RE: [PHP] compose html body with variables

> -----Original Message----- > From: Matt [mailto:mlist@cmcflex.com] > 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: > info@foo.net\r\nReturn-Path: foo@freightservices.net\r\nReply-To: > info@foo.net\r\nX-Mailer: 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