Passing variable in email message

alsaffar · Nov 23, 2003

Hi there,

I managed to make a page that I can fill some fields to send an HTML message and its working fantastic EXCEPT one thing

I can't include a variable inside the message, see my page's code:

<?
if ($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['REQUEST_METHOD'] != 'POST')
{
?>
<form method="post" action="<? echo $_SERVER[PHP_SELF] ?>">
Subject <input name="Subject"><br>
Message <textarea dir="ltr" name="Message" cols="60" rows="20"></textarea><br>
SendTo <input name="SendTo"><br>
<input type="submit">
</form>
<?
}
else
{
$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859\r\n";
$headers .= "From: MyName <MyName@MyDomain.com>\r\n";

//Filter the message
$Message = str_replace(chr(34) , "", $HTTP_POST_VARS[Message]);
$Message = str_replace(chr(92) , "", $Message);

$Code = "ABCD1234";

//Send Emails
$MailValue = @mail($HTTP_POST_VARS[SendTo],$HTTP_POST_VARS[Subject],$Message,$headers);
echo "[$MailValue]";
}
?>

I want the variable $Code to be sent with the message.

Lets say the message is as follows:

<html>
<a href="

http://www.MyDomain.com?Code='

. $Code . '">Click Here</a>
</html>

The variable $Code is not subistuted with its value ABCD1234

Whats wrong?

spookie · Nov 23, 2003

Have u assigend $code to $message..?
Not sure if thsi is the cause..

Code:

$Code = &quot;ABCD1234&quot;;// get the variable
$Message .= $Code ;// form the message

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Zilch · Nov 24, 2003

As far as I can tell, you're only giving the variable 'code' value, then doing nothing with it. I would just do what spookie said, except try it like this:

$Message .= "\n\n<a href=

http://www.domainName.com/file.php?code=".$code.">Click

here</a>";

That way it doesn't look out of place to the reciver.

P.S. To cut back on code, you can replace $HTTP_POST_VARS[] with just $_POST[]

alsaffar · Nov 25, 2003

Just try to execute the code I gave, then in the message text area try to submit the variable $Code and see if it goes correctly or not!

My example was to enter the following in the text area field:

<html>
<a href="

http://www.MyDomain.com?Code='

. $Code . '">Click Here</a>
</html>

and see if it reached the receiver correct or not.

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Passing variable in email message

alsaffar

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