Jim Lucas 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 += $defaults;
END of examples...
Now, IMO, the last one is the simplest one and for me, I think it will be the
new way that I solve this type of problem.
But, my question that I put out to all of you is...
How would you solve this problem?
TIA
Jim Lucas
To me the key word in your question is "default". Here is a send mail example of
how I do it. You'll see that I assign default stuff in the function. The all
caps are constants set in my config file. For extremely high volume
applications, one could memory cache the defaults.
I also use arrays assigned in my config file and then assign the array in the
function using "global". When I do this, I immediately reassign the array so the
function can't change the the assignments made in the config. e.g.,
function foo()
global booArray();
boo2Array= booArray(); Only use boo2Array() in the function.
function pearEmailSend($recipient, $emailSubj, $emailText, $applicEmailAddr)
{
$emailTo = $recipient;
$headers['From'] = $applicEmailAddr;
$headers['To'] = $emailTo;
if(!empty($emailCC)) $headers['Cc'] = $emailCC;
$headers['Return-Path'] = $applicEmailAddr; //or can use SMTP_USER; bounces
are sent to applic address
$headers['Reply-To'] = $applicEmailAddr;
$headers['X-miniReg'] = APPLIC_NAME;
$headers['Date'] = date('r');
$headers['Subject'] = $emailSubj;
$params['debug'] = EMAIL_DEBUG; //Careful, do not leave on, creates a nasty
message for admins
$params['host'] = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
$params['auth'] = true; //binary, set in config; some servers require auth
$params["username"] = $applicEmailAddr; //was SMTP_USER; //If auth true,
must have value
$params["password"] = SMTP_PW; //If auth true, must have value
$params["localhost"] = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
$params['persist'] = true; //Default true
$mail_object = @Mail::factory(EMAIL_MODE, $params);
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