Including variables in an email to php pipe

jbx

Hi all...

I have a pipe setup in my /etc/aliases file: |/etc/smrsh/auto_response.php.

The pipe and script are all working fine.

However, I would like to pass a variable to the script. I need to know who the email has been sent to. This would be a nightmare to accurately pull from headers, because the to address could be one of many, or in a cc header, or even a bcc header. So I would like to use something like |/etc/smrsh/auto_response.php?user=jbx. I can then look up jbx in a database and grab the to address registered for that user. Unfortunately, every time I add the ?user=jbx to my pipe, I get errors bouncing back. Namely:

----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
|/etc/smrsh/auto_response.php?user=jbx
(reason: Service unavailable)
(expanded from: <addie removed>)

----- Transcript of session follows -----
smrsh: "auto_response.php?user=jbx" not available for sendmail programs (stat failed)
554 5.0.0 Service unavailable

Anyone got any ideas?

jbx

Ok - think I fixed it, but if anyone knows of any other methods to do this I'd be interested to know...

I changed the pipe to |"/etc/smrsh/auto_response.php jbx"

I could then reference the passed in argument using:

$arr = get_defined_vars();
$user = $arr["argv"][1];

I'm sure there is a better way to reference the variable, but it works for now!