[Resolved] Send Notification via "cred_notification_recipients to different child of parent

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[SteffenM1628]

Tell us what you are trying to do?

Maybe it is kind of complicated to explain (pic attached):
1. I have a parent post type called "company" from author A.
2. Company has a first child called "follow" from author B"
3. and the company has a second child called "jobs" from author A"

Now my Question is:
I need to send a mail to the "follow" (child) authors email address (author B) everytime the parent (company) posts a new job.
Task:
Author B should be notified when the company he is following posts a new job.

But the function i need has to check two things:
Send the email only if:
there is a relationship between the company and the like post types
and
if a custom field with fieldname: "get notification" has the value "yes".

only when these two points are true, the email should be sent.

I found a function here from Niles:
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/notification-to-child-post-authors-when-parent-post-author-edits-the-parent-post/#post-612960

/**
 * Customise CRED notification recipients by adding a BCC
 * to the the notification "Notification name"
 */
add_filter('cred_notification_recipients', 'tssupp_custom_recipients', 10, 4);
function tssupp_custom_recipients( $recipients, $notification, $form_id, $post_id ) {
  
    // Edit these as required
    $which_notifications = array( 'Notify sibling' ); // which notifications this applies to
    $parent_slug = 'parent-slug'; // parent post type slug
    $child_slug = 'child-slug'; // child post type slug
  
    // Check notification name matches target notification
    if ( isset( $notification['name'] ) && in_array( $notification['name'], $which_notifications ) ) {
  
        // Get the parent id of this post
        $parent_id = get_post_meta( $post_id, 'wpcf_belongs_' . $parent_slug . '_id', true );
 
        // Get the child posts of that parent, excluding this post (i.e. the siblings)
        $args = array(
            'post_type'     =>   $child_slug,
            'numberposts'   =>   -1,
            'post__not_in'  =>   $post_id,
            'meta_key'      =>   'wpcf_belongs_' . $parent_slug . '_id',
            'meta_value'    =>   $parent_id
        );
        $child_posts = get_posts( $args );
 
        // Start with an empty list of email addresses and empty list of post author IDs
        $emails = "";
        $authors = array();
 
        // Loop over each child post and get the post authors
        foreach ($child_posts as $child_post) {
 
            $authors[] = $child_post->post_author;
        }
 
        // Ignore duplicates
        $authors = array_unique( $authors );
 
        // Get email address of authors and create comma separated list
        foreach ($authors as $author) {
 
            $emails .= get_the_author_meta( "user_email", $author ) . ',';
        }
  
        // Add recipients by BCC
        if ( $emails != '' ) {
            $recipients[] = array(
                'to'        =>  'bcc',
                'address'   => $emails,
                'name'      =>  '',
                'lastname'  =>  ''
            );            
        }
    }
    return $recipients;
}

But here i some help to fit it my needs!

Hope you can help me with that.

Thank you so much.

[Luo Yang]

Hello,

Yes, it is possible with custom codes using cred_notification_recipients.

And the tread you mentioned above is outdated, in the latest version of Toolset plugin with new post type relationships, you will need to use new relationships API function:
https://toolset.com/documentation/customizing-sites-using-php/post-relationships-api/

For example, setup a Toolset form for creating job post:
1) when user submit the form, send an email to job post's author:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/automated-email-notifications-with-cred/

2) use filter hook cred_notification_recipients to trigger a PHP function:
https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/cred-api/#cred_notification_recipients

In this PHP function, do these:
a) Get the parent "company" post ID:
https://toolset.com/documentation/customizing-sites-using-php/post-relationships-api/#toolset_get_related_post

b) Use "company" post ID to get related "follow" post IDs
https://toolset.com/documentation/customizing-sites-using-php/post-relationships-api/#toolset_get_related_post_types

c) use "follow" post IDs to make a loop:
check each "follow" post's field "get notification" has the value "yes", then add the "follow" post's author email address into the result.

For your reference.

[SteffenM1628]

Hey Luo,

thanks for your super fast reply.
So i am a non coder and i have no clue how to begin or built this. Could you help me in more detail to understand the different api and the use of it?

Cheers.

[Luo Yang]

I suggest you check the steps and documents I mentioned above first, if you still need more assistance for it, please provide a test site(fresh wordpress installation without other plugins) with the same problem, also point out the problem page URL and form URL, I can try to setup a demo for you. thanks

[Luo Yang]

Thanks for the details, I have edit your post to hide the credentials, and will update here if there is anything found.

[Luo Yang]

There is another issue in your website, the filter hook cred_notification_recipients can not be triggered when I submit the form "Job erstellen", please provide the FTP access in below private message box, I need to do more test and debug, thanks

[Luo Yang]

Thanks for the details, I have modified the PHP codes as below:

<?php
/**
 * New custom code snippet.
 */

toolset_snippet_security_check() or die( 'Direct access is not allowed' );

/**
 * Customise CRED notification recipients by adding a BCC
 * to the the notification "Notification name"
 */
add_filter('cred_notification_recipients', 'tssupp_custom_recipients', 10, 4);
function tssupp_custom_recipients( $recipients, $notification, $form_id, $post_id ) {
 
    // Edit these as required
    $which_notifications = array( 'follower notification' ); // which notifications this applies to
    $child_slug = 'follow'; // child post type slug
    if ( isset( $notification['name'] ) && in_array( $notification['name'], $which_notifications ) ) {

        // Get the parent company id of this job post
        $parent_id = toolset_get_related_post( $post_id, 'einrichtung-job', 'parent' );
         
    // Check notification name matches target notification
	
        // Get the child follower posts of that parent, excluding this post (i.e. the siblings)
      	if(!$parent_id){
        	return;
        }

        $args = array(
            'post_type'     =>   $child_slug,
            'numberposts'   =>   -1,
            'toolset_relationships' => array(
               'role' => 'child',
               'related_to' => $parent_id,
               'relationship' => 'einrichtung-kita-like'
             ),
			 'meta_query' => array(
				'key' => 'wpcf-get-notification',
				'value' => 1,
				'compare' => '='
			 )
        );
      	
        $query = new WP_Query( $args );
        $child_posts = $query->posts;
 
        // Start with an empty list of email addresses and empty list of post author IDs
        $emails = "";

      // Loop over each child post and get the post authors
        foreach ($child_posts as $child_post) {
            $author = $child_post->post_author;
          	$emails .= get_the_author_meta( "user_email", $author ) . ',';
        }
      
        // Add recipients by BCC
        if ( $emails != '' ) {
            $recipients[] = array(
                'to'        =>  'bcc',
                'address'   => $emails,
                'name'      =>  '',
                'lastname'  =>  ''
            );            
        }
    }
    return $recipients;
}

Please test again, check if it is fixed, thanks

[SteffenM1628]

Hey Luo,

thanks for your help.
i tried to test it but the email is only send to the post author of the parent.
but it should send it the child follower author when:
1. a follow relation is set to a company (company-follow)
2. a job was postet which has a relation to the followed company (company-job)
and
3. the wpcf-get-notification is set to yes

these are the advantages.
hope we can fix this?

cheers

[Luo Yang]

Yes, above codes should be able to do what you want.

But you will need to setup the tests, like this:
1) user A has a company post "Company A"
2) Login as user B, create a "follow" post, enable option "get-notification", related it with above company post "Company A"
3) Login as user A, create a "job" post, related it with above company post "Company A", then both users will get the email notifications.

[SteffenM1628]

Hey Luo,

i have set up my site new.
the domain is still the same like i posted to you in the hidden message.

Login:
toolset@test.com
pw:
ollUKh4so

therefore i can´t get it running correct. only the job author gets the email notification.

the only thing i have done, was change the follow post type to kita-like.

here is my code:

<?php
/**
 * New custom code snippet.
 */

toolset_snippet_security_check() or die( 'Direct access is not allowed' );

/**
 * Customise CRED notification recipients by adding a BCC
 * to the the notification "Notification name"
 */
add_filter('cred_notification_recipients', 'follower_custom_recipients', 10, 4);
function follower_custom_recipients( $recipients, $notification, $form_id, $post_id ) {
 
    // Edit these as required
    $which_notifications = array( 'follower notification' ); // which notifications this applies to
    $child_slug = 'kita-like'; // child post type slug
    if ( isset( $notification['name'] ) && in_array( $notification['name'], $which_notifications ) ) {

        // Get the parent company id of this job post
        $parent_id = toolset_get_related_post( $post_id, 'einrichtung-job', 'parent' );
         
    // Check notification name matches target notification
	
        // Get the child follower posts of that parent, excluding this post (i.e. the siblings)
      	if(!$parent_id){
        	return;
        }

        $args = array(
            'post_type'     =>   $child_slug,
            'numberposts'   =>   -1,
            'toolset_relationships' => array(
               'role' => 'child',
               'related_to' => $parent_id,
               'relationship' => 'einrichtung-kita-like'
             ),
			 'meta_query' => array(
				'key' => 'wpcf-get-notification',
				'value' => 1,
				'compare' => '='
			 )
        );
      	
        $query = new WP_Query( $args );
        $child_posts = $query->posts;
 
        // Start with an empty list of email addresses and empty list of post author IDs
        $emails = "";

      // Loop over each child post and get the post authors
        foreach ($child_posts as $child_post) {
            $author = $child_post->post_author;
          	$emails .= get_the_author_meta( "user_email", $author ) . ',';
        }
      
        // Add recipients by BCC
        if ( $emails != '' ) {
            $recipients[] = array(
                'to'        =>  'bcc',
                'address'   => $emails,
                'name'      =>  '',
                'lastname'  =>  ''
            );            
        }
    }
    return $recipients;
}

sorry but i don´t know what i have done wrong.

[Luo Yang]

Thanks for the details, I am checking it in your website again, will update here if there is anything found.

[Luo Yang]

Here are what I found, you are right, the email does send to job post author only.
In order to debug this issue, I have tried these in your website

1) install plugin "WP Mail Logging" in your website,
2) create a user "luo" using my own email address,
3) use this new user to create a new "kita-like" post,
4) switch to admin user "toolset" to create a new job post,
I can see the email has been attached with BCC to my own email, you can see it here:
hidden link
in the first item, click "view", it shows:
Headers:
Content-Type: text/html,\nBcc: MY-EMAIL@ADDRESS,

Then I have checked again the document:
https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/cred-api/#cred_notification_recipients
Don't find any problem in the PHP codes.

So there should be something wrong in Toolset Form plugin or something changed, I need to check it with our developers, will update here if there is anything news.

[Luo Yang]

I have tried the same codes in another website, it works fine. I can get the email without problem.

There should be a compatibility/server problem in your website, so I have tried to log into your website, but the credentials you provided above is not valid any more, I get these error:
ERROR: Incorrect username or password.
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/send-notification-via-cred_notification_recipients-to-different-child-of-parent/#post-1233772

Please check it.

And please check if there there is any PHP errors in your website, and share it.
https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/debugging-sites-built-with-toolset/

[Luo Yang]

Thanks for the confirmation, I have change your post to private message to hide the website credentials.

Above custom PHP codes I provided above is only an example, I suggest you try to customize the PHP codes according to your own request.

According to our support policy we don't provide custom codes support:
https://toolset.com/toolset-support-policy/

For other new questions:
1) one last thing: i need the mail only be sent to the author of the child (kita-like) no on both - the author of the job post should not get the mail.
There isn't such kind of built-in feature within Toolset post form, as a workaround, you can add the parent "company" post author email in the recipient list, for example:

...
        // Start with an empty list of email addresses and empty list of post author IDs
        $emails = "";

        // Get the parent company id of this job post
        $parent_id = toolset_get_related_post( $post_id, 'einrichtung-job', 'parent' );
		
	// send the email to parent company post author
	$parent_author_id = get_post_field ('post_author', $parent_id);
	$emails .= get_the_author_meta ('user_email', $parent_author_id);
...

More help:
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_the_author_meta/

2) and in the mail-address bar is another problem. please see the pic attached.
I do't see the attached pic, please check your post:
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/send-notification-via-cred_notification_recipients-to-different-child-of-parent/page/2/#post-1236363

3) the mail is also send when the custom field "wpcf-get-notification" has not the value = 1.
It works fine in my localhost, and please check this part of PHP codes:

...
             'meta_query' => array(
                'key' => 'wpcf-get-notification',
                'value' => 1,
                'compare' => '='
             )
...

It will return posts with "wpcf-get-notification" has the value = 1.

Unless there is other compatibility/server problem in your website, please try it in a fresh wordpress installation.

More help:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Custom_Field_Parameters

[SteffenM1628]

Hey Luo,

i will check these for me.

1. Allright i will change it to fit my needs.
2. Maybe 1.) is the solution for this problem.
Thank you so much for your help. Your great 🙂

Number three is still a problem.
3. this is the only problem i did not get solved. could you check my site again. There must be an error when it works on your local site.