setting core vars

[sirugo]

I want to change the core variable for SMTP without accessing the php.ini directly.
Is there a function to do that? For environmental variables I can use putenv(), for example.

I cannot access the machine itself now but I can upload a script via FTP that changes it if I only know which function to use!

 

[danielhozac]

If you are using Apache and PHP is running as a module, you could use a [tt].htaccess[/tt] file to set local variables.
There is also a function named [tt]ini_set()[/tt] which sets a variable, but only in that script. See

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ini-set.php

for more info. //Daniel

 

[sirugo]

Thanks, I already solved it.

One hour ago I found the solution with ini_set just as you said but I also realized that the setting dies after the script has executed. No problem. Next week I'll change it on the server and until then it works this way.