Opencart send email in custom Script

opencart, php, scripting

Solution

Do not create new instances of `Config` but just simply call

$email_to = "somewhere@example.com";
$mail = new Mail();

$mail->protocol = $this->config->get('config_mail_protocol');
$mail->parameter = $this->config->get('config_mail_parameter');
$mail->hostname = $this->config->get('config_smtp_host');
$mail->username = $this->config->get('config_smtp_username');
$mail->password = $this->config->get('config_smtp_password');
$mail->port = $this->config->get('config_smtp_port');
$mail->timeout = $this->config->get('config_smtp_timeout');            
$mail->setTo($email_to);
$mail->setFrom("somewhere@example.com");
$mail->setSender("somewhere@example.com");
$mail->setSubject("test send mail");
$mail->setText("test message body text");

$mail->send();

Problem

I have a script in my opencart, made by myself, and want to make it send an email, but I think that when I try to get email parameters they return `null`. Here is my code: ``` $email_to = "somewhere@example.com"; $config = new Config(); $mail = new Mail(); $mail->protocol = $config->get('config_mail_protocol'); $mail->parameter = $config->get('config_mail_parameter'); $mail->hostname = $config->get('config_smtp_host'); $mail->username = $config->get('config_smtp_username'); $mail->password = $config->get('config_smtp_password'); $mail->port = $config->get('config_smtp_port'); $mail->timeout = $config->get('config_smtp_timeout'); $mail->setTo($email_to); $mail->setFrom("nuno@[mydomain].com"); $mail->setSender("nuno@[mydomain].com"); $mail->setSubject("test send mail"); $mail->setText("test message body text"); $mail->send(); ``` When I try calling: `echo $config->get('config_mail_protocol');` it returns `null`.

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