Re: [PHP] compose html body with variables

[Matt]

Edward Kay wrote:

-----Original Message-----
From: Matt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 06 August 2007 15:38
To: php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: [PHP] compose html body with variables


Hello,

I'm trying to compose the body of an html email to use with the mail()
function.  I'm running into problem because I'm not sure how to quote
the multi-line body.  Here is what I have:

$body = "
               echo "Hello, here is your quote from Freight Services.<br
/><br />";
               echo "Shipping from: <tab> $origin to $destination<br />";
                echo "<br>";
                echo "Shipping subtotal $" . number_format($subtotal,2);
                echo "<br>";
                echo "<br>";
                echo "Freight charges $" .
number_format($freightCharges,2);
                echo "<br>";
                echo "Fuel surcharge $" . number_format($fuelSurcharge,2);
                echo "<br>";
                echo "Pickup and delivery $" .
number_format($pickupDelivery,2);
                echo "<br>";
                echo "<br>";
                echo "Miscellaneus costs (e.g. liftgates, etc.) below $"
. number_format($miscCost,2);
                echo "<br>";
                echo "<br>";
                if ($liftgatePickup == "50"){
                        echo "Adding liftgate on pickup $50.00";
                        echo "<br>";
                }
                if ($liftgateDelivery == "50"){
                        echo "Adding liftgate on delivery $50.00";
                        echo "<br>";
                }
                if ($spectimeDelivery == "35"){
                        echo "Adding cost of specific-time
delivery $35.00";
                        echo "<br>";
                }
                if ($conventionDelivery == "35"){
                        echo "Adding cost of convention delivery $35.00";
                        echo "<br>";
                }
                if ($dreyageWait != 0){
                        echo "Adding cost for wait $" . $dreyageWait;
                        echo "<br>";
                }
                if ($insideDelivery == "25"){
                        echo "Adding cost for inside delivery $25.00";
                        echo "<br>";
                }
                if ($notifyClient == "10"){
                        echo "Adding cost for client notification $10.00";
                        echo "<br>";
                }
                echo "Total cost is $" . number_format($totalcost,2);
                echo "<br /><br />";

                echo "<a href=\"www.foo.net\">foo Services</a>";


               $subject = "Online Freight Quote";

               mail($email, $subject, $body, "From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: PHP 4.x\r\nMIME-Version: 1.0\r\nContent-Type:
text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n");

If anyone could assist me I'd appreciate it very much,

Matt

Hi Matt,

The problem here is that you're using echo statements, which output
directly. Instead you need to build a string containing this output, for
example:

$body = "Hello, here is your quote from Freight Services.<br /><br />";
$body .= "Shipping from: <tab> $origin to $destination<br />";

etc.

Note the use of the .= operator. This is the same as saying $body =
$body.'whatever';

At the end, $body will then contain the HTML body of your email which you
pass to the mail function.

Hope this helps,
Edward

Very good! Thank you so much Edward.  That worked perfectly.

Matt

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