Using the mail() function

Anon

I have a table that stores variables for an image. if i want to display the image, of course i use:

<IMG SRC="do_display_image.php?cert_color=<?=$cert_color?>&text_color=<?=$text_color?>">

Now how do i send this image using the mail function. I tried:

$msg = "<IMG SRC=\"do_display_image.php?cert_color=<?=$cert_color?>&text_color=<?=$text_color?>\">";

mail("$to", "$subject","$msg");

It mails it but the image doesnt display, all that text does. How can i accomplish this? Thanks for any help

Anon

you have to specify your content type as containing html. try this for your mail function call:

$fromname = "John Doe";
$fromemail = "jd@somedomain.com";
$options = "From: " . $fromname . " <" . $fromemail . ">\r\nContent-Type: text/html; Charset=us-ascii";

//now call mail function with 'options' included

mail($to, $subject, $msg, $options);

that should get your desired results

Anon

Thanks jesse, i am one step closer now, instead of all the text appearing, i now get a box with the red X in it (so the mail function now knows its an image but it isnt grabbbing the data to display the image properly). Any ideas, thanks?