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->Host = 'mail.example.com';
$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";
//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->AltBody = 'To view the message, please use an HTML compatible email viewer!';
$mail->msgHTML($body);
$mail->addAddress($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("@", "@", $row["email"]) . ') ' . $mail->ErrorInfo . '
';
break; //Abandon sending
} else {
echo "Message sent to :" . $row['full_name'] . ' (' . str_replace("@", "@", $row['email']) . ')
';
//Mark it as sent in the DB
mysql_query(
"UPDATE mailinglist SET sent = true WHERE email = '" . mysql_real_escape_string($row['email'], $mysql) . "'"
);
}
// Clear all addresses and attachments for next loop
$mail->clearAddresses();
$mail->clearAttachments();
}