Form Email Priority

[Andy K]

I have a form and one of the fields in it is a Priority selection.

When the High priority is selected I would like the email priority to be set to high - like you can in Outllook Express. Is this possible in PHP?

[Webforumz Staff]

The fourth parameter of the PHP mail function is headers.

So you'll need something like this (taken from here):

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<?
function MAIL_NVLP($fromname, $fromaddress, $toname, $toaddress, $subject, $message)
{
   // Copyright � 2005 ECRIA LLC, http://www.ECRIA.com
   // Please use or modify for any purpose but leave this notice unchanged.
   $headers  = "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
   $headers .= "Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1\n";
   $headers .= "X-Priority: 3\n";
   $headers .= "X-MSMail-Priority: Normal\n";
   $headers .= "X-Mailer: php\n";
   $headers .= "From: \"".$fromname."\" <".$fromaddress.">\n";
   return mail($toaddress, $subject, $message, $headers);
}
?>

I believe that the highest priority is 1.

[Andy K]

Hi thanks for this.

Unsure where to put in $Priority==

Do I need to create an if statement for each priority value and put them inside a function? Somethinig like the code below
I dont know php but let me know if I am thinking along the right lines

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<? 
function PLEVEL ($priority) 
{ 
if ($Priority=="1") echo"X-MSMail-Priority: High\n"; 

if ($Priority=="2") echo"X-MSMail-Priority: Normal\n";

if ($Priority=="3") echo"X-MSMail-Priority: Low\n";
} 
?>

If this is about right. How do I then call the PLEVEL function to use it?

[Webforumz Staff]

Or you can use the switch function as explained in your other thread.

Also make sure that $priority in the function header has the same case as $Priority in the function body.

[Andy K]

Ok I will give the switch function a try thanks.

How do you include the result of a function to an email message?

For example:

$message = "Thank you\n";
$message .= "i would like to add a switch function here: XXXXXX";


I cant figure out the proper typo ??

[Webforumz Staff]

If the function is using return, then simply call the function inside the string.

[Andy K]

Ok

How do I call a function inside a string?

[Webforumz Staff]

Just call it...
function(parameters)

[Andy K]

Why doesn't this work??

I have set up a function named Makeit which holds a Switch function.
I want this to change the X-Priority: and so change to priority of the email. To do this I have attempted to create a variable

$level = Makeit ();

And the line:

$mailheader .= "X-Priority: $level\n";

But there is no data applied to $level. It sends the email but the priority does not change.

I have manualy tested the email priority change and it works. The problem is in calling the function . . please help it is doing my head in . .
. . I am a complete programming numbskull

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<?php
function Makeit ($Priority) 
{
switch ($Priority) 
{
case "Level 1":
   echo "1";
   break;
case "Level 2":
   echo "2";
   break;
case "Level 3":
   echo "3";
   break;
case "Level 4":
   echo "3";
   break;
   }
  } 

$level = Makeit("");

$senderemail = $_POST['Email'];
$recipient = "contact@address.com";
$subject = "CPS Enquiry Form";
$mailheader = "From: $Email\n";
$mailheader .= "Reply-To: $Email\n";
$mailheader .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
$mailheader .= "Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1\n"; 
$mailheader .= "X-Priority: $level\n";
$mailheader .= "X-MSMail-Priority: Normal\n";
$mailheader .= "X-Mailer: php\n";


$message = "Blah blah blah blah\n";
$message .= "Blah blah blah blah\n";
?>

[Andy K]

Right

I sorted it by changing the switch funtions for if statments

and thanks to Sirkent to write a function in a string:

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$mailheader .= "X-Priority: ".$level."\n";

So basically Php is a process of organising Stupid dots and " ." ... """" .. . .""$" ;; ; ; !!!!