PHP Amazon mail SES

// www.fduran.com
// send mail with Amazon AWS SES without extra library
// needs Pear: apt-get install php-pear
<?php
function mailSES($to, $subject, $body, $from)
{
        include_once('Mail.php');

    $headers["From"] = $from;
    $headers["To"] = $to;
    $headers["Subject"] = $subject;

    $params["host"] = "ssl://email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com";
    $params["port"] = "465";
    $params["auth"] = true;
    $params["username"] = "";// NEED USERNAME
    $params["password"] = "";// NEED PASSWORD

    try
    {
            $mail_object =& Mail::factory("smtp", $params);
            $mail_res = $mail_object->send($to, $headers, $body);
    }
    catch (Exception $e)
    {
        echo("Error sending mail: " . $e->getMessage() . "\n");
    }

    return false;
}

?>