Determine if message is send or not

  • Resolved Guido

    (@guido07111975)


    6 years, 12 months ago

    Hi!

    I’m wondering whether this is a proper way to determine if wp_mail (phpmailer) has send a message or not?

    
if ( wp_mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers) ) == true {
	echo 'message send';
} else {
	echo 'message not send';
}

    It seems to work though. Tested it on local install and live server.

    Guido

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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    6 years, 12 months ago

    According to https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_mail/,

    “A true return value does not automatically mean that the user received the email successfully. It just only means that the method used was able to process the request without any errors.”

    Thread Starter Guido

    (@guido07111975)

    6 years, 12 months ago

    Hi Steve,

    Yes, I understand that it’s not a way to determine whether user has received it or not, but I only want a way to determine if mail was properly send or not.

    I did not find much info about this, besides the codex. And other contact form plugins use their own ways to determine this. So I was wondering whether my way is solid or not?

    Guido

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    6 years, 12 months ago

    It’s as solid as possible without being able to control the MTA or view its logs.

    Thread Starter Guido

    (@guido07111975)

    6 years, 11 months ago

    Not tested but I think this is better, don’t need the extra check on true value:

    
if ( wp_mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers) ) {
	echo 'message send';
} else {
	echo 'message not send';
}

    Guido

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