Hi all:

I am getting an error when I try to run a WHILE LOOP inside my PHPMAILER body. The error is:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_WHILE in C:\Web\MySite\adm\admInvoices.php on line 335

Here is the Mail code. Any help appreciated!:

    <?php
		if ($POST["remail"]== "Y"){	

	if (isset($rInstructions)){
		$vInstructions = "<div style='line-height: 20px; height:auto; background-color:#EFEFFF; padding-left:5px;'>" . $rInstructions . "</div><p>";
	}

	if ($rState == "CT"){
		$vStateTax = "<tr><td style='width:80%; font-weight:bold;'>CT Sales Tax:</td><td style='width:20%; text-align:right;'>" . $rTax . "</td></tr>";
	}


	if (isset($rAdjustmentAmount)){
		$vAdjustmentAmount = "<tr><td style='width:80%; font-weight:bold;'>" . $rAdjustment . "</td><td style='width:20%; text-align:right;'>"&F . $rAdjustmentAmount . "</td></tr>";
	}


	require_once( 'class.phpmailer.php' );

try {
	$mail = new PHPMailer(true); //New instance, with exceptions enabled

	//$body             = file_get_contents('../gvy/2232011.asp');
	//$body             = preg_replace('/\\\\/','', $body); //Strip backslashes

	$body = "
		<div style='border:1px solid #CCC; margin:auto; width:700px; padding:10px; font-family:tahoma, sans-serif; font-size:14px;'>
		<img border='0' src='http://www.signingshotline.com/img/shl/logo1.gif' width='201' height='70' alt='SHL' />
		<br />
		<span style='font-weight:bold;'>We list EVERY athlete autograph appearance in the United States and Canada!</span>
		<p>
		" . $rOrderDate . "<p>
		Invoice Number: " . $rInvoice . "<p>
		" . $rFirstName . "&nbsp;" . $rLastName . "<br />
		" . $rCompnay . "<br />
		" . $rAddress . "<br />
		" . $rCity . ", " . $rState . "<br />
		" . $rZip . ", " . $rCountry . "<p>
		" . $rPaymentType . " " . $rLast4Digits . "<p>

		" . $vInstructions . "

		<table style='width:700px; font-size:14px;'>
			<tr>
				<td colspan='2' style='width:100%; line-height: 25px; font-weight: bold; height: 25px; background-color:#FFCC00; margin-left: auto; margin-top: 10px; padding-left: 5px;'>Order Information:</td>
			</tr>"

			. while (mysqli_stmt_fetch($stmtPrice)) {

				$vTotalPrice = $rQuantity*$rPrice;

				"<tr>
				<td style='width:80%; text-align:left;'>" . $rQuantity . "&nbsp;" . $rProduct . ":</td>
				<td style='width:20%; text-align:right;'>" . $vTotalPrice . "</td>
				</tr>" 
				. } .

			$vStateTax

			$vAdjustmentAmount . "
			<tr>
			<td colspan='2'><hr style='width:98%;' /></td>
			</tr>
			<tr style='font-weight:bold; background-color:#EFEFFF'>
			<td style='width:80%;'>Total:</td>
			<td style='width:20%; text-align:right;'>" . $rGrossAmount . "</td>
			</tr>
		</table>
	</div>
	";


	$mail->IsSMTP();                           // tell the class to use SMTP
	$mail->SMTPAuth   = false;                  // enable SMTP authentication
	$mail->Port       = 25;                    // set the SMTP server port
	$mail->Host       = "mail.mysite.com"; // SMTP server
	$mail->From       = "info@.mysite.com";
	$mail->FromName   = ".mysitecom";

	$to = $rEmail;

	$mail->AddAddress($to);
	$mail->Subject  = ".mysite.com Invoice: " . $rInvoice;
	//$mail->AltBody    = "To view the message, please use an HTML compatible email viewer!"; // optional, comment out and test
	$mail->WordWrap   = 80; // set word wrap
	$mail->MsgHTML($body);
	$mail->IsHTML(true); // send as HTML

	$mail->Send();

} catch (phpmailerException $e) {
	echo $e->errorMessage();
}
}


//End email	

?>

    The dot operator is used to concatenate two strings together. A while loop is a control structure, not a string.

    Instead, split the $body assignment up into separate parts and use the ".=" operator to build it in pieces. Example, instead of something like:

    $body = "Hello
World!";

    you can do:

    $body = "Hello ";

do_something_fun();
blah_blah();

$body .= "world!";

      Wow. I never knew that! Thanks once again bradgrafelman

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