setFrom('from@example.com', 'First Last'); //Set an alternative reply-to address $mail->addReplyTo('replyto@example.com', 'First Last'); //Set who the message is to be sent to $mail->addAddress('whoto@example.com', 'John Doe'); //Set the subject line $mail->Subject = 'PHPMailer Exceptions test'; //Read an HTML message body from an external file, convert referenced images to embedded, //and convert the HTML into a basic plain-text alternative body $mail->msgHTML(file_get_contents('contents.html'), dirname(__FILE__)); //Replace the plain text body with one created manually $mail->AltBody = 'This is a plain-text message body'; //Attach an image file $mail->addAttachment('images/phpmailer_mini.png'); //send the message //Note that we don't need check the response from this because it will throw an exception if it has trouble $mail->send(); echo "Message sent!"; } catch (phpmailerException $e) { echo $e->errorMessage(); //Pretty error messages from PHPMailer } catch (Exception $e) { echo $e->getMessage(); //Boring error messages from anything else! }