//example.php
<?php
require 'phpmailer/PHPMailerAutoload.php';

    $mail = new PHPMailer(); // create a new object
    $mail->IsSMTP(); // enable SMTP
    $mail->SMTPDebug = 1; // debugging: 1 = errors and messages, 2 = messages only
    $mail->SMTPAuth = true; // authentication enabled
    //$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls'; // secure transfer enabled REQUIRED for GMail
    $mail->Host = gethostbyname('smtp.gmail.com');
    $mail->Port = 587; // or 587
    $mail->IsHTML(true);
    $mail->Username = "myemail@gmail.com";
    $mail->Password = "gmailpass";
    $mail->SetFrom("myemail@gmail.com");
    $mail->Subject = "Test";
    $mail->Body = "hello";
    $mail->AddAddress("recipient@gmail.com");
    if(!$mail->Send()){
          echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
   } else {
     echo "Message has been sent";
   }
?>