Question

hi i am using swiftmailer component in my app and am looking for a way to have a separate config (perhaps in config folder?) for swiftmailer that checks what debug mode i am using and thus uses different settings?

case 1: on production mode use simple smtp server without auth.
case 2: on debug mode use gmail settings or other settings since i am developing locally

is this possible?

the settings code case 1:

$this->SwiftMailer->smtpHost = ''; 

the settings code case 2:

        $this->SwiftMailer->smtpType = ''; 
        $this->SwiftMailer->smtpHost = ''; 
        $this->SwiftMailer->smtpPort =; 
        $this->SwiftMailer->smtpUsername = ''; 
        $this->SwiftMailer->smtpPassword = ''; 

Answer 1

I think the quickest way would be:

<?php
    Configure::load('swiftmailer');
    $this->SwiftMailer->smtpType =
      Configure::read('SwiftMailer.'.Configure::read().'.smtpType');
    $this->SwiftMailer->smtpHost = 
      Configure::read('SwiftMailer.'.Configure::read().'.smtpHost');
    $this->SwiftMailer->smtpPort = 
      Configure::read('SwiftMailer.'.Configure::read().'.smtpPort');
    $this->SwiftMailer->smtpUsername = 
      Configure::read('SwiftMailer.'.Configure::read().'.smtpUsername');
    $this->SwiftMailer->smtpPassword = 
      Configure::read('SwiftMailer.'.Configure::read().'.smtpPassword');
?>

Now where to put it on.
I would suggest the Controller constructor, that way it’s nice and tidy.
For the values you can always use a private config file:

// /app/config/swiftmailer.php:
<?php
  $config['SwiftMailer'][0]['smtpType'] = 'value';
  $config['SwiftMailer'][0]['smtpHost'] = 'value';
  $config['SwiftMailer'][0]['smtpPort'] = 'value';
  $config['SwiftMailer'][0]['smtpUsername'] = 'value';
  $config['SwiftMailer'][0]['smtpPassword'] = 'value';

  $config['SwiftMailer'][1]['smtpType'] = 'value';
  $config['SwiftMailer'][1]['smtpHost'] = 'value';
  $config['SwiftMailer'][1]['smtpPort'] = 'value';
  $config['SwiftMailer'][1]['smtpUsername'] = 'value';
  $config['SwiftMailer'][1]['smtpPassword'] = 'value';

  $config['SwiftMailer'][2]['smtpType'] = 'value';
  $config['SwiftMailer'][2]['smtpHost'] = 'value';
  $config['SwiftMailer'][2]['smtpPort'] = 'value';
  $config['SwiftMailer'][2]['smtpUsername'] = 'value';
  $config['SwiftMailer'][2]['smtpPassword'] = 'value';
?>

You can find a more generic example on Configuration Class v 1.2 and Configuration Class v 1.3.

They seem to have the same content, so it seems that it hasn’t changed from 1.2 to 1.3.

Hope it helps.