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mailer/phpmailer/examples/mailing_list.phps

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+<?php
+
+error_reporting(E_STRICT | E_ALL);
+
+date_default_timezone_set('Etc/UTC');
+
+require '../PHPMailerAutoload.php';
+
+$mail = new PHPMailer();
+
+$body = file_get_contents('contents.html');
+
+$mail->isSMTP();
+$mail->Host = 'smtp.example.com';
+$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
+$mail->SMTPKeepAlive = true; // SMTP connection will not close after each email sent, reduces SMTP overhead
+$mail->Port = 25;
+$mail->Username = 'yourname@example.com';
+$mail->Password = 'yourpassword';
+$mail->setFrom('list@example.com', 'List manager');
+$mail->addReplyTo('list@example.com', 'List manager');
+
+$mail->Subject = "PHPMailer Simple database mailing list test";
+
+//Same body for all messages, so set this before the sending loop
+//If you generate a different body for each recipient (e.g. you're using a templating system),
+//set it inside the loop
+$mail->msgHTML($body);
+//msgHTML also sets AltBody, so if you want a custom one, set it afterwards
+$mail->AltBody = 'To view the message, please use an HTML compatible email viewer!';
+
+//Connect to the database and select the recipients from your mailing list that have not yet been sent to
+//You'll need to alter this to match your database
+$mysql = mysql_connect('localhost', 'username', 'password');
+mysql_select_db('mydb', $mysql);
+$result = mysql_query("SELECT full_name, email, photo FROM mailinglist WHERE sent = false", $mysql);
+
+while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
+    $mail->addAddress($row['email'], $row['full_name']);
+    $mail->addStringAttachment($row['photo'], 'YourPhoto.jpg'); //Assumes the image data is stored in the DB
+
+    if (!$mail->send()) {
+        echo "Mailer Error (" . str_replace("@", "&#64;", $row["email"]) . ') ' . $mail->ErrorInfo . '<br />';
+        break; //Abandon sending
+    } else {
+        echo "Message sent to :" . $row['full_name'] . ' (' . str_replace("@", "&#64;", $row['email']) . ')<br />';
+        //Mark it as sent in the DB
+        mysql_query(
+            "UPDATE mailinglist SET sent = true WHERE email = '" . mysql_real_escape_string($row['email'], $mysql) . "'"
+        );
+    }
+    // Clear all addresses and attachments for next loop
+    $mail->clearAddresses();
+    $mail->clearAttachments();
+}