Post Notification

postnotification.php

<?php

add_action("publish_post", "publication_notification");
//add_action("save_post", "publication_notification");
//add_action ( 'draft_to_publish', 'publication_notification', 10, 3);

function publication_notification($post_id) {
	$post = get_post($post_id);

  $coauthors = get_coauthors($post_id);

  //This grabs the name and email address from Coauthors
  $author_name = $coauthors[0]->display_name;
  $author_email = $coauthors[0]->user_email;

  $post_title = get_the_title($post_id);
  $post_link = get_permalink($post_id);
  $publish_date = get_the_time('F j, Y', $post_id);

  // This is grabbing the text the admin sets up with the variables 
  // and replaces all the variables with the post appropriate info.
  $variables = array('%post_title%', '%post_link%', '%publish_date%', '%author%');
  $replacements = array($post_title, $post_link, $publish_date, $author_name);
    
  $auno_subject = carbon_get_theme_option('crb_auno_subject');
  $fixed_subject = str_replace($variables, $replacements, $auno_subject);

  $auno_message = carbon_get_theme_option('crb_auno_message');
  $fixed_message = str_replace($variables, $replacements, $auno_message);
    
    
  $email_subject = $fixed_subject;
  $message = $fixed_message;
		
  wp_mail($author_email, $email_subject, $message);
	
}