Adding Mail (3) – coding included

  • Hi all,

    I was looking for this for a while and found nothing, so perhaps it will help someone (or will be included in future updates).

    This is for when you want to add a 3rd mail option. It will allow you to have Mail, Mail (2), and Mail (3) options for each of your forms.

    NOTE: This is NOT for just sending the same email to 3 different people (use commas for sending the same email to multiple recipients). This is ONLY for when you need to send 3 different emails.

    (Technically, I imagine you could continue duplicating what I’ve done and have a hundred mail options.)

    It will require you editing seven (7) PHP files, so you should feel comfortable with that side of things. Otherwise, it’s pretty straight-forward, I think. I’ll supply coding lines for Notepad++, although you may see something different (and therefore will just have to search for them). Basically, just duplicate the Mail (2) and change the ‘2’ to a ‘3’. I’m including the coding before and after to help give some context but the only thing you’re adding are the lines for Mail (3) / mail_3, etc. [This is based off of CF7 version 4.1, btw.]

    I’ve tested it on WP 4.1 and CF7 4.1 – it works for me and is just what I needed. If it doesn’t work for you, sorry! However, I won’t have time to troubleshoot for you beyond clarifying what I’ve done below. Given that it’s just a duplication of Mail (2), my assumption is that it will be compatible with most (if not all) versions of CF7 that have Mail (2). [I don’t know if the plug-in author has changed this coding much, though, or if it will be changed in the future.]

    As always, be sure you have a backup first! AND, you should also remember that you’ll have to add this code every time this plug-in updates, unless it’s a feature added later on.

    ENJOY!!!

    admin.php This is lines 293-308.

    add_meta_box( 'mail2div', __( 'Mail (2)', 'contact-form-7' ),
		'wpcf7_mail_meta_box', null, 'mail_2', 'core',
		array(
			'id' => 'wpcf7-mail-2',
			'name' => 'mail_2',
			'use' => __( 'Use mail (2)', 'contact-form-7' ) ) );

	add_meta_box( 'mail3div', __( 'Mail (3)', 'contact-form-7' ),
		'wpcf7_mail_meta_box', null, 'mail_3', 'core',
		array(
			'id' => 'wpcf7-mail-3',
			'name' => 'mail_3',
			'use' => __( 'Use mail (3)', 'contact-form-7' ) ) );

	add_meta_box( 'messagesdiv', __( 'Messages', 'contact-form-7' ),
		'wpcf7_messages_meta_box', null, 'messages', 'core' );

    admin-functions.php This is lines 110-184.

    $mail_2 = $properties['mail_2'];

	$mail_2['active'] = ! empty( $_POST['wpcf7-mail-2-active'] );

	if ( isset( $_POST['wpcf7-mail-2-subject'] ) ) {
		$mail_2['subject'] = trim( $_POST['wpcf7-mail-2-subject'] );
	}

	if ( isset( $_POST['wpcf7-mail-2-sender'] ) ) {
		$mail_2['sender'] = trim( $_POST['wpcf7-mail-2-sender'] );
	}

	if ( isset( $_POST['wpcf7-mail-2-body'] ) ) {
		$mail_2['body'] = trim( $_POST['wpcf7-mail-2-body'] );
	}

	if ( isset( $_POST['wpcf7-mail-2-recipient'] ) ) {
		$mail_2['recipient'] = trim( $_POST['wpcf7-mail-2-recipient'] );
	}

	if ( isset( $_POST['wpcf7-mail-2-additional-headers'] ) ) {
		$mail_2['additional_headers'] = trim(
			$_POST['wpcf7-mail-2-additional-headers'] );
	}

	if ( isset( $_POST['wpcf7-mail-2-attachments'] ) ) {
		$mail_2['attachments'] = trim( $_POST['wpcf7-mail-2-attachments'] );
	}

	$mail_2['use_html'] = ! empty( $_POST['wpcf7-mail-2-use-html'] );
	$mail_2['exclude_blank'] = ! empty( $_POST['wpcf7-mail-2-exclude-blank'] );

	$properties['mail_2'] = $mail_2;

	$mail_3 = $properties['mail_3'];

	$mail_3['active'] = ! empty( $_POST['wpcf7-mail-3-active'] );

	if ( isset( $_POST['wpcf7-mail-3-subject'] ) ) {
		$mail_3['subject'] = trim( $_POST['wpcf7-mail-3-subject'] );
	}

	if ( isset( $_POST['wpcf7-mail-3-sender'] ) ) {
		$mail_3['sender'] = trim( $_POST['wpcf7-mail-3-sender'] );
	}

	if ( isset( $_POST['wpcf7-mail-3-body'] ) ) {
		$mail_3['body'] = trim( $_POST['wpcf7-mail-3-body'] );
	}

	if ( isset( $_POST['wpcf7-mail-3-recipient'] ) ) {
		$mail_3['recipient'] = trim( $_POST['wpcf7-mail-3-recipient'] );
	}

	if ( isset( $_POST['wpcf7-mail-3-additional-headers'] ) ) {
		$mail_3['additional_headers'] = trim(
			$_POST['wpcf7-mail-3-additional-headers'] );
	}

	if ( isset( $_POST['wpcf7-mail-3-attachments'] ) ) {
		$mail_3['attachments'] = trim( $_POST['wpcf7-mail-3-attachments'] );
	}

	$mail_3['use_html'] = ! empty( $_POST['wpcf7-mail-3-use-html'] );
	$mail_3['exclude_blank'] = ! empty( $_POST['wpcf7-mail-3-exclude-blank'] );

	$properties['mail_3'] = $mail_3;

	foreach ( wpcf7_messages() as $key => $arr ) {
		$field_name = 'wpcf7-message-' . strtr( $key, '_', '-' );

		if ( isset( $_POST[$field_name] ) ) {
			$properties['messages'][$key] = trim( $_POST[$field_name] );
		}
	}

    contact-form.php This is lines 188-194.

    $properties = wp_parse_args( $properties, array(
			'form' => '',
			'mail' => array(),
			'mail_2' => array(),
			'mail_3' => array(),
			'messages' => array(),
			'additional_settings' => '' ) );

    contact-form-template.php This is lines 5-18.

    public static function get_default( $prop = 'form' ) {
		if ( 'form' == $prop ) {
			$template = self::form();
		} elseif ( 'mail' == $prop ) {
			$template = self::mail();
		} elseif ( 'mail_2' == $prop ) {
			$template = self::mail_2();
		} elseif ( 'mail_3' == $prop ) {
			$template = self::mail_3();
		} elseif ( 'messages' == $prop ) {
			$template = self::messages();
		} else {
			$template = null;
		}

    AND, it’s also 63-120.

    public static function mail_2() {
		$template = array(
			'active' => false,
			'subject' => '[your-subject]',
			'sender' => sprintf( '%s <%s>',
				get_bloginfo( 'name' ), self::from_email() ),
			'body' =>
				__( 'Message Body:', 'contact-form-7' )
					. "\n" . '[your-message]' . "\n\n"
				. '--' . "\n"
				. sprintf( __( 'This e-mail was sent from a contact form on %1$s (%2$s)',
					'contact-form-7' ), get_bloginfo( 'name' ), get_bloginfo( 'url' ) ),
			'recipient' => '[your-email]',
			'additional_headers' => sprintf( 'Reply-To: %s',
				get_option( 'admin_email' ) ),
			'attachments' => '',
			'use_html' => 0,
			'exclude_blank' => 0 );

		return $template;
	}

	public static function mail_3() {
		$template = array(
			'active' => false,
			'subject' => '[your-subject]',
			'sender' => sprintf( '%s <%s>',
				get_bloginfo( 'name' ), self::from_email() ),
			'body' =>
				__( 'Message Body:', 'contact-form-7' )
					. "\n" . '[your-message]' . "\n\n"
				. '--' . "\n"
				. sprintf( __( 'This e-mail was sent from a contact form on %1$s (%2$s)',
					'contact-form-7' ), get_bloginfo( 'name' ), get_bloginfo( 'url' ) ),
			'recipient' => '[your-email]',
			'additional_headers' => sprintf( 'Reply-To: %s',
				get_option( 'admin_email' ) ),
			'attachments' => '',
			'use_html' => 0,
			'exclude_blank' => 0 );

		return $template;
	}

	public static function from_email() {
		$admin_email = get_option( 'admin_email' );
		$sitename = strtolower( $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] );

		if ( 'localhost' == $sitename ) {
			return $admin_email;
		}

		if ( substr( $sitename, 0, 4 ) == 'www.' ) {
			$sitename = substr( $sitename, 4 );
		}

		if ( strpbrk( $admin_email, '@' ) == '@' . $sitename ) {
			return $admin_email;
		}

		return 'wordpress@' . $sitename;
	}

    edit-contact-form.php This is lines 93-103.

    do_meta_boxes( null, 'mail_2', $post );

do_action( 'wpcf7_admin_after_mail_2', $post );

do_meta_boxes( null, 'mail_3', $post );

do_action( 'wpcf7_admin_after_mail_3', $post );

do_meta_boxes( null, 'messages', $post );

do_action( 'wpcf7_admin_after_messages', $post );

    submission.php This is lines 255-267.

    if ( $result ) {
			$additional_mail = array();

			if ( ( $mail_2 = $contact_form->prop( 'mail_2' ) ) && $mail_2['active'] ) {
				$additional_mail['mail_2'] = $mail_2;
			}

			if ( ( $mail_3 = $contact_form->prop( 'mail_3' ) ) && $mail_3['active'] ) {
				$additional_mail['mail_3'] = $mail_3;
			}

			$additional_mail = apply_filters( 'wpcf7_additional_mail',
				$additional_mail, $contact_form );'

    upgrade.php This is lines 37-46.

    if ( $post_id ) {
			update_post_meta( $post_id, '_old_cf7_unit_id', $row->cf7_unit_id );

			$metas = array( 'form', 'mail', 'mail_2', 'mail_3', 'messages', 'additional_settings' );

			foreach ( $metas as $meta ) {
				update_post_meta( $post_id, '_' . $meta,
					wpcf7_normalize_newline_deep( maybe_unserialize( $row->{$meta} ) ) );
			}
		}

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/contact-form-7/

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  • @kylee6114 – I’d like to suggest that you consider incorporating your code into a plugin that extends Contact Form 7. This would give people that need this option an easy way to implement this. Using a plugin means this can be done without adding to the existing code base size and interface complexity for people that don’t need this option.

    Thread Starter kylee6114

    (@kylee6114)

    @buzztone – As in, create my own plug-in (extension) to do this? If so, that’s more than I can take on right now; I was lucky to have time to dive into this… However, I’ll consider if it never gets added into CF7 altogether.

    All told, though, there’s not a ton of coding added. Well over half of what I put above is contextual references, so the addition to CF7’s code base size is actually quite minimal. As an example, the coding added to upgrade.php is only: , 'mail_3'
    I included so much to help reduce confusion when other’s looked into the coding, by offering them cues of what should come before and after.

    Thanks for the suggestion, though. If my schedule ever frees up to create and perpetually manage a plugin, I’ll consider taking up your suggestion myself. Perhaps someone else {you? ?? } can take that on if this isn’t included in a future update.

    RE: Perhaps someone else {you? ?? } can take that on if this isn’t included in a future update.

    I’d like to see someone else take this on as well. Could be a good learner plugin for someone. Ongoing management is another good learning opportunity.

    Thread Starter kylee6114

    (@kylee6114)

    Sure is, buzztone =)

    Good Day,

    May I ask where these items can be found, I’ve found the admin but it seems to have a different format to the one above, though the admin-functions.php seems to be the same, sorry for asking, I’m still an intermediate level developer and I’m still learning a lot of factors.thank you for your time.

    Sincerely yours

    Chester

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