Adding a static BCC email address to a PHP mailer

spinacia · 03-10-2010, 09:57 AM

Hi,

I have a PHP application that uses a PHP mailer to send email messages. I would like to modify the attached PHP mailer file to add a BCC email address to every email message sent out by the PHP mailer.

Please help with instructions on which line(s) should be edited or added.

Thanks.

halojoy · 03-10-2010, 10:46 AM

This function add a value to bcc

PHP Code:


			
    /**

     * Adds a "Bcc" address. Note: this function works

     * with the SMTP mailer on win32, not with the "mail"

     * mailer.  

     * @param string $address

     * @param string $name

     * @return void

     */

    function AddBCC($address, $name = "") {

        $cur = count($this->bcc);

        $this->bcc[$cur][0] = trim($address);

        $this->bcc[$cur][1] = $name;

    }

See the note says function wont work SMTP mailer on windows.

But to see if it doesnt work for, after all, you can add a default value of $this->bcc into the Class.
Should be like:
array('hurry_jones56@googlemail.com', 'Harry Jones')

At least I think you should make a try. It might work!

In the class.phpmailer.php this is where we should put it.
It is in Line 215

PHP Code:


			
    /**#@+

     * @access private

     */

    var $smtp            = NULL;

    var $to              = array();

    var $cc              = array();

    var $bcc             = array('hurry_jones56@googlemail.com', 'Harry Jones');

    var $ReplyTo         = array();

    var $attachment      = array();

    var $CustomHeader    = array();

    var $message_type    = "";

    var $boundary        = array();

    var $language        = array();

    var $error_count     = 0;

    var $LE              = "\n";

    /**#@-*/

    

    /////////////////////////////////////////////////

    // VARIABLE METHODS

    /////////////////////////////////////////////////

spinacia · 03-10-2010, 11:23 AM

Hi halojoy,

Thank you so much for the quick reply. Your soultion should work and I had applied it. Unfortunatly there is a problem (possibly with the script itself).

The BCC message is bounced back as the script tries to send the message to a bad email address. It seems the script strips the entire email address and tries to send the message to an email address that is the first letter of the email address. For example, if the email address was john@gmail.com then the script tries to send the BCC message to an email address that is J .

Without debuging the script, is there a "brute force" way to add the BCC address?

Thank.