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<?php
/**
 * Notify Author When Post is Published
 * http://gravitywiz.com/2012/04/25/notify-author-when-post-is-published/
 */

add_action( 'publish_post', 'gw_notify_author_on_publish' );
function gw_notify_author_on_publish( $post_id ) {

	$from_name = 'Your Name';
	$from_email = 'your@email.com';
	$subject = 'Your Subject Here';
	$message = 'Your message here.';

	/* No need to edit beyond this point */

	// if this meta key is not set, this post was not created by a Gravity Form
	if( ! get_post_meta( $post_id, '_gform-form-id', true ) ) {
		return;
	}

	// make sure we haven't already sent a notification for this post
	if( get_post_meta( $post_id, '_gform-notified', true ) ) {
		return;
	}

	$post = get_post( $post_id );
	$author = new WP_User( $post->post_author );
	$email = $author->get('user_email');

	$headers[] = "From: '{$from_name}' <{$from_email}>";
	$headers[] = "Content-type: text/html; charset=" . get_option( 'blog_charset' );

	wp_mail( $email, $subject, $message, $headers );

	update_post_meta( $post_id, '_gform-notified', 1 );

}