contact.php

<?php 

use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer;
use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\Exception;

/*Run locally
 - navigate to where composer installed the PHPMailer Folder and add the path.
require 'C:\location\composer\vendor\autoload.php';*/

/*run on server*/
require '/home/username/PHPMailerTest/src/Exception.php'; //replace username with yours
require '/home/username/PHPMailerTest/src/PHPMailer.php'; // ``		``			``
require '/home/username/PHPMailerTest/src/SMTP.php';	  // ``		``			``


//get variables
    $name = ""; 						//value recieved from contact form
    $subject = "";						//
    $email = "";						//
    $message = "";						//
	
	
    $mailTo = "";						//input the email address for recieveing messages from contact form 

	//some validation
    if(isset($_POST['name'])) {
        $name = filter_var($_POST['name'], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
    }
     
    if(isset($_POST['email'])) {
        $email = str_replace(array("\r", "\n", "%0a", "%0d"), '', $_POST['email']);
        $email = filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL);
    }
     
    if(isset($_POST['subject'])) {
        $subject = filter_var($_POST['subject'], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
    }
     
    if(isset($_POST['message'])) {
        $message = htmlspecialchars($_POST['message']);
    }
	
/* Create a new PHPMailer object. Passing TRUE to the constructor enables exceptions. */
$mail = new PHPMailer(TRUE);

try {
    //Server settings
    $mail->SMTPDebug = 2;                      // Enable verbose debug output
    $mail->isSMTP();                                            // Send using SMTP
    $mail->Host       = '';                    // Set the SMTP server to send through
    $mail->SMTPAuth   = true;                                   // Enable SMTP authentication
    $mail->Username   = '';                     // SMTP username
    $mail->Password   = '';                              // SMTP password
    $mail->SMTPSecure = PHPMailer::ENCRYPTION_SMTPS;         // Enable TLS encryption; `PHPMailer::ENCRYPTION_SMTPS` encouraged
    $mail->Port       = ;                                    // TCP port to connect to, use 465 for `PHPMailer::ENCRYPTION_SMTPS` above

    //Recipients
    $mail->setFrom($email,$name);
	
    $mail->addAddress($mailTo);     // Add a recipient



    // Content
    $mail->isHTML(true);                                  // Set email format to HTML
    $mail->Subject = $subject;
    $mail->Body = $message;

    $mail->send();
	
	//confirmation
    /*echo 'Message has been sent';		<== debugging  */
	
	header("Location: https://luckyndlovu.ltechdev.co.za/thankyou.php"); /* Redirect browser */

	/* Make sure that code below does not get executed when we redirect. */
	exit;
	
} catch (Exception $e) {
    /*echo "Message could not be sent. Mailer Error: {$mail->ErrorInfo}";		<== debugging */
	
	
	header("Location: https://luckyndlovu.ltechdev.co.za/ohno.php"); /* Redirect browser */

	/* Make sure that code below does not get executed when we redirect. */
	exit;
}
?>