[Resolved] defining a variable with a VERY large string

[jacksonpt]

I'm not really new to all this, but I've never tried to define a variable in this manner, so I'm not real sure where to begin.

I recently setup a mailserver and I want to use the mail() function to send php generated emails.

I can define variables for the recipient and the subject then pass them to mail() without any problems - that part is pretty basic. What I'm having trouble with is how to define a variable that basically has the entire contents of a dynamic, php generated webpage as it's value.

Does that even make any sense?

Basically, what I want to do is this...

$Message = $FirstName  . ",<br>You are registered for a tour on " . $VisitDate . 
blah blah blah
etc etc etc...

[devinemke]

Originally posted by jacksonpt
...What I'm having trouble with is how to define a variable that basically has the entire contents of a dynamic, php generated webpage as it's value.

you should look at the Output Control Functions. you want to capture the entire output as a string using [man]ob_get_contents[/man] and use that to feed to [man]mail[/man]. if the output you are sending is HTML be sure to send the proper mail headers.