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nhwaldron

I am sending HTML using the mail() function. The recipient is using either Outlook Express 5.0 or Outlook 97 (I get to choose which one).

The email is a table pulling 53 different items from a database. Everything is working fine except the recipeint receives only a portion of the table. It appears that the HTML code just stops when I view the code.

I am using Outlook XP and the email appears fine but in Outlook Express 6 it does the same thing as it does it does in v.5.0 or Outlook 97.

Any suggestions? Is there a line limiit that I am exceeding? If so, why am I able to view the message just fine in Outlook XP but my client can't at all? How can I fix this wonderfull little issue?

Thanks in advance!

zhabala

Show us the content, the HTML code, maybe there is something wrong which can't be viewed OE6 but can be in OEXP.

Zdenek

nhwaldron

I found a work-around...and probably a better overall solution but now I have a new problem.

Here is the situation. I have PHP set to send an email to my client each and every time an order is placed on their web site. In the email I want to have a link which will allow them to click on the link and print that specific order.

I am just missing something I am sure:
Here is the code

notify="";
$notify=$notify."<DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN\">";
$notify=$notify."<html>";
$notify=$notify."<head>";
$notify=$notify."   <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content=\"text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\">";
$notify=$notify."   <title>Order Placed</title>";
$notify=$notify."</head>";
$notify=$notify."<body>";
$notify=$notify."<FONT SIZE=\"+2\" COLOR=\"navy\">New Order!</FONT>";
$notify=$notify."<FORM ACTION='http://www.mydomain.com/admin/printorder.php' METHOD='POST'>";
$notify=$notify."<P>Order number <B>".$myorderid."</B> has been placed.</P>";
$notify=$notify."<P><A HREF='http://www.mydomain.com/admin/printorder.php?"."$myorderid"."'>Click here to print this order.</A>";
$notify=$notify."</FORM>";
$notify=$notify."</body>";
$notify=$notify."</html>";

I have been playing with various forms of POST and GET but nothing seems to work.

The printorder.php page works find when I submit a form from a page that has a field to enter the order number you wish to print so I know I have goofed up something in the email portion of things.

Rayn

where does it cut off at?

zhabala

There is missing a variable name, it should probably look like:

$notify=$notify."<P><A HREF='http://www.mydomain.com/admin/printorder.php?some_variable_name="."$myorderid"."'>Click here to print this order.</A>";

Should not it ? How is the field named on FORM which works for you ? It is probably the name which should be stated in this statement. And why is the <A HREF> statement enclosed in the <FORM> statement ? It is not necessary, because the form is submited only when you click on a SUBMIT button which must be defined like <INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="button" VALUE="Send">

Zdenek

nhwaldron

That did it! Thanks for the help!

Kristopher

notify="";
$notify .= "<DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN\">";
$notify .= "<html>";
$notify .= "<head>";
$notify .= "   <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content=\"text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\">";
$notify .= "   <title>Order Placed</title>";
$notify .= "</head>";
$notify .= "<body>";
$notify .= "<FONT SIZE=\"+2\" COLOR=\"navy\">New Order!</FONT>";
$notify .= "<FORM ACTION='http://www.mydomain.com/admin/printorder.php' METHOD='POST'>";
$notify .= "<P>Order number <B>$myorderid</B> has been placed.</P>";
$notify .= "<P><A HREF='http://www.mydomain.com/admin/printorder.php?variable=$myorderid'>Click here to print this order.</A>";
$notify .= "</FORM>";
$notify .= "</body>";
$notify .= "</html>";

much cleaner

nhwaldron

Thank you! I appreciate the help!