Can't attach image or link to sent email!!

hws

Hi,

I am well able to send a normal email but am having problem trying to add an attachment (Logo image) and a link to pay for the service.

But after a good amount of research i came to a solution to add header mime types. I've tried to implement the code into my original code but could not get it to work.

My original code without the mime types is:

$to="me@mycomapny.com";
$inquiry=$_POST['inquiry'];
$first_name=$_POST['first_name'];
$last_name=$_POST['last_name'];
$email=$_POST['email'];

$getcopy=$_POST['getcopy'];
$headers=$_POST['email'];

$header1= "Hi,\r\n" .
"Order purchased: " . $_POST['inquiry'] . "\r\n" . 
"First Name: " . $_POST['first_name'] . "\r\n" .
"Last Name: " . $_POST['last_name'] . "\r\n" .
"E-mail: " . $_POST['email'];

$header2="From: " . $email . "\r\n" .
"Customer Hosting Order: " . $_POST['inquiry'] . "\r\n" . 
"First Name: " . $_POST['first_name'] . "\r\n" .
"Last Name: " . $_POST['last_name'] . "\r\n" .
"E-mail: " . $_POST['email'];


$error = ""; 
$errorflag = "";

if (($first_name == "") || ($last_name == "") || ($email == "")) {
$error = "<span class='colorTextBlue'>Please fill in all fields!</span>";
} 

else {
if (ctype_alpha($first_name) == FALSE) {
$error = "<span class='colorTextBlue'>Please enter a valid First Name <span class='italic'>(Alphabets only)</span></span>";
$errorflag="first_name";
}
// Validate Last Name (including ERRORS such as (1) field left BLANK (2) field with INVALID data entered
else if (ctype_alpha($last_name) == FALSE) {
$error = "<span class='colorTextBlue'>Please enter a valid Surname <span class='italic'>(Alphabets only)</span></span>";
$errorflag="last_name";
}

// Validate E-mail (including ERRORS such as (1) field left BLANK (2) field with INVALID data entered
else if ((strpos($email, "@") == FALSE) || (strpos($email, ".") == FALSE) || (strpos($email, " ") != FALSE)) {
$error = "<span class='colorTextBlue'>Please enter a valid E-mail</span>";
$errorflag="email";
}
}

if ($error != "") {
echo "<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><span class='colorTextRed'>Error Occured: </b>" . $error."</span>" ;
}

else if (mail($to, $inquiry, $header2))
{
echo "<p><span class='colorTextBlue'>Order Settings:</span></p>";
echo "<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" class=\"formTable\">";
echo "<tbody>";
echo "<tr>";
echo "<th width=\"35%\"><b>Order Details:</b></th>";
echo "<td width=\"65%\">" . $inquiry . "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
echo "<tr>";
echo "<th width=\"35%\"><b>E-mail:</b></th>";
echo "<td width=\"65%\">" . $email . "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
echo "</tbody>";
echo "</table>";
} 


else {
$error = "<span class='colorTextRed'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There was an error in your order. Please go back and fix this error.</span>";
}
if ($getcopy=="1") {
    mail($email, $inquiry, $header1, "From:\"$bbtitle My Company\" <$to>");
}
} 

else {

$inquiry = "";
$first_name = "";
$last_name = "";
$email = "";
$errorflag = "";
}

Can you please help with this as i've been trying for a week now and its been a big struggle. I have no idea how i'm going to add the mime types.

One thing i do not want is msg's like:

"X-Mailer: PHP/".phpversion() ."\r\n".
                   "MIME-Version: 1.0" . "\r\n".
                   "Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=--$boundary". "\r\n".
                   "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit". "\r\n";

I will be very grateful to whoever helps me with this.

Weedpacket

Would it be easier to use an existing library for this instead of doing it all again from scratch?
http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?t=10262518

hws

Weedpacket;10909116 wrote:
Would it be easier to use an existing library for this instead of doing it all again from scratch?
http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?t=10262518

Firstly, thank you for replying so fast. I wasn't expecting a reply that quickly.

To be honest, i do not find it easy to follow those notes, you spoke about it correctly as what i need is in the notes BUT no php codes was provided. What i need is the actual codes to use to get the images and links to be sent via email.

I ask this as i am clueless on what code is needed and how to put them into the code i provided.

I tried to do it myself and was not recieving an email to one address while the info that is provided to my users is displaying alot of numbers (maybe binary codes) that goes on for a 3 second scroll down the web page as well as displaying the info at the very end. Also, the images and links have not worked.

scrupul0us

http://www.webcheatsheet.com/PHP/send_email_text_html_attachment.php

scroll down to: Sending Email with Attachment

that will show you whats going on

Weedpacket

hws wrote:
To be honest, i do not find it easy to follow those notes, you spoke about it correctly as what i need is in the notes BUT no php codes was provided. What i need is the actual codes to use to get the images and links to be sent via email.

No, but I provided links to code.

hws

Thanks a million, scrupul0us.

To be honest i actually did try to put this code in with mine but didn't work properly. I've now just copied the default from the code in that web address and works fine.

However, with this code it shows the image below the text. I want the image above the text. I tried to change the code around a few times and was having problems. At the moment when i move the following code to just under ob_start(); i get just the image and no text.

--PHP-alt-<?php echo $random_hash; ?>--

--PHP-mixed-<?php echo $random_hash; ?> 
Content-Type: application/jpg; name="logoHWStemplate.jpg" 
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 
Content-Disposition: attachment 

<?php echo $attachment; ?>
--PHP-mixed-<?php echo $random_hash; ?>--

Once i can get this sorted i can then try and add this again to my original code and let you know how i get on.

May i ask if its possible to not add the attachment images to the email but instead have the email get it from the server instead? That way the users will not get the images attached to the email but can still see them e.g if i use 10 images, then those 10 images will not be attached so it won't make the email file big. The email file will not be big if the images stay on the server.

hws

ok......ere's what i did. I got rid of the attachment image altogether. I have added the <img> tag to the html email and works fine. i can even place it where i want it. As for the text email it should just stay on plain text.

However, is there any way a link in the plain text can work at all?

And will i be able to add something like <?php $firstname ?> to the plain text. Is there a way around this?

hws

Ok.....i have it sorted now. its implemented into my original design.

from my previous quote:

However, is there any way a link in the plain text can work at all?

And will i be able to add something like <?php $firstname ?> to the plain text. Is there a way around this?

is there a way i can turn off html for my emails in outlook express to look at this plain text email and sort it out?

hws

How do i add style sheets to that html email code that i was given in the link by scrupul0us......

http://www.webcheatsheet.com/PHP/sen...attachment.php

Kudose

Plain text links are usually converted automatically by the email client, although some don't.

You cannot embed PHP into your email as your email client is just a client, not a PHP parser.

You can however generate the text and place the generated text into the email.

Refer to the other thread you started ... sigh ... for your answer to stylesheets.

hws

If i use my script online to generate either a plain text or html email....and use

<?php echo $_POST ['name']?>

<?php echo $name?>

note the echo part should embed the php to text online before they reach the email. Isn't this correct?

Is there a way i can turn off outlook express html. I got a nohtml software but it caused a problem to my emails not connecting after 12 hours so i deleted it.

Is there another way