On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 8:48 PM, Jim Lucas <lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Here is a problem that I have had for years now. I have been trying to come up
> with the perfect solution for this problem. But, I have come down to two
> different methods for solving it.
>
> Here is the problem...
>
> <?php
>
> function sendEmail(
> $to,
> $from,
> $subject,
> $body,
> $attachments=array(),
> $headers=array()
> ) { # I typically do not put each argument on seperate lines, but I ran
> #out of width in this email...
>
> # do something here...
> mail(...);
>
> }
>
> sendEmail('john@xxxxxxx',
> 'marykate@xxxxxxxx',
> 'Hi!',
> 'Check out my new pictures!!!',
> $hash_array_of_pictures
> );
>
> Now, we all have a function or method like this floating around somewhere.
>
> My question is, how do YOU go about setting the required entries of the $headers
> array() ?
>
> I see three possible solutions. I want to see a clean and simple solution.
>
> Here are my ideas so far:
>
> function sendEmail(
> $to,
> $from,
> $subject,
> $body,
> $attachments=array(),
> $headers=array()
> ) { # I typically do not put each argument on seperate lines, but I ran
> #out of width in this email...
>
> if ( empty($headers['Date']) ) {
> $headers['Date'] = date('c');
> }
> if ( empty($headers['Message-ID']) ) {
> $headers['Date'] = md5($to.$subject);
> }
> # and the example goes on...
>
> # do something here...
> mail(...);
>
> }
>
> Or, another example. (I will keep it to the guts of the solution now)
>
> $headers['Date'] = empty($headers['Date']) ?
> date('c') : $headers['Date'];
> $headers['Message-ID'] = empty($headers['Message-ID']) ?
> md5($to.$subject) : $headers['Message-ID'];
>
> OR, yet another example...
>
> $defaults = array(
> 'Date' => date('c'),
> 'Message-ID' => md5($to.$subject),
> );
>
> $headers += $defaults;
>
> END of examples...
>
> Now, IMO, the last one is the simplest one and for me, I think it will be the
> new way that I solve this type of problem.
>
> But, my question that I put out to all of you is...
>
> How would you solve this problem?
>
> TIA
>
> Jim Lucas
>
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How does this look to you?
function sendEmail(
$to,
$from,
$subject,
$body,
$attachments=array(),
$headers=array()
) {
# I typically do not put each argument on seperate lines, but I ran
#out of width in this email...
$default_headers = array(
'Date' => date('c'),
'Message-ID' => md5($to.$subject)
);
$headers = array_merge($default_headers, $headers);
# and the example goes on...
# do something here...
mail(...);
}
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