email - php mail on MAMP

Question

I need to test some script using PHP's mail. I'd like to be able to finally get this working locally. I am using MAMP. Is there a way to do this without installing any third party software?

I've done some searching on this but haven't found anything appealing.

Thanks

Answer 1

Are you specifically trying to test the sending of mail, or are you testing the rest of the code?

In the case of the former, you need to configure:

 SMTP = smtp.example.com
 smtp_port = 25
 sendmail_from = me@example.com

in your php.ini file (check where it is with phpinfo()), substituting in appropriate values.

To test the code other than the process of sending mail, then I'd recommend creating 2 include files:

<?php
// for live usage/mail send testing
function ori_mail()
{
   return call_user_func_array('mail',func_get_args());
}

and for testing other code

function ori_mail()
{
   file_put_contents('debug_mail_scripts.txt'
       ,date('r') . ':' . var_export(func_get_args(), true)
       , FILE_APPEND);
}

And include the relevant one to your testing.

Note that testing integration with the SMTP server, and testing deliverbility of your code is rather complex but should be done independently of testing your PHP.

C.