How do I over-ride php.ini properties?

[Scot___SJIRadio]

I am trying to make a script that sends an email/text message (through a email gateways) and it always shows the default email address found in the php.ini file as the sender unless I send to a MIME compatilble email client. My question: How do I force the sender address to what I want it to be without having access to the php.ini file? TIA.

[drawmack]

[man]ini_set[/man]

[Scot___SJIRadio]

I had try doing that... I don't have the code in front of me but I think it was
ini_set("sendmail_from", "[e-mail]")

and it was still returning the default in the ini file.

[Installer]

Assuming you're using a Linux server...

From the manual entry for http://php.net/manual/en/ref.mail.php:

sendmail_from string
Which "From:" mail address should be used in mail sent from PHP under Windows.

The earliest User Comment (at the bottom of the page) has some more information.

If you use the optional "additional_headers" parameter for mail() you can override the defaults, e.g.,

$header = 'From: Tester <[e-mail]>' . "\r\n";