Adding an autoresponder to a registration form

[Star6966]

Hi

I am trying to add an auto-responder to a registration form so that when the user registers, the program will send a form message to their e-mail

Can anyone tell me how to go about doing this?

Thanks

Star6966

[ooffick]

Hi,

which version of Joomla do you have?

Olaf

[Star6966]

1.0

[ooffick]

Please migrate to Joomla 1.5:
http://docs.joomla.org/Upgrading_1.5_fr ... 5x_version

Please note the Joomla 1.0 End-of-Life notice:
http://community.joomla.org/blogs/commu ... f-age.html

Olaf

[Star6966]

ok
how would I do it in 1.5?

[ooffick]

In Joomla 1.5 you would create a small plugin which listens on an Event like onAfterStoreUser:

http://docs.joomla.org/Reference:User_E ... rStoreUser

Olaf

[Star6966]

Ok

and how would I get it to send a message

I am pretty new at this kind of programing

Thanks alot

Star6966

[Star6966]

would this work in 1.5?

function onAfterStoreUser($user, $isnew, $success, $msg)
{
global $mainframe;


$args = array();
$args['username'] = $user['username'];
$args['email'] = $user['email'];
$args['fullname'] = $user['name'];
$args['password'] = $user['password'];

if ($isnew)
{
$message = "Test"
$subject = "Test Mail"
mail ($user['email'],$subject,$message,)
}
else
{
}
}

[ooffick]

You might want to use the JMail class instead:
http://api.joomla.org/Joomla-Framework/Mail/JMail.html

Olaf

[Star6966]

so i would replace mail with JMail

would it still have the form in terms of the
JMail($user['email'],$subject,$message,)?

[ooffick]

No, it would be more like this:

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$mail = JFactory::getMailer();
$mail->addRecipient( $recipient );
$mail->setSender( array( $email, $name ) );
$mail->setSubject($subject );
$mail->setBody( $body );
$sent = $mail->Send();

Olaf

[Star6966]

So to recap
Would this send an email to a user that created a new account?

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function onAfterStoreUser($user, $isnew, $success, $msg)
{
global $mainframe;


$args = array();
$args['username'] = $user['username'];
$args['email'] = $user['email'];
$args['fullname'] = $user['name'];
$args['password'] = $user['password'];

if ($isnew)
{
$body = "Test"
$subject = "Test Mail"
$email = $user['email']
$name = $user['name']
$recipient = $user['name']
$mail = JFactory::getMailer();
$mail->addRecipient( $recipient );
$mail->setSender( array( $email, $name ) );
$mail->setSubject($subject );
$mail->setBody( $body );
$sent = $mail->Send();
}
else
{
}
}

[Star6966]

hey is this right

I just need to know so I can get it up and working

thanks
Star6966

[ooffick]

Well, that looks ok. Did you try it? Does is work?

Olaf

[Star6966]

i can't try it yet

we are still in the process of migrating to 1.5

i intend to try it as soon as the site is back up and running

[Star6966]

so I tried it and nothing

I am not sure if it has something to do with the way i installed it
or maybe the rest of the code

i am posting the entire code here

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<?php


defined('_JEXEC') or die( 'Restricted access' );


jimport('joomla.plugin.plugin');



class plgUserExample extends JPlugin 
{


	
function onAfterStoreUser($user, $isnew, $success, $msg)
{
global $mainframe;


$args = array();
$args['username'] = $user['username'];
$args['email'] = $user['email'];
$args['fullname'] = $user['name'];
$args['password'] = $user['password'];

if ($isnew)
{
$body = "Test"
$subject = "Test Mail"
$email = $user['email']
$name = $user['name']
$recipient = $user['name']
$mail = JFactory::getMailer();
$mail->addRecipient( $recipient );
$mail->setSender( array( $email, $name ) );
$mail->setSubject($subject );
$mail->setBody( $body );
$sent = $mail->Send();
}
else
{
}
}
}

that is the .php file

and here is the .xml file

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<install version="1.5.2" type="plugin" group="system" method="upgrade">
	<name>System - Test</name>
	<author>Erik Smith</author>
	<creationDate>September 2009</creationDate>
	<copyright>Copyright (C) 2008 Holder. All rights reserved.</copyright>
	<license>GNU General Public License</license>
	<authorEmail>[email protected]</authorEmail>
	<authorUrl></authorUrl>
	<version>1.0.1</version>
	<description>A test system plugin</description>
	<files>
		<filename plugin="example">test2.php</filename>
	</files>
	<params>
  		<param name="Test"
  		type="text"
  		default=""
  		label="Test"
  		description="An example text parameter" />
	</params>
</install>

I have the files
test.php
and
test.xml
in a zip file which i can install, but if i register a user, no response
any suggestions

[ooffick]

and did you enable the plugin in the plugin manager?

Olaf

[Star6966]

Yes I did

[ooffick]

The code is missing a couple of semicolons and the Recipient is not an email address. Moreover, the name of the plugin is test2 and in the system group but your plugin class is using this plgUserExample

You can also check if the mail was send like this:
http://docs.joomla.org/JFactory/getMailer

Olaf

[Star6966]

So here is the code thus far
I am still not sure what to put for the address

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<?php


defined('_JEXEC') or die( 'Restricted access' );


jimport('joomla.plugin.plugin');



class test2 extends JPlugin 
{


	
function onAfterStoreUser($user, $isnew, $success, $msg)
{
global $mainframe;


$args = array();
$args['username'] = $user['username'];
$args['email'] = $user['email'];
$args['fullname'] = $user['name'];
$args['password'] = $user['password'];

if ($isnew)
{$mail =& JFactory::getMailer();
 
$config =& JFactory::getConfig();
$mail->addRecipient( $config->getValue( 'What do I put here' ) );
$mail->setSubject( 'Test message' );
$mail->setBody( 'This is an example email to test the Joomla! JFactory::getMailer() method.  Please ignore it' );
 
if ($mail->Send()) {
  echo "Mail sent successfully.";
} else {
  echo "An error occurred.  Mail was not sent.";
}

else
{
}
}
}

[ooffick]

the class is not test2, it would be more like this plgSystemTest2

or if you use the group user: plgUserTest2

Olaf

[Star6966]

anything else?

[ooffick]

Who is the supposed to be the recipient? You might want to consider to use a user plugin instead of a system plugin.

Olaf

[Star6966]

I want the recipient to be every new user

[ooffick]

well, then you would need to use the email address in the $mail->addRecipient method:

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$mail->addRecipient($user['email']);

[Star6966]

what is the difference between a user plugin and a system plugin

[ooffick]

Have a look here:
http://docs.joomla.org/Reference:System ... gin_System
http://docs.joomla.org/Reference:User_E ... gin_System

Olaf