php app mailing function - php

Question

I'm having a problem using a mailing function in a php ecomm app I purchased from envato. The developer has a mailer function which is used to send emails from the website.
Function :
/* Send mail with custom templates:$template : E-mail template.$array : Variables for email template. $subject : E-mail Subject.$to : E-mail receiver.*/
function mailing($template,$array,$subject,$to) {
$cfg = DB::select('SELECT * FROM config WHERE id = 1')[0];
$array['url'] = url('');
$array['name'] = $cfg->name;
$array['address'] = nl2br($cfg->address);
$array['phone'] = $cfg->phone;
$array['email'] = $cfg->email;
// Get the template from the database
$message = DB::select("SELECT template FROM templates WHERE code = '".$template."'")[0]->template;
foreach ($array as $ind => $val) {
$message = str_replace("{{$ind}}",$val,$message);
}
$message = preg_replace('/\{\{(.*?)\}\}/is','',$message);
$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0" . "\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type:text/html;charset=UTF-8" . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'From: '.$cfg->name.' <'.$cfg->email.'>'."\r\n";
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
return true;
}
The email template is pulled from the db.
As part of the checkout process in the API.php file, the mailer function is used to email the order to the user with the follwing code:
// Send an email to customer
mailing(
'order',
array( 'buyer_name'=>$data['name'],
'buyer_email'=>$data['email'],
'buyer_fields'=>$email_fields,
'name'=>$this->cfg->name,
'address'=>$this->cfg->address,
'phone'=>$this->cfg->phone,
'products'=>$email_products,
'total'=>$total
),
'Order Confirmation #'.$order,
$data['email']
);
This is fine, however, I'm trying to get that to also send myself the email of the order as opposed to having to check the admin ux as is currently the way it works. Could anyone point me in the right direction ?
Many Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

The simple answer is to add another call to mail() an replace $to with your email address in the mailing() function.
But as this is probably used in more than one place in the app, it might be nice to add a parameter to this function that tells it to email to you as well as the intended recipient
function mailing($template,$array,$subject,$to, $toMe=false) {
// new parameter ^^^^^^^^^^^
$cfg = DB::select('SELECT * FROM config WHERE id = 1')[0];
$array['url'] = url('');
$array['name'] = $cfg->name;
$array['address'] = nl2br($cfg->address);
$array['phone'] = $cfg->phone;
$array['email'] = $cfg->email;
// Get the template from the database
$message = DB::select("SELECT template FROM templates WHERE code = '".$template."'")[0]->template;
foreach ($array as $ind => $val) {
$message = str_replace("{{$ind}}",$val,$message);
}
$message = preg_replace('/\{\{(.*?)\}\}/is','',$message);
$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0" . "\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type:text/html;charset=UTF-8" . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'From: '.$cfg->name.' <'.$cfg->email.'>'."\r\n";
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
// now mail yourself if $toMe is true
if ( $toMe !== false ) {
mail($toMe,$subject,$message,$headers);
}
return true;
}
Then anywhere in the app where it sends mail yo can add a request to get a copy of the email. BUT, if you dont add the new parameter, the mailing() function will act just as it did before.
// Send an email to customer
mailing(
'order',
array( 'buyer_name'=>$data['name'],
'buyer_email'=>$data['email'],
'buyer_fields'=>$email_fields,
'name'=>$this->cfg->name,
'address'=>$this->cfg->address,
'phone'=>$this->cfg->phone,
'products'=>$email_products,
'total'=>$total
),
'Order Confirmation #'.$order,
$data['email'],
'me#mymail.com' // new parameter added
);
Now none of the existing calls to mailing will be effected, because you used a default value in the function prototype, unless you add the extra parameter to the call to mailing but any of them you want to alter can be done easily, and as you specify the address when you want to get a copy, you can use any of your email addresses.

Answer 2

Just add another
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
line and replace $to with your email. That's it.