Calling wp_mail() with AJAX

I’m running up against a undefined function wp_mail() error I could use some help with.

The script “approve_ajax” is enqueued via the following:

add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'approve_ajax' );
function approve_ajax() {
	wp_enqueue_script( 'approve_ajax', get_template_directory_uri() . '/list/ajax.js', array('jquery'), '1.0', true );
}

The contents of ajax.js are simple, basically onclick it is triggered, and calls the server-approve.php script:

function approve(user,email) {
        $.ajax({
            url: "/wp-content/themes/bibliofile/list/server-approve.php",
            type: "POST",
            data: { 'username': user, 'approve': '1', 'emailaddress': email },     
          	success: function(data){ // there's some stuff here }
        }); 
    };

Server-approve.php does a bunch of stuff but most importantly:
if (isset($_POST['username'])) { wp_mail($_POST['emailaddress'], $subject, $message); }

I can’t seem to figure out how to get wp_mail() to work here. I get a 500 server error each time. It works fine anywhere that doesn’t involve AJAX.

• This topic was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by jennnjennjen.
• This topic was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by jennnjennjen.