Sending copies with the setCc() and setBcc() methods - PHP

Before I explain how to handle attachments and send HTML email messages with Swift Mailer, I'd like to reintroduce the script created in the previous tutorial of this series, which demonstrated how to send a blind carbon copy via the "setBcc()" method offered by the library.

With that point clarified, here's the small program that performs the aforementioned task:

// example on sending a basic email message with Swift Mailer (uses the 'setCc() and 'setBcc() methods')

// include required files

require_once 'lib/swift_required.php';

// create the mail transport using the 'newInstance()' method

$transport = Swift_SmtpTransport::newInstance('mail.domain.com', 25)

->setUsername('alejandro@domain.com')

->setPassword('password');

// create the mailer using the 'newInstance()' method

$mailer = Swift_Mailer::newInstance($transport);

// create a simple message using the 'newInstance()' method

$message = Swift_Message::newInstance()

// specify the subject of the message

->setSubject('Testing Swift Mailer')

// specify the From argument

->setFrom(array('alejandro@domain.com' => 'Alejandro Gervasio'))

// specify the To argument

->setTo(array('john@domain.com' =>' John Doe'))

->setCc(array('mary@domain.com' => 'Mary Jackson'))

->setBcc(array('susan@domain.com' => 'Susan Norton'))

// build the body part of the message

->setBody('Hey, how are you? I am sending you a message with the cool Swift Mailer library');

// send the email message

if ($mailer->send($message))

{

echo 'The message was sent successfully!';

}

else

{

echo 'Error sending email message';

}

As you can see from the above script, both the "setCc()" and "setBcc()" methods make it really easy to send copies of an original message to a number of predefined recipients. Actually, the process is reduced to calling the methods in question with the proper incoming arguments, prior to creating the message itself. It's nothing too complex to grasp, really.

Well, now that you're hopefully familiar with using the methods discussed before, it's time to explore other useful features provided by Swift Mailer. So, in accordance with the concepts that I expressed in the introduction, over the course of the upcoming section I'm going to explain how to handle file attachments in a truly approachable fashion.

As you may guess, this process will be performed with the help of a brand new class included with the library, called "Swift_Attachment." But I'm getting ahead of myself, so if you wish to learn more about this class, click on the link displayed below and keep reading.