Cannot install 4.6, “phpmailerException” error

I suspect there’s something off about your PHP setup. Can you create a phpinfo.php file with this in it?

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

And share that URL if possible? Don’t paste that output here, the forums will just mung it all up if you do.

Hi Jan,
I am testing on WAMP, but here is the phpinfo output:
https://jsfiddle.net/ok94mfkL/

What are you looking for in there? Hard to believe there is something wrong there, but if you do notice something, let me know.

Like I said, older versions of WP install just fine.
Thanks

Looks like you are running Apache/2.2.22 (Win64) PHP/5.4.3. The Apache2 part is fine but WordPress needs PHP 5.6 or later to work properly.

https://www.ads-software.com/about/requirements/

Can you update your WAMP to use PHP 5.6? PHP 7 works well if you can use that.

That’s not actually correct, WP doesn’t require PHP 5.6, but PHP 5.2.4 (as per your link).

I don’t think this is the issue.

Upgrade WAMP just to make sure. You never know what new code in WordPress 4.6 is having problems with the older PHP 5.4.3.

WP doesn’t require PHP 5.6, but PHP 5.2.4

That applies to “If you are in a legacy environment”…

Note: If you are in a legacy environment where you only have older PHP or MySQL versions, WordPress also works with PHP 5.2.4+ and MySQL 5.0+, but these versions have reached official End Of Life and as such may expose your site to security vulnerabilities.

Hi Tara,
The key here is WordPress also works with PHP 5.2.4+ and MySQL 5.0+
Let’s not confuse thousands of users using anything older than 5.6 by telling them WP won’t work.
WP should work on 5.0+, security fixes are referring to PHP itself and not WP, and I am on 5.4
So not an issue here.

It looks like your attempting to use a variable in the email address field of the Custom Email?

I’ve get this issue at managing WordPress via wp-cli

The root cause in fact that $_SERVER[‘SERVER_NAME’] is empty in CLI mode:

\wp-includes\pluggable.php(352): PHPMailer->setFrom(‘wordpress@’, ‘WordPress’, false)

	if ( !isset( $from_email ) ) {
		// Get the site domain and get rid of www.
		$sitename = strtolower( $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] );
		if ( substr( $sitename, 0, 4 ) == 'www.' ) {
			$sitename = substr( $sitename, 4 );
		}

		$from_email = 'wordpress@' . $sitename;
	}

	/**
	 * Filters the email address to send from.
	 *
	 * @since 2.2.0
	 *
	 * @param string $from_email Email address to send from.
	 */
	$from_email = apply_filters( 'wp_mail_from', $from_email );

	/**
	 * Filters the name to associate with the "from" email address.
	 *
	 * @since 2.3.0
	 *
	 * @param string $from_name Name associated with the "from" email address.
	 */
	$from_name = apply_filters( 'wp_mail_from_name', $from_name );

	$phpmailer->setFrom( $from_email, $from_name, false );