/**
* Send an email notification to a user
*
* @static
* @since 1.1.0
* @param string $user_id User object_id
* @param string $subject Email subject line
* @param string $message Email body
*/
public static function notify_user($user_id, $subject, $message, $short_text = null)
{
$error = new argent_error();
if (!class_exists('PHPMailer')) {
$error->add('1042', 'PHPMailer is not available', NULL, 'argent_notification');
}
if ($error->has_errors()) {
return $error;
}
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->AddReplyTo(NOTIFICATION_FROM_MAIL, NOTIFICATION_FROM_NAME);
$mail->SetFrom(NOTIFICATION_FROM_MAIL, NOTIFICATION_FROM_NAME);
$user_data = argent_uauth::user_get_data($user_id);
if (argent_error::check($user_data)) {
return $user_data;
}
$mail->AddAddress($user_data['email'], $user_data['display_name']);
$mail->Subject = $subject;
$mail->AltBody = "To view the message, please use an HTML compatible email viewer!";
// optional, comment out and test
$merge_fields = array('user_name' => $user_data['display_name'], 'email' => $user_data['email'], 'body' => $message, 'subject' => $subject, 'intro' => $short_text);
$message_body = self::merge_template(ABSOLUTE_PATH . 'argent/html_email_templates/basic.html', $merge_fields);
if (argent_error::check($message_body)) {
return $message_body;
}
$mail->MsgHTML($message_body);
if (!$mail->Send()) {
$error->add('1040', 'Error sending mail', $mail->ErrorInfo, 'argent_notification');
return $error;
} else {
return 'Mail sent to ' . $user_data['email'];
}
}
