diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 43f3a2df..491adde9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -69,41 +69,47 @@ While installing the entire package manually or with composer is simple, conveni
```php
SMTPDebug = 3; // Enable verbose debug output
+$mail = new PHPMailer(true);
+try {
+ //Server settings
+ $mail->SMTPDebug = 2; // Enable verbose debug output
+ $mail->isSMTP(); // Set mailer to use SMTP
+ $mail->Host = 'smtp1.example.com;smtp2.example.com'; // Specify main and backup SMTP servers
+ $mail->SMTPAuth = true; // Enable SMTP authentication
+ $mail->Username = 'user@example.com'; // SMTP username
+ $mail->Password = 'secret'; // SMTP password
+ $mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls'; // Enable TLS encryption, `ssl` also accepted
+ $mail->Port = 587; // TCP port to connect to
-$mail->isSMTP(); // Set mailer to use SMTP
-$mail->Host = 'smtp1.example.com;smtp2.example.com'; // Specify main and backup SMTP servers
-$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // Enable SMTP authentication
-$mail->Username = 'user@example.com'; // SMTP username
-$mail->Password = 'secret'; // SMTP password
-$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls'; // Enable TLS encryption, `ssl` also accepted
-$mail->Port = 587; // TCP port to connect to
+ //Recipients
+ $mail->setFrom('from@example.com', 'Mailer');
+ $mail->addAddress('joe@example.net', 'Joe User'); // Add a recipient
+ $mail->addAddress('ellen@example.com'); // Name is optional
+ $mail->addReplyTo('info@example.com', 'Information');
+ $mail->addCC('cc@example.com');
+ $mail->addBCC('bcc@example.com');
-$mail->setFrom('from@example.com', 'Mailer');
-$mail->addAddress('joe@example.net', 'Joe User'); // Add a recipient
-$mail->addAddress('ellen@example.com'); // Name is optional
-$mail->addReplyTo('info@example.com', 'Information');
-$mail->addCC('cc@example.com');
-$mail->addBCC('bcc@example.com');
+ //Attachments
+ $mail->addAttachment('/var/tmp/file.tar.gz'); // Add attachments
+ $mail->addAttachment('/tmp/image.jpg', 'new.jpg'); // Optional name
-$mail->addAttachment('/var/tmp/file.tar.gz'); // Add attachments
-$mail->addAttachment('/tmp/image.jpg', 'new.jpg'); // Optional name
-$mail->isHTML(true); // Set email format to HTML
+ //Content
+ $mail->isHTML(true); // Set email format to HTML
+ $mail->Subject = 'Here is the subject';
+ $mail->Body = 'This is the HTML message body in bold!';
+ $mail->AltBody = 'This is the body in plain text for non-HTML mail clients';
-$mail->Subject = 'Here is the subject';
-$mail->Body = 'This is the HTML message body in bold!';
-$mail->AltBody = 'This is the body in plain text for non-HTML mail clients';
-
-if(!$mail->send()) {
+ $mail->send();
+ echo 'Message has been sent';
+} catch (Exception $e) {
echo 'Message could not be sent.';
echo 'Mailer Error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
-} else {
- echo 'Message has been sent';
}
```
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 5051f0c8..88ffa056 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-# ChangeLog
+# PHPMailer Change Log
## Version 6.0
This is a major update that breaks backwards compatibility.
-* Requires PHP 5.5 or later
+* **Requires PHP 5.5 or later**
* Uses the `PHPMailer\PHPMailer` namespace
* File structure simplified, classes live in the `src/` folder
-* The custom autoloader has been removed, now PSR-4 compatible: **use composer**!
+* The custom autoloader has been removed, now PSR-4 compatible: [**use composer**](https://getcomposer.org)!
* Classes & Exceptions renamed to make use of the namespace
-* `Extras` classes have been removed - use packages from packagist.org instead
+* `Extras` classes have been removed - use packages from [packagist.org](https://packagist.org) instead
* All elements previously marked as deprecated have been removed:
* `PHPMailer->Version`
* `PHPMailer->ReturnPath`
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ This is a major update that breaks backwards compatibility.
* `parseAddresses()` is now static
* `validateAddress()` is now called statically from `parseAddresses()`
* `PHPMailer->SingleToArray` is now protected
-* Extensive reworking of XOAUTH2, adding support for Google, Yahoo and Microsoft providers in the standard PHPMailer class, thanks to @sherryl4george
+* Extensive reworking of XOAUTH2, adding support for Google, Yahoo and Microsoft providers, thanks to @sherryl4george
* Fix extra line break in getSentMIMEMessage()
* Improve DKIM signing to use SHA-2
+* Major cleanup of docs and examples
## Version 5.2.14 (Nov 1st 2015)
* Allow addresses with IDN (Internationalized Domain Name) in PHP 5.3+, thanks to @fbonzon