Comments on: Redirecting email whilst developing

By: David P.

David P. — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:09:13 +0000

@Aaron that won't work since sendmail_path is not settable via ini_set() as sendmail_path has changeable type of PHP_INI_SYSTEM. However, I believe you can put:

php_admin_value sendmail_path /usr/local/bin/trapmail

in a vhost entry in httpd.conf (will not work in .htaccess tho)

Someone correct me if I am wrong.

By: Rob...

Rob... — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:36:18 +0000

Tjorriemorrie,

That only works for Zend Framework applications and for one developer.

Regards,

Rob...

By: Tjorriemorrie

Tjorriemorrie — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:54:49 +0000

Well, why don't you just set the addTo according to the application_env? Seems pretty simple enough for me. if (APPLICATION_ENV == 'testing' || APPLICATION_ENV == 'development') $mail->addTo('dev@mail.com', 'Dev'); if (APPLICATION_ENV == 'testing' || APPLICATION_ENV == 'production') $mail->addTo('client@mail.com', 'Client');

By: Jason Austin

Jason Austin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:26:30 +0000

I just re-read what I posted and I don't actually hack user's email accounts...duh...I change their account IN MY SYSTEM so that their email address is mine. Don't think my brain is engaged yet this morning :)

By: Jason Austin

Jason Austin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:25:02 +0000

That is much better than my typical solution, which usually involves hacking at the user's email accounts to send mail to me rather than them. Great tip!

By: Rob...

Rob... — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:39:32 +0000

Dan,
Replacement SMTP servers work for any development involving email.

Jan,
Thanks for the info on papercut. I'd never heard of it.

Aaron,
Good tip!

Regards,

Rob..

By: Aaron James

Aaron James — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:34:11 +0000

Only drawback of putting it in php.ini is any applications that you want to send real emails will fail.

When using zf you can just pop this into your application.ini set the sendmail_path on a per-environment basis. Which is pretty handy!

By: Jan

Jan — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:08:29 +0000

I use Papercut (http://papercut.codeplex.com) on my Windows boxes...

By: Daniel Davies

Daniel Davies — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:03:20 +0000

Thanks for sharing this Rob, I've been wondering how you do it for a while.

I assume this principle does not apply just to PHP, but any thing you may be testing on your computer?