PHP Email sending BCC

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I know there are a few similar questions to this but I just can't get it working.

Ok, I have a list of emails grabbed from my database in a variable called $emailList. I can get my code to send an email from a form if I put the variable in the $to section but I cannot get it to work with bcc. I've even added an email to the $to incase it was that but it doesn't make a difference.

Here is my code.

$to = "name@mydomain.com";
$subject .= "".$emailSubject."";
$headers .= 'Bcc: $emailList';
$headers = "From: no-reply@thepartyfinder.co.uk\r\n" . "X-Mailer: php";
$headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1\r\n";
$message = '<html><body>';
$message .= 'THE MESSAGE FROM THE FORM';

if (mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)) {
    $sent = "Your email was sent!";
} else {
    $sent = ("Error sending email.");
}

I've tried both codes:

$headers .= 'Bcc: $emailList';

and

$headers .= 'Bcc: '.$emailList.';

It's not that the emails aren't separated because they are. I know they are because it works if I put $emailList in the $to section.

I Should add, ignore the $message bits and the HTML stuff. I've not provided all of that so that is why it's missing from this code.

You are missing the "\r\n" after your BCC header and then you are overwriting the headers on the next line with From. — drew010, Mar 01 '12 at 22:46
I've tried with \r\n as well. So where do I put the bcc? Does it need to be in a specific place? — glln, Mar 01 '12 at 22:48
@drew010 Thanks a lot! It's working now. If you post it as an answer I'll accept it. — glln, Mar 01 '12 at 22:58
@BenToms no worries I was lazy, glad you got it working now. — drew010, Mar 01 '12 at 23:58

score 61 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 01 '12 at 22:51

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You have $headers .= '...'; followed by $headers = '...';; the second line is overwriting the first.

Just put the $headers .= "Bcc: $emailList\r\n"; say after the Content-type line and it should be fine.

On a side note, the To is generally required; mail servers might mark your message as spam otherwise.

$headers  = "From: no-reply@thepartyfinder.co.uk\r\n" .
  "X-Mailer: php\r\n";
$headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1\r\n";
$headers .= "Bcc: $emailList\r\n";

answered Mar 01 '12 at 22:51

gregheo

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I've never had an issue when not specifying 'To' in the headers. – Bot Mar 01 '12 at 22:53
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I don't doubt it. I just mean there are a variety of mail servers and spam filters out there and emails with missing/strange header bits generally get higher spam scores. – gregheo Mar 01 '12 at 22:57

Bot · Answer 2 · 2012-03-01T22:59:27.203

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You were setting BCC but then overwriting the variable with the FROM

$to = "name@mydomain.com";
     $subject .= "".$emailSubject."";
 $headers .= "Bcc: ".$emailList."\r\n";
 $headers .= "From: no-reply@thepartyfinder.co.uk\r\n" .
     "X-Mailer: php";
     $headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
     $headers .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1\r\n";
 $message = '<html><body>';
 $message .= 'THE MESSAGE FROM THE FORM';

     if (mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)) {
     $sent = "Your email was sent!";
     } else {
      $sent = ("Error sending email.");
     }

edited Mar 01 '12 at 22:59

answered Mar 01 '12 at 22:48

Bot

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The `\r\n` should be in double quotes otherwise it is taken literally. Only the one on the `BCC` had this problem. – drew010 Mar 01 '12 at 22:56

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