Creates a instance of a backend-specific mailer class.

Parameter

• string $backend - the name of the backend "mail","smtp", "sendmail"

• array $params - a array of backend specific parameters.

  List of parameter for the backends

  • mail

    • If safe mode is disabled, $params will be passed as the fifth argument to the PHP mail() function. If $params is an array, its elements will be joined as a space-delimited string.

  • sendmail

    • $params["sendmail_path"] - The location of the sendmail program on the filesystem. Default is /usr/bin/sendmail.

    • $params["sendmail_args"] - Additional parameters to pass to the sendmail. Default is -i.

  • smtp

    • $params["host"] - The server to connect. Default is localhost.

    • $params["port"] - The port to connect. Default is 25.

    • $params["auth"] - Whether or not to use SMTP authentication. Default is FALSE.

    • $params["username"] - The username to use for SMTP authentication.

    • $params["password"] - The password to use for SMTP authentication.

    • $params["localhost"] - The value to give when sending EHLO or HELO. Default is localhost

    • $params["timeout"] - The SMTP connection timeout. Default is NULL (no timeout).

    • $params["verp"] - Whether to use VERP or not. Default is FALSE.

    • $params["debug"] - Whether to enable SMTP debug mode or not. Default is FALSE.

      Mail internally uses Net_SMTP::setDebug .

    • $params["persist"] - Indicates whether or not the SMTP connection should persist over multiple calls to the send() method.

    • $params["pipelining"] - Indicates whether or not the SMTP commands pipelining should be used.

Return value

object - a specific Mail instance or a PEAR_Error object on failure.

Throws

Note

This function should be called statically.

See

"Introduction"