scottstarl

Sorry about that, I might seem incompetent because I had zero experience with any coding including html prior to starting my 2 websites a month ago… I retyped the code last time that I pasted it here and had some typos.

I have had some progress in the last day, everything is working properly now, except for still receiving duplicate emails. I have put a random number generator in the subject line and observed that it is outputting different numbers each time, so the code is being repeated somehow. I have moved the remove_action command to different places in the snippet and had no luck yet. I even tried pasting it into every single bracket and it didn’t do anything. This is the latest version that is only having the final issue I mentioned. Again, any help again is appreciated!

// Loop to start
add_action( 'application_notification' );

// Pimary function to run inside loop
function application_notification() {

    // Grabs the currents pages id
    $postid = get_the_ID();


    // Check if page id is correct, then run the commands if so
    if( $postid = 1388 ) {

        // Check if cookie is set or otherwise if user has visited this page before, then run commands if so
        if( isset( $_COOKIE['first_app_time'] ) ) {

            // Email and cookie constants
                // Headers
                $headers = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
                $headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";


                // Where the email is sent, seperated by commas
                $to ="email, email";

                // Time of visit
                $current_date_time = current_datetime()->format('m/d/Y g:i a');

                // Time of most recent visit that was stored in the cookie
                $last_app_page_visit = $_COOKIE['first_app_time'];

                // How long the cookie lasts, the number is the amount of days
                $expiration_time = 365 * DAY_IN_SECONDS;

                // Grabs the data for the user currently viewing the page
                $user = wp_get_current_user();

                // Full name of the user
                $display_name = $user->display_name;

                // Email of the user
                $user_email = $user->user_email;

            // All of these are added together to create the email subject, use .$subject for subsequent lines, values need their own line
            $subject = "Application Viewed Again By: "  . rand(0,1000000);
            $subject .= "$display_name";

            // All of these are added together to create the email body, use .$msg for subsequent lines, values need their own line
            $msg = 'name & name,<br/><br/>';
            $msg .= "$display_name";
            $msg .= " (";
            $msg .= "$user_email";
            $msg .= ") ";
            $msg .= "just opened the page to begin their application again.<br/><br/>The last time they viewed it was on: " ;
            $msg .= "$last_app_page_visit";
            $msg .= '</br><br/>The time is currently: ';
            $msg .= "$current_date_time";

            // Send email
            wp_mail( $to, $subject, $msg, $headers );

            // Remove cookie so we can reset the timestamp
            unset( $_COOKIE['first_app_time'] );

            // Set the cookie with the current time
            setcookie( 'first_app_time', $current_date_time, time() + $expiration_time );

        // If cookie is not set or otherwise the user has not visited this page before, but the page number is correct, run these commands instead
        } else {

            // Email and cookie constants
                // Headers
                $headers = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
                $headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";


                // Where the email is sent, seperated by commas
                $to ="email, email";

                // Time of visit
                $current_date_time = current_datetime()->format('m/d/Y g:i a');

                // How long the cookie lasts, the number is the amount of days
                $expiration_time = 365 * DAY_IN_SECONDS;

                // Grabs the data for the user currently viewing the page
                $user = wp_get_current_user();

                // Full name of the user
                $display_name = $user->display_name;

                // Email of the user
                $user_email = $user->user_email;

            // All of these are added together to create the email subject, use .$subject for subsequent lines, values need their own line
            $subject = "name First Time View: " . rand(0,1000000);
            $subject .= "$display_name";

            // All of these are added together to create the email body, use .$msg for subsequent lines, values need their own line
            $msg = 'name & name,<br/><br/>';
            $msg .= "$display_name";
            $msg .= " (";
            $msg .= "$user_email";
            $msg .= ") ";
            $msg .= "just opened the page to begin their application for the first time!" ;
            $msg .= '</br><br/>The time is currently: ';
            $msg .= "$current_date_time";

            // Send email
            wp_mail( $to, $subject, $msg, $headers );

            // Set the cookie with the current time
            setcookie( 'first_app_time', $current_date_time, time() + $expiration_time ); 


        }       

}
// Stops action only if it has run, this prevents looping and will only allow it to run again when the page is loaded again
remove_action( 'application_notification' );
}

and here’s the condensed snippet without my notes, the paragraph blocks here don’t save the indention of the lines so it’s less organized:

add_action( 'application_notification' );
function application_notification() {
$postid = get_the_ID();
if( $postid = 1388 ) {
if( isset( $_COOKIE['first_app_time'] ) ) {
$headers = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
$to ="email, email";
$current_date_time = current_datetime()->format('m/d/Y g:i a');
$last_app_page_visit = $_COOKIE['first_app_time'];
$expiration_time = 365 * DAY_IN_SECONDS;
$user = wp_get_current_user();
$display_name = $user->display_name;
$user_email = $user->user_email;
$subject = "Application Viewed Again By: " . rand(0,1000000);
$subject .= "$display_name";
$msg = 'name & name,

';
$msg .= "$display_name";
$msg .= " (";
$msg .= "$user_email";
$msg .= ") ";
$msg .= "just opened the page to begin their application again.

The last time they viewed it was on: " ;
$msg .= "$last_app_page_visit";
$msg .= '

The time is currently: ';
$msg .= "$current_date_time";
wp_mail( $to, $subject, $msg, $headers );
unset( $_COOKIE['first_app_time'] );
setcookie( 'first_app_time', $current_date_time, time() + $expiration_time );
} else {
$headers = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
$to ="email, email";
$current_date_time = current_datetime()->format('m/d/Y g:i a');
$expiration_time = 365 * DAY_IN_SECONDS;
$user = wp_get_current_user();
$display_name = $user->display_name;
$user_email = $user->user_email;
$subject = "name First Time View: " . rand(0,1000000);
$subject .= "$display_name";
$msg = 'name & name,

';
$msg .= "$display_name";
$msg .= " (";
$msg .= "$user_email";
$msg .= ") ";
$msg .= "just opened the page to begin their application for the first time!" ;
$msg .= '

The time is currently: ';
$msg .= "$current_date_time";
wp_mail( $to, $subject, $msg, $headers );
setcookie( 'first_app_time', $current_date_time, time() + $expiration_time );
}
}
remove_action( 'application_notification' );
}

Interesting! Thanks for responding. So what you’re saying is that it should look like what I typed below? Or should it just be ended once at the end since the “else” function can only be activated if the first “if” is false?

function application_notification() {

$visit_time = date('F j, Y g:i a');
$postid = get_the_ID();

if(!isset($_COOKIE['first_app_notification_visit_time']) && !$postid = 1388) {



        $last_app_page_visit = $_COOKIE['first_app_notification_visit_time'];

                    $user = wp_get_current_user();
                    $user_email = $user->user_email;

                    $to ="email-address-here";

                    $subject = "First App Page Viewed Again";

                    $msg = 'User and User, <br> <br>';
                    $msg .= "$user_email";
                    $msg .= "just opened the page to begin their first application for the again. The last time they viewed it was on <br> " ;
                    $msg .= "$last_app_page_visit";           

                    $headers  = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
                    $headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
                    $headers .= 'From: Training Site <email-address-here>' . "\r\n";
                    $headers .= 'CC: email-address-here' . "\r\n";

                    wp_mail($to, $subject, $msg, $headers);

                    unset($_COOKIE['first_app_notification_visit_time']); 
                    setcookie('first_app_notification_visit_time',  $visit_time, time()+31556926);
        }


        else ($postid = 1388) { 

                    $to ="email-address-here";

                    $subject = "First App Page Viewed";

                    $msg = 'User and User, <br> <br>';
                    $msg .= "$user_email";
                    $msg .= "just opened the page on the training site to begin their first application for the first time!" ;     

                    $headers  = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
                    $headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
                    $headers .= 'From: Training Site <email address here>' . "\r\n";
                    $headers .= 'CC: email-address-here' . "\r\n";

                    wp_mail($to, $subject, $msg, $headers); 

                    setcookie('first_app_notification_visit_time', true, time()+31556926);
        }   
}
}
}
add_action('init', 'application_notification');
function application_notification() {

$visit_time = date('F j, Y g:i a');
$postid = get_the_ID();

if(!isset($_COOKIE['first_app_notification_visit_time']) && !$postid = 1388) {



        $last_app_page_visit = $_COOKIE['first_app_notification_visit_time'];

                    $user = wp_get_current_user();
                    $user_email = $user->user_email;

                    $to ="email-address-here";

                    $subject = "First App Page Viewed Again";

                    $msg = 'User and User, <br> <br>';
                    $msg .= "$user_email";
                    $msg .= "just opened the page to begin their first application for the again. The last time they viewed it was on <br> " ;
                    $msg .= "$last_app_page_visit";           

                    $headers  = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
                    $headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
                    $headers .= 'From: Training Site <email-address-here>' . "\r\n";
                    $headers .= 'CC: email-address-here' . "\r\n";

                    wp_mail($to, $subject, $msg, $headers);

                    unset($_COOKIE['first_app_notification_visit_time']); 
                    setcookie('first_app_notification_visit_time',  $visit_time, time()+31556926);
remove_action('init', 'application_notification');
        }


        else ($postid = 1388) { 

                    $to ="email-address-here";

                    $subject = "First App Page Viewed";

                    $msg = 'User and User, <br> <br>';
                    $msg .= "$user_email";
                    $msg .= "just opened the page on the training site to begin their first application for the first time!" ;     

                    $headers  = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
                    $headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
                    $headers .= 'From: Training Site <email address here>' . "\r\n";
                    $headers .= 'CC: email-address-here' . "\r\n";

                    wp_mail($to, $subject, $msg, $headers); 

                    setcookie('first_app_notification_visit_time', true, time()+31556926);
remove_action('init', 'application_notification');
        }   
}
}
remove_action('init', 'application_notification');
}
add_action('init', 'application_notification');