# Custom script using our code

## Before using our code

### Making sure your CMS is loaded

If you want to use the AcyMailing code outside of your site, you will need to load your site's library then [the AcyMailing library](/developers/acymailing-developer-documentation.md#code-api-for-quick-integration).

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Joomla 3" %}
Add these lines first in your script and don't forget to replace **PATH\_TO\_YOUR\_JOOMLA\_SITE\_ROOT\_FOLDER** by the real value

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```php
define('_JEXEC', 1);
define('DS', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
 
if (file_exists(dirname(__FILE__) . '/defines.php')) {
 include_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/defines.php';
}
 
if (!defined('_JDEFINES')) {
 define('JPATH_BASE', 'PATH_TO_YOUR_JOOMLA_SITE_ROOT_FOLDER');
 require_once JPATH_BASE.'/includes/defines.php';
}
 
require_once JPATH_BASE.'/includes/framework.php';
$app = JFactory::getApplication('site');
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Joomla 4" %}
Add these lines first in your script and don't forget to replace **PATH\_TO\_YOUR\_JOOMLA\_SITE\_ROOT\_FOLDER** by the real value

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```php
define('_JEXEC', 1);
define('DS', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
 
if (file_exists(dirname(__FILE__) . '/defines.php')) {
 include_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/defines.php';
}
 
if (!defined('_JDEFINES')) {
 define('JPATH_BASE', 'PATH_TO_YOUR_JOOMLA_SITE_ROOT_FOLDER');
 require_once JPATH_BASE.'/includes/defines.php';
}
 
require_once JPATH_BASE.'/includes/framework.php';

$container = \Joomla\CMS\Factory::getContainer();
$container->alias(\Joomla\Session\SessionInterface::class, 'session.web.site');
$app = $container->get(\Joomla\CMS\Application\SiteApplication::class);
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Joomla 5" %}
Add these lines first in your script and don't forget to replace **PATH\_TO\_YOUR\_JOOMLA\_SITE\_ROOT\_FOLDER** by the real value, and to change $context if needed.

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```php
// site, administrator or cli, it depends on the way the script is called
$context = 'site';

define('_JEXEC', 1);
define('DS', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
 
if (file_exists(dirname(__FILE__) . '/defines.php')) {
 include_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/defines.php';
}
 
if (!defined('_JDEFINES')) {
 define('JPATH_BASE', 'PATH_TO_YOUR_JOOMLA_SITE_ROOT_FOLDER');
 require_once JPATH_BASE.'/includes/defines.php';
}
 
require_once JPATH_BASE.'/includes/framework.php';

$contextConfig = [
    'site' => [
        'session' => 'session.web.site',
        'applicationClass' => \Joomla\CMS\Application\SiteApplication::class
    ],
    'administrator' => [
        'session' => 'session.web.administrator',
        'applicationClass' => \Joomla\CMS\Application\AdministratorApplication::class
    ],
    'cli' => [
        'session' => 'session.cli',
        'applicationClass' => \Joomla\Console\Application::class
    ]
];

$container = \Joomla\CMS\Factory::getContainer();
$container->alias('session', $contextConfig[$context]['session'])
          ->alias('JSession', $contextConfig[$context]['session'])
          ->alias(\Joomla\CMS\Session\Session::class, $contextConfig[$context]['session'])
          ->alias(\Joomla\Session\Session::class, $contextConfig[$context]['session'])
          ->alias(\Joomla\Session\SessionInterface::class, $contextConfig[$context]['session']);
          
          
$app = $container->get($contextConfig[$context]['applicationClass']);
\Joomla\CMS\Factory::$application = $app;
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="WordPress" %}
Add these lines first in your script and don't forget to replace **PATH\_TO\_YOUR\_WORDPRESS\_SITE\_ROOT\_FOLDER** by the real value

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```php
define('WP_USE_THEMES', false);
require('PATH_TO_YOUR_WORDPRESS_SITE_ROOT_FOLDER/wp-load.php');
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Load the AcyMailing library

Before each of the following examples, please make sure the AcyMailing library is loaded.

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Joomla" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```php
$ds = DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
$initFile = rtrim(JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR, $ds).$ds.'components'.$ds.'com_acym'.$ds.'Core'.$ds.'init.php';
if (!include_once($initFile)) {
    echo 'This code can not work without the AcyMailing Component';
    return false;
}
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="WordPress" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```php
$ds = DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
$initFile = WP_PLUGIN_DIR.$ds.'acymailing'.$ds.'back'.$ds.'Core'.$ds.'init.php';
if (!include_once($initFile)) {
    echo 'This code can not work without the AcyMailing plugin';
    return false;
}
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

## Subscribers

### Create a new subscriber

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```php
use AcyMailing\Classes\UserClass;

$myUser = new stdClass();
$myUser->email = 'address@example.com';
$myUser->name = 'example name'; // this information is optional
$customFieldId = 18;
 
// If you require a confirmation but don't want the user to have to confirm his subscription, you can set the confirmed field to 1:
// $myUser->confirmed = 1;
 
// You can add as many extra fields as you want if you already created them in AcyMailing
$customFields = [];
$customFields[$customFieldId] = 'france'; // the custom field id can be found in the Custom fields list of the AcyMailing admin page
//...
 
$userClass = new UserClass();
$userClass->sendConf = true; // Or false if you don't want a confirmation email to be sent
$userId = $userClass->save($myUser, $customFields); // this function will return you the ID of the user inserted in the AcyMailing table
```

{% endcode %}

### Get a subscriber and / or its subscriptions

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```php
use AcyMailing\Classes\UserClass;

$email = 'test@example.com';
$userID = 23;

$userClass = new UserClass();
 
// Get the AcyMailing user from his email address
$user = $userClass->getOneByEmail($email);
 
// Or you can get the AcyMailing user from his site user ID
$user = $userClass->getOneByCMSId($userID);
 
// Get subscription
$userSubscriptions = $userClass->getUserSubscriptionById($user->id);
 
// If you need a simpler result, you can use this method
$userSubscriptions = $userClass->getSubscriptionStatus($user->id);
```

{% endcode %}

## Lists

### Create a list

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```php
use AcyMailing\Classes\ListClass;

$newList = new stdClass();
$newList->name = 'Your list name';
$newList->active = 1;
$newList->welcome_id = 43; // Optional. This is the Id of the mail you want to send as welcome email
$newList->unsubscribe_id = 52; // Optional. This is the Id of the mail you want to send when a user unsubscribes
$newList->color = '#3366ff'; // Optional. This is the color of the list
 
$listClass = new ListClass();
$listId = $listClass->save($newList); // This function will create the list and return the ID of the created list
```

{% endcode %}

### Get the lists

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```php
use AcyMailing\Classes\ListClass;

$listClass = new ListClass;
$allLists = $listClass->getAll();
 
// You can then do a foreach on this variable (which contains an array of objects) and use ->name
// You can get a specific list like this
 
$myList = $listClass->getOneById(34);
 
// Or multiple lists like this
 
$myLists = $listClass->getListsByIds([22, 48]);
```

{% endcode %}

### Delete a list

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```php
use AcyMailing\Classes\ListClass;

// This code will detach the list from your campaigns, delete the user subscriptions to that list then delete the list
 
$listClass = new ListClass();
$listClass->delete([43]); // You should replace 43 by the ID of the list you want to delete
```

{% endcode %}

## Subscriptions

### Subscribe or remove a user from one or several lists

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```php
use AcyMailing\Classes\UserClass;

$subscribe = [2,4,6]; // Id of the lists you want the user to be subscribed to (can be empty)
$unsubscribe = [1,3]; // Id of the lists you want the user to be unsubscribe from (can be empty)
$acyUserIds = [23]; // you can use the previous example code to get the user by its site user id or its email address
 
$userClass = new UserClass();
 
if (!empty($subscribe)) {
    // The last two parameters are are to make sure to send the welcome email 
    $userClass->subscribe($acyUserIds, $subscribe, true, true);
}
 
if (!empty($unsubscribe)) {
    $userClass->unsubscribe($acyUserIds, $unsubscribe);
}
```

{% endcode %}

## Campaigns

### Create a campaign

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```php
use AcyMailing\Classes\MailClass;
use AcyMailing\Classes\CampaignClass;

// Lists you want to attach the campaign to
$listIds = [3,5,8];
 
// We create the Campaign element that we will save in the database.
// You can use all fields from the database the same way we do it with subject and body.
 
$mail = new stdClass();
$mail->subject = 'your subject'; // Subject of your email
$mail->name = 'your campaign name'; // Name of the campaign
$mail->body = 'Hi folks, we have a big announcement...'; // Body of your email
$mail->bcc = 'example@test.com'; // BCC for your campaign
$mail->type = MailClass::TYPE_STANDARD; // Type of email
 
$mailClass = new MailClass();
$mailId = $mailClass->save($mail);
 
$campaign = new stdClass();
$campaign->draft = 1; // Create as a draft
$campaign->mail_id = $mailId;
$campaign->sending_type = CampaignClass::SENDING_TYPE_NOW; // Create a standard campaign
 
$campaignClass = new CampaignClass();
$campaignId = $campaignClass->save($campaign);
$campaignClass->manageListsToCampaign($listIds, $mailId);
```

{% endcode %}

### Sending a campaign to its lists

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```php
use AcyMailing\Classes\CampaignClass;

$campaignClass = new CampaignClass();
$nbQueuedEmails = $campaignClass->send($campaignId);
```

{% endcode %}

## Sending emails

### Insert an e-mail in the queue

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```php
use AcyMailing\Classes\QueueClass;
use AcyMailing\Classes\MailClass;

// The purpose of this code is to let AcyMailing send an e-mail to a specific user at a specific time.
// You just have to add an entry in the queue and AcyMailing will take care of the rest.
 
$acyUserId = 23;
$mailId = 45; // ID of the email you want to add in the queue
$sendDate = time(); //When do you want the e-mail to be sent to this user? you should specify a timestamp here (time() is the current time)
 
 // If you want to add the email in the queue only for one specific user
$queueClass = new QueueClass();
$queueClass->addQueue($acyUserId, $mailId, acym_date($sendDate, 'Y-m-d H:i', false));
 
// If you want to send the email to all the users subscribed to the list the email is attached to, you can use this:
$mailClass = new MailClass();
$mailToSend = $mailClass->getOneById($mailId);
$mailToSend->sending_date = acym_date($sendDate, 'Y-m-d H:i', false);
$mailToSend->parent_id = $mailId;
$mailToSend->sending_params = [''];
$queueClass->queue($mailToSend);
```

{% endcode %}

### Send an email to a single user

Sometimes you want to send a pre-saved email to a single user only...\
In that case you should not bother with the queue system and use this code (it will send the email ID 67 to the user "<user@example.com>"):

{% hint style="warning" %}
The email ID can be found in the xxxx\_acym\_mail table, this is NOT the campaign ID displayed on the campaigns listing
{% endhint %}

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```php
use AcyMailing\Helpers\MailerHelper;

$mailId = 67; // This is the mail ID, not the campaign ID. It is shown in a tooltip while hovering the campaign ID.
$userId = 28;

$mailer = new MailerHelper();
$mailer->report = true; // set it to true or false if you want Acy to display a confirmation message or not (message successfully sent to...)
$mailer->trackEmail = true; // set it to true or false if you want Acy to track the message or not (it will be inserted in the statistics table)
$mailer->addParam('var1', 'Value of the variable 1'); // Acy will automatically replace the tag {var1} by the value specified in the second parameter... you can use this function several times to replace tags in your email
$mailer->sendOne($mailId, $userId); // The first parameter is the ID of the email you want to send
```

{% endcode %}


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