Sending Email notification when a web user logs in

60 Posts

rebornmedia Reply #1, 13 years, 1 month ago

Hi

I am looking for a way to send a simple email notification to an email address every time a web user logs into a site. I found a plugin code that someone wrote for evolution which I have been trying to get to work but so far with no luck. Am I on the right lines with this?

I have created a plugin and selected onWebLogin and onManagerLogin events. My current code is:

<?php 
$e = &$modx->Event;

global $modx;

 

if($email && $wun && $e->name == "OnWebLogin"){//check Web User Names
    $aWun = explode(',',$wun);
    foreach($aWun as $un){//loop usernames

        if($username == trim($un)){

            $subject = 'Web User Login';

            $message = $username . ' has logged in on ' . date('l jS \of F Y h:i:s A');

            sendEmail($email, $subject, $message);

        }

    }

}

 

if($email && $mun && $e->name == "OnManagerLogin"){//check Manager User Names

    $aMun = explode(',',$mun);

    foreach($aMun as $un){//loop username

        if($username == trim($un)){

            $subject = 'Manager User Login';

            $message = $username . ' has logged in on ' . date('l jS \of F Y h:i:s A');

            sendEmail($email, $subject, $message);

        }

    }

}

 $to = "***MyEmailAddress***";

// Send email
function sendEmail($to, $subject, $message) {

    $headers ="MIME-Version: 1.0\n".

              "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\n".

              "From: ".$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']."<no-reply@{$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']}>\n".

              "X-Mailer: PHP/".phpversion();

 

$body = <<<EOD

$message
EOD;

   $mail = mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers);

}

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

- 24,544 Posts
BobRay Reply #2, 13 years ago
I think it could be much simpler in Revolution. I don't think you need anything more than something like this (untested):
```
function sendEmail($subject, $message) {
 
    $headers ="MIME-Version: 1.0\n".
 
              "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\n".
 
              "From: ".$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']."<no-reply@{$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']}>\n".
 
              "X-Mailer: PHP/".phpversion();
 
   $body =  $message

 
   $mail = mail('[email protected]', $subject, $body, $headers);
 
}

switch ($modx->event->name) {
    case 'OnManagerLogin':
       $subject = 'Manager User Login';
       break;
    case 'OnWebLogin':
       $subject = 'Web User Login';
       break;
}

$username = $user->get('username');
$profile = $user->getOne('Profile');
$email = $profile->get('email');

$message = $username . ' has logged in on ' . date('l jS \of F Y h:i:s A');
sendEmail($subject, $message);
```
Note that the email function should go at the top, and I would test the function in a snippet, where debugging will be much easier, before putting it in the plugin.

BTW, if a lot of users are logging in, I would be tempted to create a log file (like the error log) and a snippet to display it (with a button to clear the log) rather than getting a whole bunch of emails. You could also very easily log the information to the existing Manager Actions log with $modx->logManagerAction(). If you do it right, that will record the time, username, and type of login. You can see it in Reports -> Manager Actions and can search and filter the report as well as clearing it. [ed. note: BobRay last edited this post 13 years ago.]
Did I help you? Buy me a beer
Get my Book: MODX:The Official Guide
MODX info for everyone: http://bobsguides.com/modx.html
My MODX Extras
Bob's Guides is now hosted at A2 MODX Hosting