Use php varibale in php html

Rapidex

Here is some code from my php script:

$message = '
<html>
<head>
<title>Membership Details</title>
</head>
<body>
You have successfully joined the membership. 
 
Your username is: <$email> 
Your password is: helloWorld
</body>
</html>

';

This is creating html code that will appear in the email that this code generates.

My question is: how do I use a variable (in this case $email) in the html ?. What I am trying to do is populate the the line near the bottom:

Your username is: <$email>

so that the php script fills the <$email> part with the $email variable that is floating around the script.

Thanks. (sorry if this is vague but I'm php new)

vincery

Hi,

Take a look at the example below:

<?php
$email = vincery@excite.com
?>

<html>
<head>
<title>Membership Details</title>
</head>
<body>
You have successfully joined membership. 
Your username is: <?php echo $email?;> 
Your password is: password
</body>

</html>

Is that what you mean?

Rapidex

yeah bingo > thats it vincery. thanks for your help 🙂

Rapidex

actually, they doesn't seem to be working - I thought it would - thanks anyway

BuzzLY

Well, first you have to use quotes. Second, you need a semicolon. Third, you didn't close your second php tag correctly. Lastly, he needs the code in a variable, so it can be put into an email.

Here is the correct code:

<?php
$email = 'vincery@excite.com';
$message = <<<EOS
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Membership Details</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <p>You have successfully joined membership.</p>
    <p>Your username is: $email<br />
    Your password is: <strong>password</strong></p>
  </body>
</html>
EOS;
?>

Don't just copy and paste this code. "EOS;" probably has a space after the semicolon. Once you paste it into your code, remove all spaces after "EOS;" and you should be ok.

Rapidex, don't be so quick to give up. And always look over code that someone gives you closely. You don't know if there are going to be mistakes, and you are ultimately responsible for your own code.

Rapidex

Hello Buzzly, thanks for your help. I have carefully looked over the code but still have trouble. Here is all the php code in my .php page:

<?php
$subject = "Membership Details";
$message = <<<EOS
<html>
<head>
<title>Membership Details</title>
</head>
<body>
You have successfully joined membership.
Your username is: $email 
Your password is: password
</body>
</html>
EOS;
mail("$email","$subject","$message","From:$email\r\nReply-to:$email");

?>

But this is how it looks in the received email:

<html>
<head>
<title>Membership Details</title>
</head>
<body>
You have successfully joined membership.
Your username is: inboxsf@hotmail.com 
Your password is: password
</body>

</html>

Note: The $email variable comes from a form on the prior page.

Can you see where I am going wrong ?

BuzzLY

you're doing absolutely nothing wrong, as far as getting the email to work. I'm assuming you are wondering why it's not coming through as HTML? You have to tell the email client that the message coming through contains HTML, and to display it as such. You do this through the use of headers.

Here is some sample code where HTML is sent out:

<?php
$email = 'vincery@excite.com'; 
$to = $email;
$from = $_POST["from"];
$subject = $_POST["subject"];
$message = <<<EOS
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Membership Details</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <p>You have successfully joined membership.</p>
    <p>Your username is: $email<br />
    Your password is: <strong>password</strong></p>
  </body>
</html>
EOS;
$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit\r\n";
$headers .= "From: " . $from . "\r\n";
$mailsent = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
if ($mailsent) {
  echo "Congrats! The following message has been sent: <br><br>";
  echo "<b>To:</b> $to<br>";
  echo "<b>From:</b> $from<br>";
  echo "<b>Subject:</b> $subject<br>";
  echo "<b>Message:</b><br>";
  echo $message;
} else {
  echo "There was an error...";
}
?>

Give that a go... good luck!

Rapidex

oh yeah 🆒 > much love to ya BuzzLY. works like a charm 🙂 🙂 🙂😉

BuzzLY

Excellent... glad I could help. Make sure you mark the thread "resolved"