CakePHP EmailerComponent SMTP

cakephp_phpmailer.php

<?php 
// /vendors/phpmailer/class.phpmail.php ->
// add a variable named SMTPSecure - SSL / TLS
var $SMTPSecure
 
// line 542
if(!empty($this->SMTPSecure))
{
    $secure = $this->SMTPSecure . '://';
}

// http://nasrulhazim.wordpress.com/2014/04/12/cakephp-phpmailer-component-using-gmail-smtp/
//create  `EmailComponent` in APP/app/Controller/Component
 
App::uses('Component', 'Controller');
App::import('Vendor', 'phpmailer', array('file' => 'phpmailer'.DS.'class.phpmailer.php'));
 
class EmailComponent extends Component {
 
  public function send($to, $subject, $message) {
    $sender = "[email protected]"; // this will be overwritten by GMail
 
    $header = "X-Mailer: PHP/".phpversion() . "Return-Path: $sender";
 
    $mail = new PHPMailer();
 
    $mail->IsSMTP();
    $mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
    $mail->SMTPAuth = true;
    $mail->SMTPSecure = "ssl";
    $mail->Port = 465;
    $mail->SMTPDebug  = 2; // turn it off in production
    $mail->Username   = "[yourGMailAccount]@gmail.com"; 
    $mail->Password   = "password";
     
    $mail->From = $sender;
    $mail->FromName = "From Me";
 
    $mail->AddAddress($to);
 
    $mail->IsHTML(true);
    $mail->CreateHeader($header);
 
    $mail->Subject = $subject;
    $mail->Body    = nl2br($message);
    $mail->AltBody = nl2br($message);
 
    // return an array with two keys: error & message
    if(!$mail->Send()) {
      return array('error' => true, 'message' => 'Mailer Error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo);
    } else {
      return array('error' => false, 'message' =>  "Message sent!");
    }
  }
}
 
 // Create a controller, ExampleController.php to test out our EmailComponent
 
//<?php
 
App::uses('AppController', 'Controller');
 
class ExampleController extends AppController {
    public $components = array('Email');
    public function index() {
        // just to test out the sending email using SMTP is OK, create a method that will be able to access from public
        $to = '[[email protected]]';
        $subject = 'Hi buddy, i got a message for you.';
        $message = 'Nothing much. Just test out my Email Component using PHPMailer.'
        $mail = $this->Email->send($to, $subject, $message);
        $this->set('mail',$mail);
        $this->render(false);
    }
}