I have an email system that I am making in a WordPress plugin to send the emails with this code:
include(PLUGIN_DIR.'config/class_phpmailer.php');
$email = new PHPMailer();
$email->From = get_option('admin_email');
$email->FromName="my name";
$email->Subject = $subject;
$email->Body = $body;
foreach($emails as $mail) {
if(is_email($mail)) {
$email->addAddress($mail);
}
}
if($name) {
$att = PLUGIN_DIR.'uploads/'.date('Ymd').'_'.$name;
$email->AddAttachment($att);
}
// check if email is sent or not
if(!$email->Send()) {
echo "Message was not sent <br />PHPMailer Error: " . $email->ErrorInfo;
}
else {
echo "Message has been sent";
$_POST = array();
}
This works great. Tested it online and sends to all the tested emails.
Can I make it like this? I mean, with phpmailer class not native to WP. Is this wrong? Is it best to use native WP phpmailer? If so, how can I do it?
Thanks in advance.
1 Answer
WordPress offers its own mailing system. I suggest you use that instead of PHP’s native mail.
wp_mail
accepts five arguments:
wp_mail( $to, $subject, $message, $headers, $attachments );
So your code can be written this way:
// Set the headers
$headers[] = 'From: ' . get_option('admin_email');
// Add the addresses to an array
foreach($emails as $mail) {
if(is_email($mail)) {
$to[] = $mail;
}
}
// Add the attachment
if($name) {
$att[] = PLUGIN_DIR.'uploads/'.date('Ymd').'_'.$name;
}
// Send the emails
$results = wp_mail( $to, $subject, $body, $headers, $att );
// Output the results
echo $results;
Simple and short.