MODX3 Processor Problem with modPHPMailer

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Hello,

I try to send email within a function in Processor.
Tried to use adapted code from Bob


	private function mailnow(){

    	$email_content  = $this->getProperty('emlContent');
        $email_to       = $this->getProperty('email');


        if (!$this->modx->services->has('mail')) {
            $this->modx->services->add('mail', new modPHPMailer($this->modx));
        }
        $mail = $this->modx->services->get('mail');

		$mail->set(modMail::MAIL_BODY, $email_content);
		$mail->set(modMail::MAIL_FROM, $this->modx->getOption('pp_emailFromService'));
		$mail->set(modMail::MAIL_FROM_NAME, $this->modx->getOption('pp_emailFromServiceName'));
		$mail->set(modMail::MAIL_SUBJECT, $this->modx->lexicon('eml_subject'));
		$mail->address('to', $email_to);
		$mail->setHTML(true);

		if (!$mail->send()) {
			$this->modx->log(1,'An error occurred while trying to send the email: ' . $mail->mailer->ErrorInfo);
			return $this->modx->error->failure($this->modx->lexicon('eml_error'));
		}else{	
			$mail->reset();
			return true;
		}		

	}

But gets error
Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Class “customer\processors\customers\modMail” not found in

I used class via

use MODX\Revolution\Mail\modPHPMailer;

What is wrong?

Thank you in advance.

bye
Chris

2

Also add modMail with a use block:

use MODX\Revolution\Mail\modPHPMailer;
use MODX\Revolution\Mail\modMail;

Whenever you’re accessing a class that’s outside your own namespace, you need to either add a use statement for it or use it’s fully qualified name.

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3

thank you Mark.

omg, so easy…

:pray:

4

Is there any way to add these statements globally so that we don’t have to add them to every single snippet? I tried doing that with a plugin but couldn’t get it to work. I use a LOT of snippets in my sites, so it would be great to be able to install the various USE statements once instead of everywhere.

5

That would defeat the purpose of using namespaces. It’s standard in PHP development that you’ll get used to after working with it some more. :wink:

Proper IDEs like PhpStorm will also automatically add them for you when auto completing classnames.

6

+1 for Mark’s PhpStorm suggestion.

It not only autocompletes namespaces, it highlights invalid ones in a classname, a use statement, or a namespace line. This feature alone has saved me many hours.

It will also flag just about any PHP error you could make, so it’s even more valuable for beginners.

7

Is it support Visual Studio Code

8

I’m a PHPStorm user, so I haven’t tried, but it looks like this VSCode plugin should do it: