Question

I am using php5.

Are there some settings or a simple php.ini directive that would redirect all the emails to a folder?

I want on the development machine to have all the emails generated by the system not sent to the actual receiver but put in a folder.

Thanks.

Answer 1

I used to have some code like this (kinda pseudocode):

define ('DEBUG', true);
function send_email($to, $subject, $body) {
    if (DEBUG) {
        file_put_contents('some_folder/' . $to . date('dmY-His') . '.html', $body);
    }else{
        // Actual code to send email
    }
}

But i agree with others, it’s easier/better to setup an development email account to receive those emails.