From b673c7d6e0b86d81d0e262d73d7ae87bafff95dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bob Vincent <bobvin@pillars.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:41:35 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Issue #800434: Allow hook_mail_alter() implementations to
 cancel mail sending.

---
 includes/mail.inc                    |   53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 modules/simpletest/simpletest.module |   13 ++++++++
 modules/simpletest/tests/mail.test   |   24 +++++++++++++--
 modules/system/system.api.php        |   11 ++++++-
 4 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/includes/mail.inc b/includes/mail.inc
index 7272df972e2970f1faeb0aa050ae3758fff93777..670c2b15a2c58d929a931f463889584d0b03c368 100644
--- a/includes/mail.inc
+++ b/includes/mail.inc
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ define('MAIL_LINE_ENDINGS', isset($_SERVER['WINDIR']) || strpos($_SERVER['SERVER
  *     user_mail_tokens($variables, $data, $options);
  *     switch($key) {
  *       case 'notice':
+ *         // If the recipient can receive such notices by instant-message,
+ *         // do not send by email.
+ *         if (example_im_send($key, $message, $params)) {
+ *           $message['send'] = FALSE;
+ *           break;
+ *         }
  *         $langcode = $message['language']->language;
  *         $message['subject'] = t('Notification from !site', $variables, array('langcode' => $langcode));
  *         $message['body'][] = t("Dear !username\n\nThere is new content available on the site.", $variables, array('langcode' => $langcode));
@@ -65,6 +71,19 @@ define('MAIL_LINE_ENDINGS', isset($_SERVER['WINDIR']) || strpos($_SERVER['SERVER
  *   }
  * @endcode
  *
+ * Another example, which uses drupal_mail() to format a message for sending
+ * later:
+ *
+ * @code
+ *   $params = array('current_conditions' => $data);
+ *   $to = 'user@example.com';
+ *   $message = drupal_mail('example', 'notice', $to, $language, $params, FALSE);
+ *   // Only add to the spool if sending was not canceled.
+ *   if ($message['send']) {
+ *     example_spool_message($message);
+ *   }
+ * @endcode
+ *
  * @param $module
  *   A module name to invoke hook_mail() on. The {$module}_mail() hook will be
  *   called to complete the $message structure which will already contain common
@@ -82,12 +101,15 @@ define('MAIL_LINE_ENDINGS', isset($_SERVER['WINDIR']) || strpos($_SERVER['SERVER
  * @param $language
  *   Language object to use to compose the e-mail.
  * @param $params
- *   Optional parameters to build the e-mail.
+ *   An associative array with string keys, which will be passed to the
+ *   {$module}_mail() function, if it exists.
  * @param $from
  *   Sets From to this value, if given.
  * @param $send
- *   Send the message directly, without calling drupal_mail_system()->mail()
- *   manually.
+ *   If TRUE, drupal_mail will deliver the message by calling
+ *   drupal_mail_system()->mail() and store the result in $message['result'].
+ *   Modules implementing hook_mail_alter() may cancel sending by setting
+ *   $message['send'] to FALSE.
  *
  * @return
  *   The $message array structure containing all details of the
@@ -108,6 +130,7 @@ function drupal_mail($module, $key, $to, $language, $params = array(), $from = N
     'from'     => isset($from) ? $from : $default_from,
     'language' => $language,
     'params'   => $params,
+    'send'     => TRUE,
     'subject'  => '',
     'body'     => array()
   );
@@ -148,12 +171,20 @@ function drupal_mail($module, $key, $to, $language, $params = array(), $from = N
 
   // Optionally send e-mail.
   if ($send) {
-    $message['result'] = $system->mail($message);
-
-    // Log errors
-    if (!$message['result']) {
-      watchdog('mail', 'Error sending e-mail (from %from to %to).', array('%from' => $message['from'], '%to' => $message['to']), WATCHDOG_ERROR);
-      drupal_set_message(t('Unable to send e-mail. Contact the site administrator if the problem persists.'), 'error');
+    // The original caller requested sending.
+    if (empty($message['send'])) {
+      // Sending was canceled by one or more hook_mail_alter() implementations.
+      // We set 'result' to NULL, because FALSE indicates an error in sending.
+      $message['result'] = NULL;
+    }
+    else {
+      // Sending was originally requested and was not cancelled.
+      $message['result'] = $system->mail($message);
+      // Log errors
+      if (!$message['result']) {
+        watchdog('mail', 'Error sending e-mail (from %from to %to).', array('%from' => $message['from'], '%to' => $message['to']), WATCHDOG_ERROR);
+        drupal_set_message(t('Unable to send e-mail. Contact the site administrator if the problem persists.'), 'error');
+      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -179,7 +210,7 @@ function drupal_mail($module, $key, $to, $language, $params = array(), $from = N
  *   DefaultMailSystem implementation.
  *
  * The selection of a particular implementation is controlled via the variable
- * 'mail_system', which is a keyed array.  The default implementation
+ * 'mail_system', which is a keyed array. The default implementation
  * is the class whose name is the value of 'default-system' key. A more specific
  * match first to key and then to module will be used in preference to the
  * default. To specificy a different class for all mail sent by one module, set
@@ -288,7 +319,7 @@ interface MailSystemInterface {
    *      E-mail bodies must be wrapped. You can use drupal_wrap_mail() for
    *      smart plain text wrapping.
    *    - headers: Associative array containing all additional mail headers not
-   *      defined by one of the other parameters.  PHP's mail() looks for Cc
+   *      defined by one of the other parameters. PHP's mail() looks for Cc
    *      and Bcc headers and sends the mail to addresses in these headers too.
    *
    * @return
diff --git a/modules/simpletest/simpletest.module b/modules/simpletest/simpletest.module
index 586b23ae7d50fdcab439073ca4cd2d2889ffacb0..b6ccbf27b8c29558081c1b99e035beee06fa1787 100644
--- a/modules/simpletest/simpletest.module
+++ b/modules/simpletest/simpletest.module
@@ -504,3 +504,16 @@ function simpletest_clean_results_table($test_id = NULL) {
   }
   return 0;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_mail_alter().
+ *
+ * Aborts sending of messages with id 'simpletest_cancel_test'.
+ *
+ * @see MailTestCase::testCancelMessage()
+ */
+function simpletest_mail_alter(&$message) {
+  if ($message['id'] == 'simpletest_cancel_test') {
+    $message['send'] = FALSE;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/simpletest/tests/mail.test b/modules/simpletest/tests/mail.test
index a6c7b40e5ef3b2eb46fb79be440ddf39ddb3787c..585e2d2a143230416a72d277bc4af92422be3e27 100644
--- a/modules/simpletest/tests/mail.test
+++ b/modules/simpletest/tests/mail.test
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class MailTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase implements MailSystemInterface {
   }
 
   function setUp() {
-    parent::setUp();
+    parent::setUp(array('simpletest'));
 
     // Set MailTestCase (i.e. this class) as the SMTP library
     variable_set('mail_system', array('default-system' => 'MailTestCase'));
@@ -35,10 +35,28 @@ class MailTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase implements MailSystemInterface {
     global $language;
 
     // Use MailTestCase for sending a message.
-    $message = drupal_mail('simpletest', 'mail_test', 'testing@drupal.org', $language);
+    $message = drupal_mail('simpletest', 'mail_test', 'testing@example.com', $language);
 
     // Assert whether the message was sent through the send function.
-    $this->assertEqual(self::$sent_message['to'], 'testing@drupal.org', t('Pluggable mail system is extendable.'));
+    $this->assertEqual(self::$sent_message['to'], 'testing@example.com', t('Pluggable mail system is extendable.'));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Test that message sending may be canceled.
+   *
+   * @see simpletest_mail_alter()
+   */
+  function testCancelMessage() {
+    global $language;
+
+    // Reset the class variable holding a copy of the last sent message.
+    self::$sent_message = NULL;
+
+    // Send a test message that simpletest_mail_alter should cancel.
+    $message = drupal_mail('simpletest', 'cancel_test', 'cancel@example.com', $language);
+
+    // Assert that the message was not actually sent.
+    $this->assertNull(self::$sent_message, 'Message was cancelled.');
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/modules/system/system.api.php b/modules/system/system.api.php
index ab3e0fcf5c24995028c51f5ee2e2427ed4cd2001..ec6ee430f851b1dacbd4d7bc20af0f5cf0fccc89 100644
--- a/modules/system/system.api.php
+++ b/modules/system/system.api.php
@@ -1828,7 +1828,7 @@ function hook_image_toolkits() {
  * invoke hook_mail_alter(). For example, a contributed module directly
  * calling the drupal_mail_system()->mail() or PHP mail() function
  * will not invoke this hook. All core modules use drupal_mail() for
- * messaging, it is best practice but not mandatory in contributed modules.
+ * messaging; it is best practice but not mandatory in contributed modules.
  *
  * @param $message
  *   An array containing the message data. Keys in this array include:
@@ -1857,11 +1857,20 @@ function hook_image_toolkits() {
  *  - 'language':
  *     The language object used to build the message before hook_mail_alter()
  *     is invoked.
+ *  - 'send':
+ *     Set to FALSE to abort sending this email message.
  *
  * @see drupal_mail()
  */
 function hook_mail_alter(&$message) {
   if ($message['id'] == 'modulename_messagekey') {
+    if (!example_notifications_optin($message['to'], $message['id'])) {
+      // If the recipient has opted to not receive such messages, cancel
+      // sending. This kind of check can be done once in a hook_mail_alter()
+      // implementation rather than patching all possible sending modules.
+      $message['send'] = FALSE;
+      return;
+    }
     $message['body'][] = "--\nMail sent out from " . variable_get('sitename', t('Drupal'));
   }
 }
-- 
1.7.5.4

