Cakephp 2.0 SMTP settings on Email not working - cakephp

Question

I am using SMTP to send email in my CAKEPHP Project.
My email config as follows
class EmailConfig {
public $Smtp = array(
'transport' => 'Smtp',
'from' => array('contact#mydomainname.com' => 'domainname.com'),
'host' => 'myhostingserver',
'port' => 2525,
'timeout' => 60,
'username' => 'username#mydomainname.com',
'password' => 'secret',
'client' => null,
'log' => false
);
and my Mail Functionality code as follows
$email = new CakeEmail('Smtp');
$result = $email->template('welcome_mail','default')
->emailFormat('html')
->to($to_email)
->from('contact#mydomainname.com')
->subject('Welcome to my domain name')
->viewVars($contents);
if($email ->send('Smtp'))
{
echo ('success');
}
While i am sending mail its throwing following error SMTP timeout. My SMTP Server details are correct its working fine in an existing server. I don't know where I am wrong

Answer 1

Check the encryption type (if applicable), e.g. ssl or tls
Your host URL should look something like this in such case
'host' => 'ssl://myhostingserver'
or
'host' => 'tls://myhostingserver'

Answer 2

If your SMTP server has SSL,you have to enable php_openssl in php.ini to use this service.
You can use this code to test
if(!in_array('openssl',get_loaded_extensions())){
die('you have to enable php_openssl in php.ini to use this service');
}

Answer 3

beside what here already was sugested here that the module must be loaded. i found that some servers have some ports blocked. i used this script to test some servers:
<?php
if(!in_array('openssl',get_loaded_extensions())){
die('you have to enable php_openssl in php.ini to use this service');
} else {
echo "php_openssl in php.ini is enabled <br />";
}
// fill out here the smpt server that you want to use
$host = 'ssl://smtp.gmail.com';
// add here the port that you use for for the smpt server
$ports = array(80, 465);
foreach ($ports as $port)
{
$connection = #fsockopen($host, $port);
if (is_resource($connection))
{
echo $host . ':' . $port . ' ' . '(' . getservbyport($port, 'tcp') . ') is open.<br />' . "\n";
fclose($connection);
} else {
echo $host . ':' . $port . ' is not responding.<br />' . "\n";
}
}
?>