php email - sending many emails

[Birdmansplace]

So i have this email scrip in php to long into my smtp server and sent email to users in the contacts list.  Well for some time know i have been trying to figure out what is causing it to send 3 emails of the same content to each and every user.  They are getting sick of it. I also have code in the script to echo the names of who the email has been sent to.

 

list file:

<?php
//Users name

$to = "email@address.com";
$nameto = "Users name";
$Randy = "$nameto";
$from = "admin@birdmansplace.com";
$namefrom = "Birdmansplace Admin";
$subject = "Automated message!";
$message = "Message";
authSendEmail($from, $namefrom, $to, $nameto, $subject, $message);
?>

 

Email php script:

<?php require_once('html/list.html'); ?>



<?php
/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * SEND EMAIL FUNCTIONS * * * * * * * * * * * * * */

//Authenticate Send - 21st March 2005
//This will send an email using auth smtp and output a log array
//logArray - connection,

function authSendEmail($from, $namefrom, $to, $nameto, $subject, $message)
{
//SMTP + SERVER DETAILS
/* * * * CONFIGURATION START * * * */
$smtpServer = "smtpserver";
$port = "25";
$timeout = "30";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
$localhost = "localhost";
$newLine = "\r\n";
/* * * * CONFIGURATION END * * * * */

//Connect to the host on the specified port
$smtpConnect = fsockopen($smtpServer, $port, $errno, $errstr, $timeout);
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 515);
if(empty($smtpConnect))
{
$output = "Failed to connect: $smtpResponse";
return $output;
}
else
{
$logArray['connection'] = "Connected: $smtpResponse";
}

//Request Auth Login
fputs($smtpConnect,"AUTH LOGIN" . $newLine);
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 515);
$logArray['authrequest'] = "$smtpResponse";

//Send username
fputs($smtpConnect, base64_encode($username) . $newLine);
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 515);
$logArray['authusername'] = "$smtpResponse";

//Send password
fputs($smtpConnect, base64_encode($password) . $newLine);
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 515);
$logArray['authpassword'] = "$smtpResponse";

//Say Hello to SMTP
fputs($smtpConnect, "HELO $localhost" . $newLine);
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 515);
$logArray['heloresponse'] = "$smtpResponse";

//Email From
fputs($smtpConnect, "MAIL FROM: $from" . $newLine);
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 515);
$logArray['mailfromresponse'] = "$smtpResponse";

//Email To
fputs($smtpConnect, "RCPT TO: $to" . $newLine);
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 515);
$logArray['mailtoresponse'] = "$smtpResponse";

//The Email
fputs($smtpConnect, "DATA" . $newLine);
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 515);
$logArray['data1response'] = "$smtpResponse";

//Construct Headers
$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0" . $newLine;
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" . $newLine;
$headers .= "To: $nameto <$to>" . $newLine;
$headers .= "From: $namefrom <$from>" . $newLine;

fputs($smtpConnect, "To: $to\nFrom: $from\nSubject: $subject\n$headers\n\n$message\n.\n");
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 515);
$logArray['data2response'] = "$smtpResponse";

// Say Bye to SMTP
fputs($smtpConnect,"QUIT" . $newLine);
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 515);
$logArray['quitresponse'] = "$smtpResponse";
}
echo "Emails to dominos employees have been sent";
echo "<br />";
<!--echoing users names-->
echo "$User names";


?>
</body>
</html>

 

Any idea how to stop this from happening or better yet a smarter way to do it.

 

Thanks for the help

 

[Birdmansplace]

I am woundering if i add the code

require_once

to the whole this if that will stop it from doing that.

 

have it require once the list to email and have it do the same for the script to connect and send.

 

Hummmmm

[Birdmansplace]

The issue i am having is if there is only one email to send to it works fine but more than one it sends it 3 times per email address. The web server runs on my lan.  When i send the emails from anywhere on the lan it sends everyone 1 email.  I have tested this out side my lan via wan and if i send one emil to one person it sends with out doubling up or more but as soon as i send more then one in the script it sends 3 each and everytime regardless of sever wan/lan load.

 

I have a list of atleast 5 at the moment that are being emailed the same info.  any idea what i can do or change in the code. I am trying to avoid havein the script for each and every email and have to do each and every one manually.

 

 

Thanks

[satya61229]

For advanced email, I will suggest using any library for email. There are plenty in PHP.

I tried many times in early days and found that it is not good to use mail() function simply as it takes lots of time to debug and correct and finally I was forced to switch to library. Check for PHPmailer.

you can read this post also: http://www.satya-weblog.com/2007/03/php-mail-scripts_17.html