PHP - Sending Multiple E-mail's via form

[Gamerz]

Hello,

I currently have a file uploader which allows you to upload files, and it will generate url's to the file.

 

I would like to construct a code where I am able to give my users the option to send there file URL's to multiple e-mails....I would like to use JavaScript, so the user has the option to click a link, and my script will show more input type's so the user can send more e-mails...

 

Here's my form:

<form action="url.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
You can also send the uploaded file link to your e-mail:</p>
<input type="email" name="email" id="email" size="40">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send E-mail" />
<input type="hidden" name="url" value="<?php echo $fileurl ?>" />
<input type="hidden" name="delete" value="<?php echo $fileurldelete ?>" />
</form>

 

Here is the processing script to send email:

<?php
$to = $_POST['email'];
$delete = $_POST['delete'];
$url = $_POST['url'];
$subject = 'FILE URL';
$message = "Here is your file url\n--------------------------------------------------------\nGeneral viewing/downloading for your file: $url\n\nDeleting your File: $delete\n--------------------------------------------------------\n\n
if(empty($to)) {
echo "<h2><center>E-mail Not Sent Successfully!</h2>\n";
die ("<center>You have entered an invalid e-mail.<br>Please click back to re-enter your e-mail.");
}
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
}

header("location: success.php");

exit();
?>

[oni-kun]

What do you mean using JS?? You can make them enter something as this, which all the sites i've seen use..

 

"Enter e-mails you want to send to, separated by ';' "..

me@hotmail.com;jason@gmail.com;this@site.com

->

$e-mails = explode(';', $_POST['e-mailfield']);

And then there you go! You've got an array with each number, you could easily iterate through the array and use mail() with each address until the for loop ends.

[Gamerz]

Where would I put this:

$e-mails = explode(';', $_POST['e-mailfield']);

 

And by JavaScript, I mean like something where when you click a link, and it will show more e-mail input type fields so the person can enter more e-mail's...

 

 

[oni-kun]

My method is more simpler, separated by ';' as that is a standard of most e-mail clients..

 

$to = $_POST['email']; <---, if there is more than one when it it'd be exploded, then create a function to send e-mails to each one through a for loop, simple enough.

 

explode simply makes.. 'me@hotmail.com;this@gmail.com' into an array.. $to[0], $to[1] or whatever.

[Gamerz]

So I replace my current $to with $to = explode(';', $_POST['e-mail']);?

 

And I want to make multiple <input type="text" name="email">

 

What else do I need to add on the processing script in order for me to add multiple e-mail fields so it will send to all the e-mail's.

[oni-kun]

You don't need to add more e-mail fields, it's slow, unconventional and hard to write. The user only needs to add.. 'user1@example.com;user2@example.com'. e-mail or e-mails separated by semicolons, the explode function will separate them.

 

This is what all websites do..

[Gamerz]

I think I rather prefer multiple e-mail fields...

 

How would I go about constructing that? I know first step is to make the multiple fields...what's next?

[oni-kun]

Well then you'd use JS to add a form, such as ..

<a href="#" onClick="addForm()">Add form</a>

Make sure your JS adds a new property.. such as value="mail2" or mail3 according to how many fields are being aded, so PHP can distinguish them and mail each address accordingly..

[Gamerz]

How would I add the values like mail2 and mail3, and what code do I add on the mail processing page

[oni-kun]

Well look up some JS to add the form. in each for you need to have value = something different.. such as 'email1', 'email2', 'email3' and on your PHP side you can do..

if (isset($_POST['mail1'])) { 
   mail(....) // mail to this address
} 
if (isset($_POST['mail2'])) { 
   mail(....) // mail to this second address
} 

 

etc..