Send an email using php with mysql data included - mysql

Question

I'm trying to send a list of recent entries into a mysql table via email once a week using cron jobs. Typically to call the list of recent entries I use this:
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM stock WHERE PurchaseDate < '$TODAY' AND PurchaseDate > '$LASTWEEK'")
or die(mysql_error());
while ($list = mysql_fetch_array($result))
But obviously I can't put this code into the $message variable in php mail.
Any ideas?

Answer 1

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM stock WHERE PurchaseDate < '$TODAY' AND PurchaseDate > '$LASTWEEK'") or die(mysql_error());
$entries = 'Entries: ';
while ($list = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$entries .= $list[entry] . ', ';
}
mail('someone#test.com', 'Stock', $entries);
This is just an example. Not sure what your table looks like.

Answer 2

The mail functions takes a string, and you are returning an array.
So you need to implode it implode(',', $list); or build a string with the result set.
You should use PHPMailer, Zend Mail or Swift_Mailer libraries that are safer and prevent for example from header injection.

Answer 3

try {
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE blank = 'blank' AND blank2 ='blank2'");
$num_rows = mysql_num_rows($result);
if($num_rows < 1) {
throw new Exception('There is no user who qualifies...');
}
if(!$result) {
throw new Exception('An Error Occurred..');
}
//mail off whatever you need to each user that qualifies based on your query criteria..
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$firstname = stripslashes($row['firstname']);
$lastname = stripslashes($row['lastname']);
$email = stripslashes($row['email']);
//and any other variables you need for the email...
$subject = 'Some Subject';
$message = 'Hello '.$firstname.' blah..blah...';
mail($email, $subject, $message);
//do something else...
echo 'All users emailed.';
}
}
catch (Exception $e) {
echo $e->getMessage();
}