Breaking Change with PHP 7.2/8 on Dreamhost?

[irthinker]

Discussed in #2976

^{Originally posted by irthinker November 14, 2023}
I have had PHPMailer working beautifully on my site for many years. I upgraded to PHP 8.1 in the past 3-6 months and I honestly can't recall what version of PHP I was on. My existing PHP Mailer files are from 8/29/2023 and I think the mail functions were working. To be honest, they are only used to create accounts and reset passwords for the most part, so not as obvious a problem. I am sure they were working in February of this year, because usage was hot and heavy then.

Anyway, right now, my code (which, again, was working for years) breaks when I hit this line:

$mail = new PHPMailer;

I am not entirely sure how to debug that. Any help would be appreciated.

Is it a PHP upgrade thing? A Dreamhost change thing?

[XL-2000]

I think literally all relevant info is missing here....
Its like saying "My car was driving fine, I replaced the engine at some point, and haven't started it since. Now it seems the car is not starting at all. Could it be the ignition key?"
First I would highly recommend you implement (unit)testing on your site, since you can at least have some control of what is happening.
Next; use the debug options provided in the documentation of PHPMailer, and at least provide some logging.
Next; if your code breaks, it looks like its a PHP (configuration) thing, not a PHPMailer thing, but any kind of logging must be provided to say something more concrete on this...

[irthinker]

Your snark and assumptions of incompetence are noted, but not helpful. I have been using PHP Mailer for a while successfully and having it break when I invoke the initial call threw me for a loop. Thanks? <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free.www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 3:59 AM XL-2000 ***@***.***> wrote: I think literally all relevant info is missing here.... Its like saying "My car was driving fine, I replaced the engine at some point, and haven't started it since. Now it seems the car is not starting at all. Could it be the ignition key?" First I would highly recommend you implement (unit)testing on your site, since you can at least have some control of what is happening. Next; use the debug options provided in the documentation of PHPMailer, and at least provide some logging. Next; if your code *breaks*, it looks like its a PHP (configuration) thing, not a PHPMailer thing, but any kind of logging must be provided to say something more concrete on this... — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#2977 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACHDZVJGCFF763Q7IKGA2ELYESG7BAVCNFSM6AAAAAA7LYNZ2SVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTQMJSGEZTSMJUGU> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

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[XL-2000]

Please provide your implementation of PHPMailer code and corresponding logging (either PHPMailer logging output and/or PHP native logging output)

[Synchro]

@XL-2000 this has been answered in #2976