mail() and include()/require()

plapeyre

okay, i have created a template file...

and i have the variables for the automatic email

            $username = $_POST['username'];
            $email = $_POST['email'];
            $password = $_POST['website'];
            $website = $_POST['website'];

        $mailto = $email;
        $subject = "Client Information";
        $message = "$templatedir/email_createaccount.xml"; // html code

        mail($mailto, $subject, $message, "From: myemailaddress");

now all that does is email the person the link "www.example.com/_templates/email_createaccount.xml"

i've tried changing $message to require($templatedir ..... ) but all it emails is a "1" ....

what do i do to email the contents of email_....xml

Thanks in advance.

bpat1434

[man]file_get_contents/man would read the message into a string.....

You need to read the contents after setting a path defining where to look for the file.

plapeyre

yeah... i later did that, however there are variables inside the file.. so i just scrapped the idea and copied the xml file's content into the $message = " <html> .... ";

a new query though.. within the code, i have div's and images... and they are not appearing in the email? any suggestions as to what meta tags i need to get this to work? or what email headers or what not.. thanks

bpat1434

Not sure with the email thing. I know you need to use specific headers, not sure which ones though.