README.md

Anonymous Santa Claus

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About

This script defines who gives whom gifts for the holiday’s and automatically sends e-mail notifications.

Requirements

• PHP 5.3.0 or higher
• PECL json 1.2.0 or higher

Get started

1. Add people in the file input.php, it will require the name and email.

<?php
    return array(
        array(
            'name' => 'Name 1',
            'email' => '[email protected]'
        ),
        ...
    );
?>

2. Change the config variables in the index.php file.

• mailStack - Stack of messages
• mailSleep - Delay before sending next stack of messages
• mailFrom - Email default sender
• mailSubject - Subject of the message
• mailMessage - Message, using variable #WHO# to substitute the name of the email recipient and variable #WHOM# to specify the name of the gift recipient

3. Run the script index.php from the console or through a web server.

Troubleshooting

In operation, the script stores the data in a temporary file output.php. In case of a restart the script will continue the newsletter.

Testing

If you specify one person in the file input.php, then he and only he receives a letter.

Credits

Copyright (c) 2013 NIMAX. Programmed by Vladimir Parshukov. Released under the GNU Public License.