php mail + html attachments

n3wb!e · #1 (**permalink**) 07-17-06, 03:09 AM

hi everyone, well, i came across http://www.programmingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=22506 in this community. i m unable to send attachments with that script. i get the error,

Code:

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object

dunno wats wrong. btw i used the same script thats given in that link. the error is on line 57 of example.php

well, i got one more problem. how can i embedd html tags in a mail ?
this works fine..

PHP Code:


			
$msg="this works fine";

$email="someone@yahoo.com";

$sendto="someone10@yahoo.com";

$frm="someone";

$subj="Test mail";

$message="

".$msg."

";

$message=stripslashes($message);

mail($sendto,$subj,$message,"From: $frm<$email>");

but i want something like,

PHP Code:


			
$email="someone@yahoo.com";

$sendto="someone10@yahoo.com";

$frm="someone";

$subj="Test mail";

$message="

<html>

<a href=www.yahoo.com>yahoo</a>

</html>

";

$message=stripslashes($message);

mail($sendto,$subj,$message,"From: $frm<$email>");

i hv tired of doing things.. i hv been struck here for last 2 days. anyways, thanks in advance..

n3wb!e · #2 (**permalink**) 07-17-06, 03:24 AM

some of them said its cuz, i hvnt initialized the conn. i dunno where to initialize. i dont even know if it works !

Nico · #3 (**permalink**) 07-17-06, 04:06 AM

Here's an example on how to send HTML mails.

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

n3wb!e · #4 (**permalink**) 07-17-06, 04:29 AM

thanks a lot nico.. that link was helpful.. man.. thanks a lot..

u made my day.. phew!

n3wb!e · #5 (**permalink**) 07-17-06, 07:08 AM

i used this following link and it worked fine with me.

PHP Code:


			
<?php

// multiple recipients

$to  = 'aidan@example.com' . ', '; // note the comma

$to .= 'wez@example.com';



// subject

$subject = 'Birthday Reminders for August';



// message

$message = '

<html>

<head>

  <title>Birthday Reminders for August</title>

</head>

<body>

  <p>Here are the birthdays upcoming in August!</p>

  <table>

   <tr>

     <th>Person</th><th>Day</th><th>Month</th><th>Year</th>

   </tr>

   <tr>

     <td>Joe</td><td>3rd</td><td>August</td><td>1970</td>

   </tr>

   <tr>

     <td>Sally</td><td>17th</td><td>August</td><td>1973</td>

   </tr>

  </table>

</body>

</html>

';



// To send HTML mail, the Content-type header must be set

$headers  = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";

$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";



// Additional headers

$headers .= 'To: Mary <mary@example.com>, Kelly <kelly@example.com>' . "\r\n";

$headers .= 'From: Birthday Reminder <birthday@example.com>' . "\r\n";

$headers .= 'Cc: birthdayarchive@example.com' . "\r\n";

$headers .= 'Bcc: birthdaycheck@example.com' . "\r\n";



// Mail it

mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

?>

but i wanna know, can i replace the name, date,month and year here,

Code:

<td>Sally</td><td>17th</td><td>August</td><td>1973</td>

with php variables ?
i mean,

Code:

     <td><? echo $name ?></td>
<td><? echo $date ?></td>
<td><? echo $month ?></td>
<td><? echo $year ?></td>

?!? i tried but it doesnt show the variables value at all.. ugh! i never thought this wud happen.. help plzzz ! thanks.

Nico · #6 (**permalink**) 07-17-06, 07:11 AM

PHP Code:


			


echo date('d'); // Day

echo date('m'); // Month

echo date('Y'); // Year

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

n3wb!e · #7 (**permalink**) 07-17-06, 07:21 AM

first of all thanks for ur time.. but i m referring to the stored values after retrieving from a table.

PHP Code:


			
$sql=mysql_query("select * from users",$conn);

while($row=mysql_fetch_assoc($sql))

{

$name=$row[username];

$date=$row[joindate];

$month=$row[month];

$year=$row[join_year];

}

how do i use these variables $name, $date, $month and $year in the html tags of '$message'.

mab · #8 (**permalink**) 07-17-06, 07:25 AM

This might help - http://us3.php.net/manual/en/languag...g.php#language

Specifically -

Quote:

But the most important feature of double-quoted strings (and HEREDOC) is the fact that variable names will be expanded. See string parsing for details.

and -

Quote:

When a string is specified in double quotes or with heredoc, variables are parsed within it.

There are two types of syntax: a simple one and a complex one. The simple syntax is the most common and convenient. It provides a way to parse a variable, an array value, or an object property.

The complex syntax was introduced in PHP 4, and can be recognised by the curly braces surrounding the expression.

n3wb!e · #9 (**permalink**) 07-17-06, 07:26 AM

PHP Code:


			
<? ob_start(); ?>

<?php

// multiple recipients

$to  = 'me@yahoo.com'; 

// subject

$subject = 'welcome to my site..';



$name="admin";

$day="2nd";

$month="july";

$year="2006";

// message

$message = '

<html>

<head>

<title>Birthday Reminders for August</title>

</head>

<body>

<p>Here are the birthdays upcoming in August!</p>

<table>

<tr>

<th>Person</th>

<th>Day</th>

<th>Month</th>

<th>Year</th>

</tr>

<tr>

<td><? echo $name ?></td>

<td><? echo $day ?></td>

<td><?echo $month ?></td>

<td><? echo $year ?></td>

</tr>

</table>

</body>

<html>

';

// To send HTML mail, the Content-type header must be set

$headers  = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";

$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";



// Additional headers

$headers .= 'To: me <me2@yahoo.com>' . "\r\n";

$headers .= 'From: someone <someone@yahoo.com>' . "\r\n";

/*

$headers .= 'Cc: [email]birthdayarchive@example.com[/email]' . "\r\n";

$headers .= 'Bcc: [email]birthdaycheck@example.com[/email]' . "\r\n";

*/

// Mail it

mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

?>

the above code doesnt work.. it shows null or blank at the places where i m printing php variable values.

i m lost..

n3wb!e · #10 (**permalink**) 07-17-06, 07:27 AM

oops.. i m a min late.. lemme check wat u hv given me there... thanks