sending email using code igniter

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PHP Code:

<?php

class Email extends CI_Controller
{
    function __construct()
    {
        parent::__construct();
        
    }
    
    function index()
    {
        $this->load->library('email');
    
        $config = array(
            'protocol' => 'smtp',
            'smtp_host' => 'ssl://smtp.googlemail.com',
            'smtp_port' => 465, //465
            'smtp_user' => '[email protected]',
            'smtp_pass' => 'pass'
            'mailtype' => 'text',
            'charset' => 'iso-8859-1',
            'wordwrap' => TRUE
        );
        
        $this->email->initialize($config);

        $this->email->set_newline("\r\n");
        $this->email->from('[email protected]','Ben Abrams');
        $this->email->to('[email protected]');
        $this->email->subject('This is an email test.');
        $this->email->message('It is working.');
        $this->email->send();
        //echo $this->email->print_debugger();
        
        if($this->email->send())
        {
            echo 'Your email was sent';
        }
        else
        {
            show_error($this->email->print_debugger());
        }
        
    }
}