php variables in a MIME html mail

**dagonet** · Sep 6, 2004, 20:39

HI everyone. let me explain to you my problem.

I want to send and html mail with php. But i want this html mail to have some cuztomizable information.

i don't know how to do this, or if it is posible.

Let's asume that we have a form with 5 variables.(senderName, senderAdress,receiverName,receiverAdress,comment) wich ar send it via POST to a php file, who do the sending job.

this php file takes those variables and use them in the mail function, everything works, it sents the mail to the receiverAdress,
"To: $receiverName <$receiverAdress>\n"
from the receiver name:
"From: $senderName\n"
and send the html file.

but the problem is the i want to include some of those variables (receiverName,senderName,comment) into the html , but it ignore php code inside the html code.

Also i want to know if i can send a picture(how's stored in a database) inside that html code,

i don't know if i make myself clear.

please help me.

thanks for your time

**mgyth** · Nov 23, 2004, 04:23

Hi, I can't really help you...
Adding image attachement can be done using headers, not sure how to do it.

I to want to add variables in my $message ' ';
So I'm just gonna subscribe to this thread...

Sorry I couldn't help you in any way...

**shadowbox** · Nov 23, 2004, 05:49

How about:

PHP Code:


$to = $_POST['receiverAddress'];

$subject = "Hello";

$from = "From:  ".$_POST['senderAddress']."\n";

$body = "Hi, ".$_POST['receiverName'].".\n\n";

$body .= "Do you like my email?\n\n";

$body .= "To unsubscribe <a href = 'unsub.php?email=".$_POST['receiverAddress']."'>click here.</a>";



mail($to,$subject,$body,$from);

**mgyth** · Nov 23, 2004, 06:02

Actually I was working on this right now, and i found that using:

PHP Code:


$message = "

<html>

<head>

<style type=\"text/css\">

.plain \{

  font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

  font-size:10px;

  color:#666666;

}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<span class=\"plain\">Any html code u might need + $variables u might need...</span>

</body>

</html>

"

Works fine....
just enclose the html in " ", and escape all the " and the { in the html...

I guess any php functions u want done must be done 'before' u put the variables in the $message""...

I'm a neewbie so there might be an easier way to do this...

**mark_W** · Nov 23, 2004, 06:17

You can use heredoc syntax when you set the message variable.

Its explained here.

http://www.phpbuilder.com/manual/lan...syntax.heredoc

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