Dynamically update $message parameter

[mattyilo]

Hello,

I am trying to dynamically update the $message parameter using mail(). Basically I want the $message parameter to use either an html, or php document to fill the body of an email. I have tried using include(), but instead of sending the body of the email to the user, it sends a blank email and you immediatly see the page that I have called to include in the browser.

Any help would be much appreciated;o)

Thank you

[devinemke]

mattyilo wrote:

...I have tried using include(), but instead of sending the body of the email to the user, it sends a blank email and you immediatly see the page that I have called to include in the browser.

that is precisely what [man]include[/man] does, it will evaluate the contents of a file and output the result. the "message" argument to the [man]mail[/man] function is just a [man]string[/man]. as such it can be dynamically created just like any other string. for example:

$message = 'the current date-time is ' . date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
$mail = @mail('[e-mail]', 'date and time', $message);
if ($mail) {echo 'mail OK';} else {echo 'mail FAIL';}

[mattyilo]

Thank you very much, that is a big help. How would I include the contents of a html file. The client is updating this html file, so I want to make sure that when someone uses a "forward to a friend" option, the emial sent has the most up-to-date html contents that was edited by the client.

I hope that makes sense.