php_mailcatcher

How it works

This is a simple replacement for the sendmail binary that does not send mails but writes them to the filesystem.

How to install

Copy the file phpsendmail to your system, e.g to /usr/local/bin/phpsendmail.

Now configure PHP to use the Mailcatcher. Open your php.ini and change the following line (and restart Apache afterwards):

sendmail_path = /usr/local/bin/phpsendmail

Now every Mail that is sent by PHP will be written to /tmp/phpmail/.

Configuration

If you want to change the Output path, simply open the mailcatcher file and change the following line:

define('OUTPUT_PATH', '/tmp/phpmail/');

Path to PHP Binary

If your php Binary is not at the default location (/usr/bin/php) you may also need to change the shebang line (first line) of the script:

#!/usr/bin/php