Embedding PHP tags in HTML email

mattmax

Hi,

I pass the variables of a form to a mailscript. With this script I send plain text and HTML mail to the submitter of the form. I use a snippet I found at http://www.zend.com/zend/trick/html-email.php. The HTML text is stored in the $headers variable:
$headers="<h1>Results</h1><br>
<b>Name: $name</b><br>"

Well, everything OK, so far. The mail is sent and the layout is fine. But now I want to send some money values and I have to convert the currency. How can I place a calculation in the HTML text. Something like this won't work:
$headers="<h1>Results</h1><br>
<b>Name: $name</b><br>
<b>Total price: $price*$currency</b><br>"

I tried to change the last line to:
<b>Total price: ".$price*$currency."</b><br>",
but that doesn't work as well...

How can I solve this problem? Any tips are very welcome! Thanks!

mattmax

Excuse me, that's a bit difficult to read. The bold text is meant to have a <code><b></code> tag.

mattmax

Help, how can I insert code in my text. I just mean the "bold tag". Oh no, I forgot, please read my first question in advance. Thanks!

niyogi

You can't do multiplication within the email. You should do it beforehand and take the product (in a variable) and dump that into the email.

-Surojit

mattmax

Thank you very much. Does that also imply that I can't format the currency values in the email? How could I do that beforehand? I have a number that I want to be displayed with only 2 decimals. Usually I do that with printf("%.2f",$value). Is there a way to do it beforehand and show the number with only 2 decimals in the email?
At last a general question: how can I insert a piece of code in a topic on this forum? You see the <bold> (bold=b) tag, instead of the effect? Thanks for all the replies.

Matt

Anon

To add a $ sign in a string use the \ to escape the code. Example

$amount = "You have \$35.00 in your account.";
echo($amount);

Would output

You have $35.00 in your account.

mattmax

Yes, I am with you with escaping the $ sign. But my problem was I had to display only 2 decimals. The solution was very easy. You can use the number_format function and when you simply call the variable which you applied number_format to, the number is showed with only 2 decimals, a point or a comma as decimal separator, whatever you want. However, thanks for your support.

Matt