multiple email sending with unique content

7/29/2014 5:10 am | #1 Christopher WestCommunity Expert

Hello, got a slight issue I need to tweak. My page does a multiple record update (for customer orders) and at the same time it will send out those customers an email notification to say their order has been updated. my form is using a checkbox beside each record, so admin can select which orders to be updated. this part works and here is my current code for the update to put it in context.

php:

<?php

if (isset($_POST["Save"])) {

  mysql_select_db($database_dinkydb, $dinkydb);

  $query_rsOrders = "UPDATE orders SET OrderProcess = '".$_POST["order-update"]."' WHERE OrderID IN (".implode(", ",$_POST["order-reference"]).")";

  mysql_query($query_rsOrders, $dinkydb);

}

?>

I have added a create email message server behaviour and clicking on the To... button I have selected recordset loop.
I have attached a screenshot. The issue I am having is that, it does send out multiple email, however in each email it display identical content...and its suppose to display dynamic content such as the customer order reference number. So my question how would I make this email send unique record detaills such as customer name, customer order number etc.

Chris

7/29/2014 8:23 am | #3 Christopher WestCommunity Expert

I see so from that forum post link, all I need to do is add those extra code reference inside my php email code to allow me to then add in what every dynamic data I want which will then be unique to the email loop in the email message wizard :)

8/12/2014 11:52 am | #5 Christopher WestCommunity Expert

Hi Just to clarify, (just got round to doing this part)

I have my update code triggered by save buttom:

<?php
if (isset($_POST["Save"])) {
  mysql_select_db($database_dinkydb, $dinkydb);
  $query_rsOrders = "UPDATE orders SET OrderProcessDate = NOW() WHERE OrderID IN (".implode(", ",$_POST["order-reference"]).")";
  mysql_query($query_rsOrders, $dinkydb);
}
?>
<?php
if (isset($_POST["Save"])) {
  mysql_select_db($database_dinkydb, $dinkydb);
  $query_rsOrders = "UPDATE orders SET OrderProcess = '".$_POST["order-update"]."' WHERE OrderID IN (".implode(", ",$_POST["order-reference"]).")";
  mysql_query($query_rsOrders, $dinkydb);
}
?>

straight after I have my Create Email Message server behaviour:

with the following:
TO: <?php echo ((isset($_POST["OrderBuyerEmail"]))?$_POST["OrderBuyerEmail"]:""); ?>
as well as
Email Body: checkbox is ticked for Manage email bosy from file (and I have a blank php file where I add the content that sends to the customer.

So now I have my following files:

admin/order-progress.php
webassist/email/waue_order-progress_1.php
webassist/email/templates/order-progress.php

now to send the email to ALL the emails that were selected on the checkbox

All I need to do is edit the webassist/email/templates/order-progress.php file

For example this file contains the current code:

<?php
global $RecipArray;
global $RecipIndex;
?>
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title></title>
</head>

<body>
<table width="600" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td><p><?php echo($RecipArray[$RecipIndex][0]["[OrderBuyerFirstName]"]); ?></p>
      <p><?php echo($RecipArray[$RecipIndex][0]["[OrderProcess]"]); ?></p>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>

And thats the ONLY file that needs tweaking to send out to all the email addresses I have checked?

8/12/2014 12:26 pm | #6 Jason ByrnesWebAssist

sounds correct, but this code:

<?php echo($RecipArray[$RecipIndex][0]["[OrderProcess]"]); ?>

should be:
<?php echo($RecipArray[$RecipIndex][0]["OrderProcess"]); ?>

the [] is not needed around the column name.

8/12/2014 12:34 pm | #7 Christopher WestCommunity Expert

ok brilliant. also on the same subject of emails.

if I am using the option to use my own email template as in when tick the checkbox for Manage email body from file

I can obviously use posts or sessions in my own email template so that's fine. however what about ecart objects

for example I have a paypal-success.php which stores an order in the database thats fine, and when it sends out an order I get an error:

Total Order Cost: £
Fatal error: Call to a member function GrandTotal() on a non-object in /homepages/36/d512037306/htdocs/createimpressions/projects/dinky/webassist/email/templates/order-invoice.php on line 9

and line 9 for this file reads:

Total Order Cost: £<?php echo $DinkyCart->GrandTotal(); ?>

I assumed that ecart was all sessions

in my main paypal-success.php file I do have the include files:
<?php
//WA eCart Include
require_once("WA_eCart/DinkyCart_PHP.php");
?>
<?php require_once( "WA_eCart/PP_ECO_Scripts/PP_ECO_PHP.php"); ?>
<?php
//WA eCart Include
require_once("WA_eCart/WA_eCart_Database_PHP.php");
?>
<?php
$DinkyCart->GetContent();
?>

would I need to add these include files in my actual email template?

Chris

8/12/2014 12:50 pm | #9 Christopher WestCommunity Expert

Hmm I did but now I get a different error:
Fatal error: Call to a member function GetContent() on a non-object in /homepages/36/d512037306/htdocs/createimpressions/projects/dinky/webassist/email/templates/order-invoice.php on line 12

here is the exact code of the email template file.

below the error occurs when it reaches: this snippet of code: <?php echo $DinkyCart->GrandTotal(); ?>

<?php require_once('../../../Connections/dinkydb.php'); ?>
<?php
//WA eCart Include
require_once("../../../WA_eCart/DinkyCart_PHP.php");
?>
<?php require_once( "../../../WA_eCart/PP_ECO_Scripts/PP_ECO_PHP.php"); ?>
<?php
//WA eCart Include
require_once("../../../WA_eCart/WA_eCart_Database_PHP.php");
?>
<?php
$DinkyCart->GetContent();
?>
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
.....html code here

Date of Order: <?php echo date('jS F Y - G:ia',strtotime($_SESSION['OrderDate'])); ?> Order Number: <?php echo $_SESSION['OrderReference']; ?> Name: <?php echo $_SESSION['BuyerSalutation']; ?> <?php echo $_SESSION['BuyerFirstName']; ?> <?php echo $_SESSION['BuyerLastName']; ?> Telephone: <?php echo $_SESSION['BuyerPhone']; ?> Email: <?php echo $_SESSION['BuyerEmail']; ?></td><td width="327" rowspan="3" align="right" valign="top">Total Order Cost: £<?php echo $DinkyCart->GrandTotal(); ?> Shipping: <?php echo $_SESSION['OrderShippingType']; ?><?php
if ("".$_SESSION['OrderDiscount'] ."" != "0") { // WebAssist Show If
?> Discounts £<?php echo $DinkyCart->GetDiscounts(); ?><?php
} // ("".$_SESSION['OrderDiscount'] ."" != "")
?><?php
if ("".$_SESSION['OrderVoucher'] ."" != "") { // WebAssist Show If
?> Gift Voucher: <?php echo $_SESSION['OrderVoucherCode']; ?>
<?php
} // ("".$_SESSION['OrderVoucher'] ."" != "")
?><?php
if ("".$_SESSION['OrderCoupon'] ."" != "") { // WebAssist Show If
?> Coupon: <?php echo $_SESSION['OrderCouponCode']; ?><?php
} // ("".$_SESSION['OrderCoupon'] ."" != "")
?> 

...html code here
</body>
</html>

8/12/2014 12:59 pm | #10 Jason ByrnesWebAssist

My apologies, instead of adding the include lines for the cart object, and the get content, you just need to set a global for the cart:

global $DinkyCart;

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multiple email sending with unique content

7/29/2014 5:10 am | #1 Christopher WestCommunity Expert