PHP - SMTP configuration without php.ini

Question

I am using mail() to send emails in my php application. Since I do not have access to my hosting server settings ( php.ini ), is it possible to configure the SMTP settings from my application ? So far I have found this approach

$smtp = Mail::factory('smtp', array(
            'host' => 'ssl://smtp.gmail.com',
            'port' => '465',
            'auth' => true,
            'username' => 'your@gmail.com', //your gmail account
            'password' => 'snip' // your password
    ));

but once I am not sure how to include this Mail class and second I need to do this everywhere I send mails in the app so seems not good for me.

What are you using for your mailing? Is it just the standard mail function? And you made that class and method? — Pazuzu156, Nov 16 '15 at 15:07
If so, look at PHPMailer: https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer — Pazuzu156, Nov 16 '15 at 15:09
yes, I`m using the standard mail function, the code above is what I found for alternative to setup manually the smtp settings — Alexander Nikolov, Nov 16 '15 at 15:10
is there any way to easily configure the smtp settings for the standard mail function ? — Alexander Nikolov, Nov 16 '15 at 15:11
If you can figure that out, let me know. It's better to use what's readily available than to try to reinvent the wheel. Take a look here: http://stackoverflow.com/q/14456673/1524676 — Pazuzu156, Nov 16 '15 at 15:14
Can I create custom php.ini file in my website root dir and add there only the [mail function] settings ? — Alexander Nikolov, Nov 16 '15 at 15:29
Not that I'm aware of. You could use ini_set() though: http://php.net/manual/en/function.ini-set.php — Pazuzu156, Nov 16 '15 at 15:30

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 16 '15 at 15:43

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The PHP manual says you can set everything except the path to the sendmail binary in your directory-local .htaccess files. Your sample code appears to use the PEAR::Mail extension, which may not be available on your system.

answered Nov 16 '15 at 15:43

Darwin von Corax

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