email notification of comments?

Sure it's possible, edit add_comment.php to fire off an email to whomever
after the save() call and before the dismiss() call.

Well, you can try the php mail() function.
Have a look at http://www.php.net/docs.php and look it up.

Well, as for the album title try $gallery->album->fields["title"] . You can see this and more variables in classes/Album.php.

I think makeAlbumUrl($gallery->session->albumName) creates an url for the currect album.

can anyone tell me what chunk of PHP I need to dump into what file?

well, i still don't have it working the way i want, but in add_comment.php i'm adding the mail function between the save and dismiss functions like helpful vallimar mentioned.

<!-- BBCode Start --><TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=85%><TR><TD><font class="pn-sub">Code:</font><HR></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT class="pn-sub"><PRE>
$gallery->album->save();
mail("me@my_domain.com", "gallery comment", "$comment_text - $commenter_name", "From: an_email_address");
dismissAndReload();
</TD></TR></TABLE><!-- BBCode End -->

i wish it was that simple...
$album_url does nothing as it is not a valid variable.

i can only get the comment and commenter_name to relay any useful info through the email.

Thanks, worked great!!

...except in email From field, it's displayed as "Unknown" ...couldn't figure out how to change that.

thanks!

Try again as that didn't work.

Replace "rn" with "rn" in the $header lines.

How would I go about getting the variable for the album owner's email address? I would like to have the notification sent to the individual album owners, and not my email address.

$owner = $gallery->album->getOwner();
$owner_name = $owner->getFullName();
$owner_email = $owner->getEmail();

Insert the $owner and $owner_email lines above the mail() line. Then replace the "you@yourdomain.com" in the mail() function with $owner_email.

-Beckett (beck@beckettmw.com)

Good software ->
happy users ->
enthousiastic users ->
users wanting to share their enthusiasm ->
users giving support ->
bharat happy

right?

I wouldn't call it vicious, but I think you got the point.

Should $owner_name = $owner->getFullName(); output the owner's name? If I enter it in the contents of the message being sent it's skipped over and doesn't output anything.

Hmm, I must still be doing something wrong. Do you ever just get sick of certain people, and their questions? :razz:

Here is a snipet of the code added to add_comments.php:

<!-- BBCode Start --><TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=85%><TR><TD><font class="pn-sub">Code:</font><HR></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT class="pn-sub"><PRE> /*mail for post control of comment in gallery*/
$email_admin="MalibuBoatOwners.com";
$email_postmaster="malibubo@malibuboatowners.com";
$headers="Return-Path: ".$email_postmaster."rn";
$headers="From: MalibuBoatOwners.comrn";
$subject="A comment has been added to your MalibuBoatOwners.com gallery.";

$date = date("d/m/Y");
$time = time("B / D d / j-m-Y / H:i:s");
$temps = getdate($time);
$dns = gethostbyaddr($REMOTE_ADDR);

$contents="
Hello $owner_name-

$commenter_name has added the following comment to your MalibuBoatOwners.com Gallery.

--------------------
$text
--------------------

The comment, and associated picture can be viewed by clicking this link:
http://www.malibuboatowners.com/gallery/search.php?searchstring=$text_url

If you find the comment offensive, it may be removed by clicking the delete comment link next to it.

Thanks for using MBO Owner Galleries!";

$owner = $gallery->album->getOwner();
$owner_name = $owner->getFullName();
$owner_email = $owner->getEmail();
mail("$owner_email", $subject, $contents, $headers); </TD></TR></TABLE><!-- BBCode End -->

Well shoot, that didn't work either. Oh well, thanks alot for your help beckett, I really do appreciate it. :razz:

I'm no expert but in the code he posts, $owner_name gets defined after it is called in the code. Does that matter?

Thanks, I had a hunch. Glad to help, hopefully that fixes it all. :smile:

OK how I can install this, I cant get it to work

What did you do? THe page loads forever, did you mean to put the inculde in gallery's index.php?

if that so, dont put in there, it wont work that way ...

Did you like the way I setup the stuff on my website (www.transitgallery.com)

On the comment e-mail notification code posted on page 1 of this thread. Thanks for the mod. I installed it and it works perfectly! Nice solution to the problem.

Thanks again

Note: Windows users need to set some variables in php.ini for the mail() function to work:

SMTP = your-smtp-server.com;
sendmail_from =

;

I have implemented the long code snippet on page one, added the variabals for different album owners etc but there's no e-mails showing up in my inbox. What am I doing wrong? :???:
Here's the code:<!-- BBCode Start --><TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=85%><TR><TD><font class="pn-sub">Code:</font><HR></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT class="pn-sub"><PRE>
<?
// Hack prevention.
if (!empty($HTTP_GET_VARS["GALLERY_BASEDIR"]) ||
!empty($HTTP_POST_VARS["GALLERY_BASEDIR"]) ||
!empty($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS["GALLERY_BASEDIR"])) {
print "Security violationn";
exit;
}
?>
<? require($GALLERY_BASEDIR . "init.php"); ?>
<?
// Hack check

if (strcmp($gallery->album->fields["public_comments"], "yes")) {
exit;
}

$error_text = "";

if (!strcmp($submit, "Save")) {
if ($commenter_name &amp;&amp; $comment_text) {
$text = stripslashes($comment_text);
$text_url = urlencode($text);

/*mail for post control of comment in gallery*/
$email_admin="snegleposten@hotmail.com";
$email_postmaster="snegleposten@hotmail.com";
$headers="Return-Path: ".$email_postmaster."
";
$headers.="From: ".$email_admin."
";
$subject="Comment added by ".$commenter_name." to the gallery";

$date = date("d/m/Y");
$time = time("B / D d / j-m-Y / H:i:s");
$temps = getdate($time);
$dns = gethostbyaddr($REMOTE_ADDR);

$contents="
Summary of comment information:
Name : $commenter_name
IpNumber : $IPNumber
Comment : $text
Photo :
http://www.YOURDOMAIN.com/gallery/search.php?searchstring=$text_url

Recording carried out $date at $temps[hours]h$temps[minutes]m
by $REMOTE_ADDR
$dns with $HTTP_USER_AGENT ";
$owner = $gallery->album->getOwner();
$owner_name = $owner->getFullName();
$owner_email = $owner->getEmail();
mail("$owner_email", $subject, $contents, $headers);

$comment_text = removeTags($comment_text);
$commenter_name = removeTags($commenter_name);
$gallery->album->addComment($index, stripslashes($comment_text), $IPNumber, $commenter_name);
$gallery->album->save();
dismissAndReload();
return;
} else {
$error_text = "Name and Comment are both required to save a new comment!";
}
}
?>
</TD></TR></TABLE><!-- BBCode End -->
Code also availebel at http://gomslork.pcplayground.com/gallery/add_comment.php.txt

I did everything that was said to do on the thread here, but I keep getting a parse error when I delete all the code before the <head> code. What is wronge with my code? Can anyone help. Thanks :D

<?php
// Hack prevention.
if (!empty($HTTP_GET_VARS["GALLERY_BASEDIR"]) ||
!empty($HTTP_POST_VARS["GALLERY_BASEDIR"]) ||
!empty($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS["GALLERY_BASEDIR"])) {
print "Security violation\n";
exit;
}
?>
<?php require($GALLERY_BASEDIR . "init.php"); ?>
<? 
// Hack prevention. 
if (!empty($HTTP_GET_VARS["GALLERY_BASEDIR"]) || 
!empty($HTTP_POST_VARS["GALLERY_BASEDIR"]) || 
!empty($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS["GALLERY_BASEDIR"])) { 
print "Security violationn"; 
exit; 
} 
?> 
<? require($GALLERY_BASEDIR . "init.php"); ?> 
<? 
// Hack check 

if (strcmp($gallery->album->fields["public_comments"], "yes")) { 
exit; 
} 

$error_text = ""; 

if (!strcmp($submit, "Save")) { 
if ($commenter_name && $comment_text) { 
$text = stripslashes($comment_text); 
$text_url = urlencode($text); 

/*mail for post control of comment in gallery*/ 
$email_admin="webmaster@casketcrew.com"; 
$email_postmaster="webmaster@casketcrew.com"; 
$headers="Return-Path: ".$email_postmaster."/r/n"; 
$headers.="From: ".$email_admin."/r/n"; 
$subject="Comment added by ".$commenter_name." to the gallery"; 

$date = date("d/m/Y"); 
$time = time("B / D d / j-m-Y / H:i:s"); 
$temps = getdate($time); 
$dns = gethostbyaddr($REMOTE_ADDR); 

$contents=" 
Summary of comment information: 
Name : $commenter_name 
IpNumber : $IPNumber 
Comment : $text 
Photo : 
http://www.casketcrew.com/gallery/searc ... =$text_url <http://www.casketcrew.com/gallery/search.php?searchstring=$text_url> 

Recording carried out $date at $temps[hours]h$temps[minutes]m 
by $REMOTE_ADDR 
$dns with $HTTP_USER_AGENT "; 
mail("you@yourdomain.com", $subject, $contents, $headers); 

$comment_text = removeTags($comment_text); 
$commenter_name = removeTags($commenter_name); 
$gallery->album->addComment($index, stripslashes($comment_text), $IPNumber, $commenter_name); 
$gallery->album->save(); 
dismissAndReload(); 
return; 
} else { 
$error_text = "Name and Comment are both required to save a new comment!"; 
} 
} 
?> 


<html>
<head>
  <title>Add Comment</title>
  <?php echo getStyleSheetLink() ?>
</head>
<body>

<center>
Enter your comment for this picture in the text
box below.
<br><br>
<?php echo $gallery->album->getThumbnailTag($index) ?>
<?php
if ($error_text) {
?>
<br><br>
<span class=error><?php echo $error_text?></span>
<br><br>
<?php
}
?>

<?php echo makeFormIntro("add_comment.php", array("name" => "theform", "method" => "POST")); ?>
<input type=hidden name="index" value="<?php echo $index ?>">
<input type=hidden name="IPNumber" value="<?php echo $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['REMOTE_ADDR'] ?>">
<table border=0 cellpadding=5>
<tr>
  <td>Name or email:</td>
  <td><input name="commenter_name" value="<?php echo $commenter_name?>" size=30></td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td colspan=2><textarea name="comment_text" rows=5 cols=40><?php echo $comment_text?></textarea></td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<input type=submit name="submit" value="Save">
<input type=button value="Cancel" onclick='parent.close()'>

</form>

<script language="javascript1.2">
<!--   
// position cursor in top form field
document.theform.commenter_name.focus();
//-->
</script>

</body>
</html>

Thanks Joan. I am new to this...and yes sometimes I can be a little lazy *grins*