isSMTP(); $mail->Host = 'smtp.example.com'; $mail->SMTPAuth = true; $mail->SMTPKeepAlive = true; // SMTP connection will not close after each email sent, reduces SMTP overhead $mail->Port = 25; $mail->Username = 'yourname@example.com'; $mail->Password = 'yourpassword'; $mail->setFrom('list@example.com', 'List manager'); $mail->addReplyTo('list@example.com', 'List manager'); $mail->Subject = "PHPMailer Simple database mailing list test"; //Same body for all messages, so set this before the sending loop //If you generate a different body for each recipient (e.g. you're using a templating system), //set it inside the loop $mail->msgHTML($body); //msgHTML also sets AltBody, but if you want a custom one, set it afterwards $mail->AltBody = 'To view the message, please use an HTML compatible email viewer!'; //Connect to the database and select the recipients from your mailing list that have not yet been sent to //You'll need to alter this to match your database $mysql = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'username', 'password'); mysqli_select_db($mysql, 'mydb'); $result = mysqli_query($mysql, 'SELECT full_name, email, photo FROM mailinglist WHERE sent = false'); foreach ($result as $row) { //This iterator syntax only works in PHP 5.4+ $mail->addAddress($row['email'], $row['full_name']); if (!empty($row['photo'])) { $mail->addStringAttachment($row['photo'], 'YourPhoto.jpg'); //Assumes the image data is stored in the DB } if (!$mail->send()) { echo "Mailer Error (" . str_replace("@", "@", $row["email"]) . ') ' . $mail->ErrorInfo . '
'; break; //Abandon sending } else { echo "Message sent to :" . $row['full_name'] . ' (' . str_replace("@", "@", $row['email']) . ')
'; //Mark it as sent in the DB mysqli_query( $mysql, "UPDATE mailinglist SET sent = true WHERE email = '" . mysqli_real_escape_string($mysql, $row['email']) . "'" ); } // Clear all addresses and attachments for next loop $mail->clearAddresses(); $mail->clearAttachments(); }