php - Getting a whole bunch of server output along with wanted output -

when run php script end page says this:

2015-09-29 22:01:01 server -> client: ....[alot of server stuff] message has been sent. thank contacting us. in touch soon.

i want message has been sent text show reason showing whole connecting smtp ,sending message stuff. code follows:

<?php if(isset($_post['email'])) {     $email_subject = "new customer requesting information/appointment";     function died($error) {         // error code can go here         echo "we sorry, there error(s) found form submitted. ";          echo "these errors appear below.<br /><br />";         echo $error."<br /><br />";         echo "please go , fix these errors.<br /><br />";         die();      }     if(!isset($_post['first_name']) ||        !isset($_post['last_name']) ||        !isset($_post['email']) ||        !isset($_post['telephone']) ||        !isset($_post['comments'])) {          died('we sorry, there appears problem form submitted.');             }     $first_name = $_post['first_name']; // required     $last_name = $_post['last_name']; // required     $email_from = $_post['email']; // required     $telephone = $_post['telephone']; // not required     $comments = $_post['comments']; // required      $error_message = "";      $email_exp = '/^[a-za-z0-9._%-]+@[a-za-z0-9.-]+\.[a-za-z]{2,4}$/';      if(!preg_match($email_exp,$email_from)) {      $error_message .= 'the email address entered not appear valid.<br />';  }  $string_exp = "/^[a-za-z .'-]+$/";  if(!preg_match($string_exp,$first_name)) {     $error_message .= 'the first name entered not appear valid.<br />'; }  if(!preg_match($string_exp,$last_name)) {     $error_message .= 'the last name entered not appear valid.<br />'; }  if(strlen($comments) < 2) {     $error_message .= 'the comments entered not appear valid.<br />'; }  if(strlen($error_message) > 0) {     died($error_message); }  $email_message = "form details below.\n\n";  function clean_string($string) {     $bad = array("content-type","bcc:","to:","cc:","href");     return str_replace($bad,"",$string); }  $email_message .= "first name: ".clean_string($first_name)."\n"; $email_message .= "last name: ".clean_string($last_name)."\n"; $email_message .= "email: ".clean_string($email_from)."\n"; $email_message .= "telephone: ".clean_string($telephone)."\n"; $email_message .= "comments: ".clean_string($comments)."\n";  require("phpmailerautoload.php");  $mail = new phpmailer();  // create new object $mail->issmtp(); // enable smtp $mail->smtpdebug = 2;  // debugging: 1 = errors , messages, 2 = messages $mail->smtpauth = true;  // authentication enabled $mail->smtpsecure = 'tls'; // secure transfer enabled required gmail $mail->host = 'smtp.gmail.com'; $mail->port = 587;  $mail->username = "user@gmail.com";   $mail->password = "password";  $mail->from     = "user@gmail.com"; $mail->addaddress("sendto@gmail.com");  $mail->subject  = $email_subject; $mail->body     = $email_message; $mail->wordwrap = 50;  if(!$mail->send()) {     echo 'message not sent.';     echo 'mailer error: ' . $mail->errorinfo; } else {     echo 'message has been sent.'; } ?> thank contacting us. in touch soon. <?php  }?>  

i using xampp, apache run php script , have been doing stuff 3 days i'm sure silly mistake/misunderstanding.

you're seeing debug output. set:

$mail->smtpdebug = 0; 

to turn off.