[Resolved] emailing contents of file with variables

[d0m1n1c]

Ok, so i want to send an email from a file, and in this email, i want to send variables.

What command would i use.

For example,

//file1.php
$a = "dominic";
$b = include("file2.php");
//do all the stuff to send an email, sorted!

This is file one, the one that will actually send the email

//file2.php
hello, i can see you name is $a that is a nice name

this is file 2, the email that i wish to be sent with the variable.

my question is, how would i get it so that $b would now echo as "hello, i can see your name is dominic that is a nice name" rather than "hello, i can see you name is $a that is a nice name"

I'm not sure if im using the right command (include) so i also tried using fopen fread etc. but it still echoes $a instead of dominic.

I thought about splitting the email up, and not reading from a file, for example

$part1 = "hello, i can see your name is";
$part2 = "that is a nice name";
$a = "dominic";
$msg = $part1 + $a + $part2;

But i want to include about 10 variables in the email, and it is quiet lengthy so it would result in upto 30 variables needed.

any suggestions?

Thanks

Dom

[leatherback]

Use:

$a = "dominic";

$email_message = "
hello, i can see your name is $a. that is a nice name
";

J.

[d0m1n1c]

yes i no, but for file size, i want to contain the email in a separate file. any ideas?

dom.

[leatherback]

Hi,

I am not sure what the problem seems to be. If you include a file, the code in the file is read, and only interpreted after being inserted. So if you have
$email_message = "
hello, i can see your name is $a. that is a nice name
";
in your include file, you will have no problems, right?

J.

[bradgrafelman]

Just FYI, concatentation is done with periods, not plus signs, i.e.

$msg = $part1 . $a . $part2;

Still, leatherback's advice is much better/easier to code/shorter.