail] '); if(!$mail->Send()) { $error = 'Mail error: '.$mail->ErrorInfo; return false; } else { $error = 'Message sent!'; return true; } ?> 

I simply placed this file as test.php inside the PhpMail folder after extracting it. As below

Answer 1

You missed one quote on the line:

 $mail->Password = 'mypasswordhere'; 

The error appears to be a PHP parsing error that appears in your Apache error log.