I need to send an email from a page when a form is submitted.
I thought I’d use jQuery post but I’m not really sure where to start. Would I use wp_mail()
? And if so how could it be called?
Sorry if that seems vague. Just trying to send an email to the client before a form posts its data to another site;
$('#donationForm').submit(function() {
// send email to client before moving onto worldpay payment form
// send data to worldpay....
this.submit();
});
2 Answers
Basically, you can use JavaScript to post to a WordPress function, then the WordPress function can invoke wp_mail()
to send the message.
A great place to start would be the useful AJAX in Plugins article on the Codex. It walks you through all the steps required to add your JavaScript on the front-end, your PHP on the back-end, and everything you need to do to tie the two together.