PHP: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '='

I did the experiment of copying and pasting your code to Notepad ++ and it looks like this:

$mail--­>IsSMTP();
$mail­-->SMTPDebug = 2;

Look at the double hyphens . On the other hand, if I copy / paste the code published by @Jorgesys, the scripts appear correctly:

$mail->SMTPAuth = true;     
$mail->SMTPSecure = "tls";

I did the test using link . I copied / pasted your code and it gave me the same error you mentioned. I wrote the code directly and it did not give problem.

So, if the code was not written by you but you copied and pasted it from another site, it is likely that you are injecting a character that looks "same" to the script, but when it is not, it triggers the error.

A short time ago I did the same thing and it worked for me, I send it to you as it is:

 <!--ENVIO DE EMAIL-->  
        <?php
        require '../correo/PHPMailerAutoload.php';
        $mail = new PHPMailer();

     //Variables recibidas:
     $nombre = $_POST['nombre'];
     $email = $_POST['email'];
     $mensaje = $_POST['mensaje'];

    //Permite modo debug para ver mensajes de las cosas que van ocurriendo
    //$mail->SMTPDebug = 2;

    //Hacer autenticación SMTP:
    $mail->SMTPAuth = true;     
    $mail->SMTPSecure = "tls";//CON SSL NO ME FUNCIONO

    //Indico el servidor de Gmail para SMTP:
    $mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com"; 

    //Indico el puerto que usa Gmail:
    $mail->Port = 587;

    //Indico email de emisor:
    $mail->Username = "[email protected]";

    //Indico nombre de ususario de emisor:
    $mail->FromName = "Anonimo";

    //Indico contraseña de emisor:
    $mail->Password  = "xxxxxxxx";

     //Cuerpo del mensaje por defecto.
     $body=$mensaje;        
     $mail->Body = $body;

    //Email al que puede responderte el usuario: '**Esto lo ve el       usuario**': 
    $mail->addReplyTo($email,$nombre);

    //Asunto del mensaje:
   $mail->Subject = 'Contacto: Pagina_Web';

   //Cuerpo del mensaje: 'html/txt'.
   $mail->msgHTML($mensaje);
   $mail->AltBody = $mensaje;

   //Indico destinatario:
    $address = "[email protected]";
    $mail->addAddress($address, "Correo");

   //Envio el email:
    if(!$mail->Send()) {
             //error en mensaje:'saco mensaje'
             echo "<p>Error al enviar mensaje.</p>"; /*. $mail->ErrorInfo;*/
             echo('<a href="javascript:history.back(1)">Volver Atrás</a>');
   } else {
             //Mensaje enviado:'saco mensaje'
             echo "<p>Mensaje enviado!!.</p>";
             echo('<a href="javascript:history.back(1)">Volver Atrás</a>');
    }
 ?>

Out part of configuring in my case the configuration file 'php.ini' since I use Xampp and put the following in the area of [mail function]:

[mail function]
sendmail_from = [email protected]
sendmail_path ="\"C:\xampp\sendmail\sendmail.exe\" -t"

The problem I had was the sendmail_path that puts only unix and of that nothing, also Windows needs it. This has worked for me.

On the other hand, in your gmail email you must allow 'unsafe' emails, so to speak.

I hope it works for you.

This is correct since you enable "DEBUG" mode:

$mail­>SMTPDebug = 2;

The problem is the syntax that is incorrect, it should be with ->

$mail-­>IsSMTP();
$mail­->SMTPDebug = 2;
$mail­->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail­->SMTPSecure = "ssl";
//indico el servidor de Gmail para SMTP
$mail-­>Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
//indico el puerto que usa Gmail
$mail­->Port = 465;
//indico un usuario / clave de un usuario de gmail
$mail­->Username = "usuarioX";
$mail­->Password = "passwordX";
$mail­->SetFrom('[email protected]', 'Nombre');
$mail­->AddReplyTo("[email protected]","Nombre");
$mail­->Subject = "Asunto del correo";
$mail­->MsgHTML("Hola, este es el cuerpo del mensaje!");
    ...
    ...

In the methods it does not cause a problem (apparently), but when you read the properties and try to assign a value as in $mail­>SMTPDebug = 2; marks the error.