Embedding html in $message

[RichardODreamweaver]

I may be going about this the wrong way but I am trying to automate a report to be sent to a mail recipient.

I have created a php page report and then added the attached code to create an e-mail to a specific individual.

As you will see, the $message variable only carries simple text as it is part of a php script (which does not like embedded <script>)

Does anyone know how to go about putting in a dynamic table for example?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

[Newsgroup_User]

Talks about HTML email in this tutorial:

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/advanced-email-php

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Ken Ford
Adobe Community Expert - Dreamweaver
Fordwebs, LLC
http://www.fordwebs.com


"RichardODreamweaver" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:fsvsp8$opv$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>I may be going about this the wrong way but I am trying to automate a
>report to
> be sent to a mail recipient.
>
> I have created a php page report and then added the attached code to
> create an
> e-mail to a specific individual.
>
> As you will see, the $message variable only carries simple text as it is
> part
> of a php script (which does not like embedded <script>)
>
> Does anyone know how to go about putting in a dynamic table for example?
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> <?php if ($totalRows_outstandingquotes > 0) { // Process if recordset not
> empty ?>
> <?php
> $contactemail = "someone@somewhere.com";
>
> $headers = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\n";
> $headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\n";
> $headers .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit\n";
> $headers .= 'From: Me (' .stripslashes($_POST['email']). ')' . "\n";
> $headers .= 'Reply-To: '.stripslashes($_POST['email']). "\n";
> $headers .= 'Return-Path:'.$contactemail . "\n";
> $headers .= 'X-Sender: '.$contactemail. "\n";
> $headers .= 'X-Mailers: PHP /'.phpversion() . "\n";
>
> $subject = "CRM Automated Report: New Opportunities Pending Approval";
>
> $message = "
> <p>There is at least one opportunity, with a quantity less than 4,
> pending
> approval.<p>
> <p>to view and approve them, you will need to login to the CRM
> Database<p>
> ";
>
>
> ini_set(sendmail_from,$contactemail);
>
> if (@mail('Me
> <'.$contactemail.'>',stripslashes($subject),stripslashes($message),stripslashes(
> $headers)))
> {
> echo ('<h1>Sent</h1><p>This automated report has been successfully
> sent.</p>');
> }
> else
> {
> echo ('<h1>Sorry!</h1><p>Your message has failed to send. Please try
> again
> later.</p>');
> }
>
>
> ini_restore( sendmail_from );
>
> ?>
> <?php } ?>
>

[RichardODreamweaver · Accepted solution]

Thanks Ken

I had already done most of what this tutorial says (which is excellent!) and I found that the problem was my " opener for the variable content.

As " was used within the variable, it was ending the variable content at that point.

What I had to do was use an alternative ' and split off any php code by using ' . '