PHPMailer in Joomla Model Error 500 when there is keyword "use"

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I am trying to send mail using phpmailer from joomla model, here is code

require '/opt/cdf/ThemeComponent/models/vendor/autoload.php';
            require("/opt/cdf/ThemeComponent/models/PHPMailer-master/src/Exception.php");
            require("/opt/cdf/ThemeComponent/models/PHPMailer-master/src/PHPMailer.php");
            require("/opt/cdf/ThemeComponent/models/PHPMailer-master/src/SMTP.php");

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

            $email = new PHPMailer();
            $email->IsSMTP();
            $email->SMTPSecure = false;
            $email->SMTPAutoTLS = false;
            $email->Host = "stage1.dmz.gr";
            $email->Mailer = "smtp";
            $email->Port = 25;
            $email->CharSet = 'UTF-8';
            $email->Encoding = 'base64';
            $email->IsHTML(true);
            $email->SetFrom("noreply@mydomain.com");
            $email->Subject = "ok";
            $email->Body = "<b>asdf</b>";
            $email->AddAddress("wasimxe@gmail.com");
            $email->Send();

This code is working fine out of joomla directory but when I use it in joomla model, it throw http error no. 500 and if i commend line use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer; then error gone but mail doesn't sent.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 27 '19 at 09:01

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The use statement is for importing namespaced classes into your current namespace, and you can read the docs on it. It was introduced in PHP 5.3, so this error suggests you are running PHP 5.2 or older, which is a very, very bad idea as it has not received security patches for over 8 years. Your server is vulnerable to many known attacks, so you should upgrade immediately.

answered Sep 27 '19 at 09:01

Synchro

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On the same server, same code is working out of Joomla directory. It's PHP 5.6 – Wasim A. Sep 27 '19 at 09:04
Why are you loading the classes manually when you are already loading an autoloader that should do it for you? – Synchro Sep 28 '19 at 08:54
OK, that's curious - I suggest looking in your error logs which should say why it is crashing. – Synchro Oct 09 '19 at 16:27

PHPMailer in Joomla Model Error 500 when there is keyword "use"

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