Test PHP's mail function from localhost

Question

I need to test a function that uses PHP\'s mail()
How can I do this without uploading the script to a server and test it online?
What\'s even more I am developin

Answer 1

To test sending email from apache do the following

create a folder to store the email.

/home/username/Documents/TestEmails

Give permission to apache. From the Documents folder, run

sudo chgrp -R www-data TestEmails

Modify the php.ini file, mine is located at

/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini

set sendmail_path

sendmail_path ='cat > /home/username/Documents/TestEmails/mail.txt'

Restart apace2

sudo service apache2 restart