Bypassing Mail Settings

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
1

Hi there. I have a situation where I need my application to use a different mail server for a specific function. I need to be able to bypass the mail settings I have in the main.php configs. I’ve tried several different ways to do this but I can’t seem to get anything to work.

Basically in my main.php I have the mail config for ext.yii-mail.YiiMail. For all of the functions of the website, I need it to use those settings.

But for one specific function, I need to specify a completely different SMTP server along with a username and password.

Has anyone else ever had to do this?

2

We use the params file with different addresses for incoming mail, Yii::app()->params[‘emailAdmin’], …[emailSupport’], etc. Instead of bypassing, you would have two set ups in params and call the appropriate one when needed. Make sense?

3

But my config settings are under components, like so:




	'components'=>array(

		'mail' => array(

 			'class' => 'ext.yii-mail.YiiMail',

 			'transportType' => 'php',

 			'viewPath' => 'application.views.mail',

 			'logging' => true,

 			'dryRun' => false

 		),

	),

And to support an external mail server I have to change it to this:




	'components'=>array(

		'mail' => array(

 			'class' => 'ext.yii-mail.YiiMail',

                        'transportType' => 'smtp',

                        'transportOptions' => array(

                                                'host' => '<myhost>',

                                                'username' => '<myuser>',

                                                'password' => '<mypassword>',

                                                'port' => '25',

                                                ),

 			'viewPath' => 'application.views.mail',

 			'logging' => true,

 			'dryRun' => false

 		),

	),
4

Configure two mail components and use the appropriate one in your controller/service.




'components'=>array(

	'mailDefault' => array(

 		'class' => 'ext.yii-mail.YiiMail',

 		'transportType' => 'php',

 		'viewPath' => 'application.views.mail',

 		'logging' => true,

 		'dryRun' => false

 	),

	'mailForASpecificUsecase' => array(

    	'class' => 'ext.yii-mail.YiiMail',

    	'transportType' => 'smtp',

    	'transportOptions' => array(

        	'host' => '<myhost>',

        	'username' => '<myuser>',

        	'password' => '<mypassword>',

        	'port' => '25',

    	),

 		'viewPath' => 'application.views.mail',

 		'logging' => true,

 		'dryRun' => false

    ),

),
5

Sorry for the delay in my reply, but since I’m a new user it only allows me 2 posts per day :(

If I set the config up this way, how would I invoke the mail object? Right now I do it by

$message = new YiiMailMessage;

Both of those component configs are using the same class, so I’m not sure how I would call it.

I found an alternative where I can use createComponent inside my function, but I’d much rather have it in the config and call it separately like you suggested.

6

You can have multiple instances of the same application component class, with different configurations and component ids.

Don’t change anything in your code except


Yii::app()->mail->send($message);

to


Yii::app()->mailDefault->send($message);

or


Yii::app()->mailForASpecificUsecase->send($message);

as required (feel free to use much better/more descriptive component ids in your configuration).

The Application Components guide is a bit terse but you will figure it out with some practice.