[Q] where is mailer in this code?

[amkaos]

Hi:

 

i ve been looking at other ppl's success @ pulling info from sql database then emailing ..

 

i see this old thread.

http://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/51205-solved-email-all-addresses-in-a-mysql-table/?hl=%2Bphpmailer+%2Btutorial

 

i am not seeing the actual mailer... ex.) mail.domain.com .. etc..

why does this work?

 

it does seem that phpmailer can work for this also?

 

i am verry new to this and appreciate the patience..

 

thanx

[amkaos]

sorry ,, this is code.. i think

include("config.php");
mysql_connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pwd);
mysql_select_db($db_name);
if (!$_POST) {
  include("form.php");
} else {
$formbody = $_POST['formbody'];

$sql = "SELECT $db_usernamefield, $db_emailfield FROM $db_table";
$result = mysql_query($sql);

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
$username = $row['username'];
$email = $row['email'];

$body = "$formbody";
$body = str_replace("[username]", $username, $body);
if(mail ($email, $emailsubject, $body, "From: $fromname <$fromemail>"))
echo "Messages sent";
}
}

?>

[trq]

What is the question?

[amkaos]

the question is.. this thread is about successful emailing from databse using php yet i dont see the mailer coded in the php..

what am i missing?

[Jessica]

if(mail ($email, $emailsubject, $body, "From: $fromname <$fromemail>"))

is the line that sends the mail.

 

"mailer" doesn't mean anything.

[amkaos]

if(mail ($email, $emailsubject, $body, "From: $fromname <$fromemail>"))

is the line that sends the mail.

 

"mailer" doesn't mean anything.

hello jessica..

i once saw a tut that you authored using phpmailer.. i looked again but didnt find it..

 

i want to make a form list names and emails from a mysql database.. then sending them emals..

do you talk about using phpmailer for this?

 

thanx for your reply in this thread..

 

i didnt understand that 'mail' is its own functtion..i

was looking for 'mail.domain.com'

 

i still dont know what would be shown to recipient about where the email came from...

 

thanx

[Jessica]

I have never written a tutorial about PHP Mailer, probably because I've never even used it.

 

You don't have to supply anything like mail.domain.com.

[kicken]

i still dont know what would be shown to recipient about where the email came from...

What the user sees as who the message is from comes from the From: header, which you can see being set in the sample code.

if(mail ($email, $emailsubject, $body, "From: $fromname <$fromemail>"))
                                     //^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  Right there.