web email the graphics

begeiste · #1 (**permalink**) Oct 4th, 2007, 00:38

Can I type html codes inside the textarea tag area and how can I insert a graphic or image or photo in the Mail Body area? Maybe it is stupid question for you guys, but any inputs will be much appreciated!!!

Here is the url:http://www.sandragreen.com/emailblast.php

Rakuli · #2 (**permalink**) Oct 4th, 2007, 08:54

Well, that's a loaded question if I ever heard one

You can certainly send HTML emails as well as embedded or attached images with PHP. You need to send your messages in MIME format.

The mail function in PHP sends plain text emails by default.

You need to send a bunch more email headers to create a MIME message.

A very simple example looks like this :

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// define a boundary for the different parts of the message

    $ob = md5(time() . 'randomText');





   $headers = "From: someone@somewhere.com \n"; 



  

   $headers .= 'Mime-Version: 1.0' . "\n"; // Let the email client know this is a Mime message

   

/**************

FOR SOME REASON the form won't submit with the following header included.

SEE THE IMAGE FOR THE MISSING HEADER LOL

************/





  // The message is broken into parts, part you add a new line, then '--' then the boundary then a new line :)

   $message = "You need to enable HTML Email to see the good parts of this message \n" . '--' . $ob . "\n"; // Deafult plain text/no mime support

   

   // This will be the plain text alternative for those with no html email

   $message .= 'Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\n";

   $message .= 'Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit' . "\n\n";

   $message .= "This is the plaint text but the exciting stuff comes in the html part, enable HTML! \n" . '--' . $ob . "\n";

  

  // The HTML part of the email

   $message .= 'Content-Type: text/html; charset=charset=iso-8859-1' . "\n"; // note the content type

   $message .= 'Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit' . "\n\n";

   

   // finish the message with the boundary and then another '--' with no new line

   $message .= "<title>Wow, HTML in Email!</title><body><b>Wow! Bold text in an email, worth it huh?</b></body> \n" . '--' . $ob . '--';

   

      mail('thisperson@theirdomain', 'Email Subject', $message, $headers); // send mail like normal

As you can no doubt see, there is quite a bit to it.

I found this tutorial from Sitepoint which is very good and explains from woe to go about PHP email.

With that said however, you can't go past the Mail class from PEAR. It takes most (in fact almost all) of the pain away for you via Object Abstraction

Mail class from PHP Extension and Application Repository

I hope that helps

begeiste · #3 (**permalink**) Oct 5th, 2007, 00:50

Thanks Pal. That was very valuable tip. Much appreciated!!

begeiste · #4 (**permalink**) Oct 5th, 2007, 05:29

Hi Rakuli, after reading that tutorial, testing it on my remote ISP server, I copied and pasted the html tags into the mail body textarea, I've received the html tags all over the place of the message, didn't interprete the html codes into normal look as the same as in the browser. I am getting confused! Can you please test it and pasted the html codes into the mail body area to see if you get the same problem or not. http://www.sandragreen.com/main.html,

Much appreciated!!

Rakuli · #5 (**permalink**) Oct 5th, 2007, 05:35

Hi Begeiste, that page you give cannot be found (I used the form from your first post, not sure if that is what you mean).

Do you have the code you're using, I might be able to see why you're not getting the HTML email.

Cheers,

begeiste · #6 (**permalink**) Oct 5th, 2007, 21:37

Sorry I was submitting the wrong name of the file. Can you test at this url : http://sandragreen.com/emailblast.php to your html code inside of mail body.

First can you insert your email at http://sandragreen.com/manage.php, after submitting the email will be added into the email table "subscribers". Then at http://sandragreen.com/emailblast.php, pasted your html code there to see if you receive the correct web page or whole lot of html tags in the email? In addition, the html email can be styled in the inline only or external attached styles?

Here is the emailblast.php code below:

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<?php
if(isset($_POST['subject'])&&$_POST['subject']!=''){
    //want to send form, so check for required fields
    if(($_POST[subject] =="") || ($_POST[message] == "")){
        header('Location: emailblast.php');
        exit;
    }
    //connect to database
    $conn = mysql_connect('localhost','sandr10_charlton','777');
    if(!@mysql_select_db('sandr10_photos')){
    exit('<p> Unable to locate the photos '. 'database at this time</p>');
}
    
    //get emails from subscriber list
    $sql = 'select email from subscribers';
    $result = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
    
    //create a from: mailheader
    $headers = 'From: Your Mailing List <sg@sandragreen.com>';
    $headers.= "Content-type: text/html; charset=windows-1256\n";
    //loop through results and send mail
    while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
        set_time_limit(0);
        $email = $row['email'];
        mail($email, stripslashes($_POST[subject]),stripslashes($_POST[message]), $headers);
        echo 'newsletter sent to: '.$email.'<br>';
    }
} else { //haven't seen the form, so show it
?>
<html>
    <head>
    <title>Sending a Email blast</title>
    </head>
    <body>
    <h1>Send a News Letter</h1>
    <form method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER[PHP_SELF]; ?>">
        <p><b>Subject:</b><br>
        <input type="text" name="subject" size="30"></p>
        <p><b>Mail body:</b><br>
        <textarea name="message" cols="50" rows="10" wrap="virtual"></textarea>
        <p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send It"></p>
    </form>
    </body>
</html>
<?php } ?>

Much appreciated your valuable tips!!!

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