Some coding help

[rickeh22]

Hey Everyone! (I apologize if this is in the wrong forum; I think i got it right though!)

Recently, I took on a project for a client that wanted an e-card website. I took the project on after finding a Wordpress plugin that served the purposes they needed, and had the correct functionality.

Fast forward a couple weeks, and the project is just about finished. Both I and the client are very happy with the final product, and the plugin has performed excellently!

However the client has two slight modifications that they would like implemented; both of which I attempted briefly, but was unable to manipulate the PHP correctly to do so.

(This is the part where I should preface that my PHP experience is somewhat limited; pretty much only things involving WP! I can understand and follow the language, but actually writing the code is another story!)

I was hoping someone on this forum could help point me in the right direction/atleast let me know if these were simple requests, or if they were a bit more advanced; these aren't make or break features of the site, but rather the small things that I like to give my clients when they ask; it's going the extra mile that really counts!

You can find the site here:

http://cloudfarmstudio.com/OTB/

The client wants to see two things differnetly:

1. Currently the e-card plugin only allows an e-card to be sent to a single recipient; they were wondering if it was possible to send the same e-card to multiple recipients.

2. Currently you MUST preview the e-card before being able to send it; the question here was wondering if it was possible to skip the preview altogether, and just 'send' the card.

You can see both of these issues on one of the card pages; for example, this one - http://cloudfarmstudio.com/OTB/birthday/happy-birthday-12

I made some small attempts to solve these issues myself, and was unable to do so. If anyone here has the time, or the helpful-ness, to lend a helping hand, it would be greatly appreciated by both me AND my client; any information concerning either question would be totally awesome.

Thanks so much everyone!

-Rick

[Crimsonfox]

Well we'd need to see some code if you want specifics but sending to extra people is quite simple. You can either set it up so it splits it by commas because they are characters that won't appear in emails or you can add a set amount of extra text fields in for more emails though that's limited and uglier in my opinion.

The last bit should be simple but I wouldn't know how without seeing how's it done on your end.

[rickeh22]

Hey!

First off, thanks so much for responding... I really appreciate it!

For the example pieces of code; should I just put them directly in this thread, upload a separate file with the code in it, or do it a different way? Whichever is your preferred method, just let me know!

-Rick

[Crimsonfox]

Just on here should do, just paste in it and enclose it with PHP tags.

[rickeh22]

Hey again!

Below is the PHP that sends the code; as I said before, it currently allows the visitor to send the card they choose to only a single recipient; hopefully it's not too hard to adjust the code below!

Thanks again =)

// This method sends the card

function send_card(){
$headers = "From: " . $this->sender_email . "\r\n" ;
$headers .= "Reply-To: " . $this->sender_email . "\r\n" ;
$headers .= "X-Mailer: ".get_bloginfo('name');

$to = $this->recipient_email;

$message = "Hi ".$this->recipient_name.".\r\n";
$message .= "You have been sent an ecard from ".$this->sender_name.".\r\n";
$message .= "To view it, visit ".get_bloginfo('home')."/viewcard/".$this->card_hash." \r\n";

$subject = "An Ecard from ".$this->sender_name;

if ( wp_mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers) ){
echo "<p>Card sent.</p>";
echo "<p><a href='".$this->post_permalink."'>Send another</a></p>";
}
}