any advice on how to use phpmailer with gmail?

First you need to set SMTPAuth as true.

Then, Add values to the following properties.

Host = google
Username
Password

PHP Code:

$mail->Mailer = "smtp";
$mail->Host = "ssl://smtp.gmail.com";
$mail->Port = 465;
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // turn on SMTP authentication
$mail->Username = "username@gmail.com"; // SMTP username
$mail->Password = "password"; // SMTP password 


I did that, I now have problem saying this;

Message was not sent.Mailer error: Language string failed to load: from_failedbabydollboutique@hotmail.co.uk