1<?php 2 3error_reporting(E_STRICT | E_ALL); 4 5date_default_timezone_set('Etc/UTC'); 6 7require '../PHPMailerAutoload.php'; 8 9$mail = new PHPMailer; 10 11$body = file_get_contents('contents.html'); 12 13$mail->isSMTP(); 14$mail->Host = 'smtp.example.com'; 15$mail->SMTPAuth = true; 16$mail->SMTPKeepAlive = true; // SMTP connection will not close after each email sent, reduces SMTP overhead 17$mail->Port = 25; 18$mail->Username = 'yourname@example.com'; 19$mail->Password = 'yourpassword'; 20$mail->setFrom('list@example.com', 'List manager'); 21$mail->addReplyTo('list@example.com', 'List manager'); 22 23$mail->Subject = "PHPMailer Simple database mailing list test"; 24 25//Same body for all messages, so set this before the sending loop 26//If you generate a different body for each recipient (e.g. you're using a templating system), 27//set it inside the loop 28$mail->msgHTML($body); 29//msgHTML also sets AltBody, but if you want a custom one, set it afterwards 30$mail->AltBody = 'To view the message, please use an HTML compatible email viewer!'; 31 32//Connect to the database and select the recipients from your mailing list that have not yet been sent to 33//You'll need to alter this to match your database 34$mysql = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'username', 'password'); 35mysqli_select_db($mysql, 'mydb'); 36$result = mysqli_query($mysql, 'SELECT full_name, email, photo FROM mailinglist WHERE sent = false'); 37 38foreach ($result as $row) { //This iterator syntax only works in PHP 5.4+ 39 $mail->addAddress($row['email'], $row['full_name']); 40 if (!empty($row['photo'])) { 41 $mail->addStringAttachment($row['photo'], 'YourPhoto.jpg'); //Assumes the image data is stored in the DB 42 } 43 44 if (!$mail->send()) { 45 echo "Mailer Error (" . str_replace("@", "@", $row["email"]) . ') ' . $mail->ErrorInfo . '<br />'; 46 break; //Abandon sending 47 } else { 48 echo "Message sent to :" . $row['full_name'] . ' (' . str_replace("@", "@", $row['email']) . ')<br />'; 49 //Mark it as sent in the DB 50 mysqli_query( 51 $mysql, 52 "UPDATE mailinglist SET sent = true WHERE email = '" . 53 mysqli_real_escape_string($mysql, $row['email']) . "'" 54 ); 55 } 56 // Clear all addresses and attachments for next loop 57 $mail->clearAddresses(); 58 $mail->clearAttachments(); 59} 60