Trying to create an array with commas and semicolans - php

Question

I want to create a loop for my mail system that uses the format
stan.smith#americandadcia.fx, Stan Smith
So that I can pass it through my function
function SendEmail($to,$fromName, $subject, $message)
{
date_default_timezone_set('Etc/UTC');
$mail = new PHPMailer;
$mail->isSMTP();
$mail->SMTPDebug = 2;
$mail->Debugoutput = 'html';
$mail->Host = smtp_host;
$mail->Port = smtp_port;
$mail->SMTPSecure = smtp_protocol;
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->Username = smtp_user;
$mail->Password = smtp_pass;
$mail->setFrom(smtp_user, $fromName);
$mail->addReplyTo(smtp_user, $fromName);
$mail->addAddress($to);
$mail->Subject = $subject;
$mail->msgHTML($message);
$mail->send();
if (!$mail->send()) {
echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
}
}
This code is to go through a loop, so say you have
Stan Smith, Roger Smith and Francine Smith the form input would have
stan.smith#americandad.fx, Stan Smith; roger.smith#amongyou.ufo, Roger Smith; francine.smith#desperatehousewives.fox, Francine Smith
The addresses would then be passed into my functions file and ran through the function to send the email
$mail = new MailSystem();
$emails=$_POST['emailTo'];
$email=explode(";",$emails);
foreach($email as $address) {
echo $mail->SendEmail($address, SITE_NAME." Newsletter", $_POST['emailSubject'], $_POST['emailBody']);
}
My Problem is that when the email attempts to send it's going to try to run $mail->addAddress($address) and I get the response that it's an invalid address. I can go in and manually set the addAddress with my email", "My name" but when it goes through this way it resolves to invalid address.

Answer 1

On the addAddress() you have to split the receiver name and address. Your function should look like the following:
function SendEmail($to,$fromName, $subject, $message)
{
date_default_timezone_set('Etc/UTC');
$mail = new PHPMailer;
$mail->isSMTP();
$mail->SMTPDebug = 2;
$mail->Debugoutput = 'html';
$mail->Host = smtp_host;
$mail->Port = smtp_port;
$mail->SMTPSecure = smtp_protocol;
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->Username = smtp_user;
$mail->Password = smtp_pass;
$mail->setFrom(smtp_user, $fromName);
$mail->addReplyTo(smtp_user, $fromName);
//split the to on , to get mail address and receiver name.
$address = explode(',', $to);
//check if the name is available.
if (!isset($address[1])) {
$mail->addAddress($address[0]);
} else {
$mail->addAddress($address[0], $address[1]);
}
$mail->Subject = $subject;
$mail->msgHTML($message);
//remove the following line because duplicate sending!!!
//$mail->send();
if (!$mail->send()) {
echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
}
}