Cant put php session email into mail send code what am I doing wrong?

[LondonMaker]

Below is the code I am using to send an email with an attachment, what I want is the send to email be an email that is registered as a php session variable, what am I doing wrong?

Thanks

Tim

<? session_start(); ?>

<? $semail = $_SESSION["email"]; ?>
<?php
/**
 * This example shows sending a message using PHP's mail() function.
 */
//Import the PHPMailer class into the global namespace
use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer;
require 'vendor/autoload.php';
//Create a new PHPMailer instance
$mail = new PHPMailer;
//Set who the message is to be sent from
$mail->setFrom('from@example.com', 'First Last');
//Set an alternative reply-to address
$mail->addReplyTo('replyto@example.com', 'First Last');
//Set who the message is to be sent to
$mail->addAddress('$semail', 'John Doe');
//Set the subject line
$mail->Subject = 'PHPMailer mail() test';
//Read an HTML message body from an external file, convert referenced images to embedded,
//convert HTML into a basic plain-text alternative body
$mail->msgHTML('This is message body');
//Replace the plain text body with one created manually
$mail->AltBody = 'Just a test';
//Attach an image file
$mail->addAttachment('perks/pizzaperk.png');
//send the message, check for errors
if (!$mail->send()) {
    echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
    echo "Message sent!";
}
?> 

 

[ginerjm]

Whatever are you trying to say with this line?

what I want is the send to email be an email that is registered as a php session variable

That line makes absolutely no sense to me.  You want an email to be saved as a session var?  Do you mean the body of the email?  Or do you mean the whole phpmailer construct?  And why?

 

How about you ask a question and see what suggestion you get back on how to accomplish your goal?

[Barand]

Quote

$mail->addAddress('$semail', 'John Doe');

The single quotes around the variable are treating it as a literal string, and not a value

$var = 'Some text'
echo $var;    //--> Some text
echo '$var';  //--> $var

 

Edited June 19, 2018 by Barand

[maxxd]

You've got single quotes around $semail in your setAddress() call. PHP doesn't parse variables inside single quotes - remove them.

And Barand beat me to it...

Edited June 19, 2018 by maxxd