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  • magic_hat60622
    #1

    interpolating variables

    hi all. I have an html file that I need php to read and send as an html
    e-mail. The file contains standard html and also some variable names
    that I want php to interpolate:
    <html>
    Hi there. my name is $name
    </html>

    I'm reading the file like so:
    $fh=fopen('./emails/confirmation/index.html', 'r') or die
    ($php_errormsg) ;
    while (! feof($fh)){
    $body.=fread($f h,filesize('./emails/confirmation/index.html'));
    }

    PHP is not interpolating the variable names in the email. Solutions?

    -Magic

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    • slimdizzy
      #2
      Re: interpolating variables


      magic_hat60622 wrote:
      hi all. I have an html file that I need php to read and send as an html
      e-mail. The file contains standard html and also some variable names
      that I want php to interpolate:
      <html>
      Hi there. my name is $name
      </html>
      >
      I'm reading the file like so:
      $fh=fopen('./emails/confirmation/index.html', 'r') or die
      ($php_errormsg) ;
      while (! feof($fh)){
      $body.=fread($f h,filesize('./emails/confirmation/index.html'));
      }
      >
      PHP is not interpolating the variable names in the email. Solutions?
      >
      -Magic
      Why not just put the html of the message you want to send into a
      variable in that script??
      Are there reason why your reading a file for such a small amout of
      text/html??

      Just seems to be more work then needed unless you have users making
      these files and want them to be in a static place for your script to
      read from.

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        • Alvaro G. Vicario
          #3
          Re: interpolating variables

          *** magic_hat60622 escribió/wrote (4 Aug 2006 09:31:59 -0700):
          $fh=fopen('./emails/confirmation/index.html', 'r') or die
          ($php_errormsg) ;
          while (! feof($fh)){
          $body.=fread($f h,filesize('./emails/confirmation/index.html'));
          }
          >
          PHP is not interpolating the variable names in the email. Solutions?
          Thanks God, PHP does not treat all files it reads as PHP code! Just use
          str_replace() on $body to replace the values you want. I suggest, though,
          that you chose another markup that's not so prone to undesired
          replacements. Some ideas:

          {$foo}
          %FOO%
          [%foo%]

          ....

          --
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            • dawnerd
              #4
              Re: interpolating variables


              Alvaro G. Vicario wrote:
              *** magic_hat60622 escribió/wrote (4 Aug 2006 09:31:59 -0700):
              $fh=fopen('./emails/confirmation/index.html', 'r') or die
              ($php_errormsg) ;
              while (! feof($fh)){
              $body.=fread($f h,filesize('./emails/confirmation/index.html'));
              }

              PHP is not interpolating the variable names in the email. Solutions?
              >
              Thanks God, PHP does not treat all files it reads as PHP code! Just use
              str_replace() on $body to replace the values you want. I suggest, though,
              that you chose another markup that's not so prone to undesired
              replacements. Some ideas:
              >
              {$foo}
              %FOO%
              [%foo%]
              >
              ...
              >
              --
              -+ http://alvaro.es - Álvaro G. Vicario - Burgos, Spain
              ++ Mi sitio sobre programación web: http://bits.demogracia.com
              +- Mi web de humor con rayos UVA: http://www.demogracia.com
              --
              Why not just use .php instead of .html?

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                • Jerry Stuckle
                  #5
                  Re: interpolating variables

                  dawnerd wrote:
                  Alvaro G. Vicario wrote:
                  >
                  >>*** magic_hat60622 escribió/wrote (4 Aug 2006 09:31:59 -0700):
                  >>
                  >>>$fh=fopen( './emails/confirmation/index.html', 'r') or die
                  >>>($php_errorm sg) ;
                  >>>while (! feof($fh)){
                  >>>$body.=fread ($fh,filesize(' ./emails/confirmation/index.html'));
                  >>>}
                  >>>
                  >>>PHP is not interpolating the variable names in the email. Solutions?
                  >>
                  >>Thanks God, PHP does not treat all files it reads as PHP code! Just use
                  >>str_replace () on $body to replace the values you want. I suggest, though,
                  >>that you chose another markup that's not so prone to undesired
                  >>replacement s. Some ideas:
                  >>
                  >>{$foo}
                  >>%FOO%
                  >>[%foo%]
                  >>
                  >>...
                  >>
                  >>--
                  >>-+ http://alvaro.es - Álvaro G. Vicario - Burgos, Spain
                  >>++ Mi sitio sobre programación web: http://bits.demogracia.com
                  >>+- Mi web de humor con rayos UVA: http://www.demogracia.com
                  >>--
                  >
                  >
                  Why not just use .php instead of .html?
                  >
                  Because PHP will still not parse a file read with fread(), no matter
                  what the extension.


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                    • Tim Hunt
                      #6
                      Re: interpolating variables


                      Jerry Stuckle wrote:
                      dawnerd wrote:
                      Alvaro G. Vicario wrote:
                      >*** magic_hat60622 escribió/wrote (4 Aug 2006 09:31:59 -0700):
                      >
                      >>$fh=fopen(' ./emails/confirmation/index.html', 'r') or die
                      >>($php_errorms g) ;
                      >>while (! feof($fh)){
                      >>$body.=fread( $fh,filesize('./emails/confirmation/index.html'));
                      >>}
                      >>
                      >>PHP is not interpolating the variable names in the email. Solutions?
                      >
                      >Thanks God, PHP does not treat all files it reads as PHP code! Just use
                      >str_replace( ) on $body to replace the values you want. I suggest, though,
                      >that you chose another markup that's not so prone to undesired
                      >replacements . Some ideas:
                      >
                      >{$foo}
                      >%FOO%
                      >[%foo%]
                      >
                      >...
                      >
                      >--
                      >-+ http://alvaro.es - Álvaro G. Vicario - Burgos, Spain
                      >++ Mi sitio sobre programación web: http://bits.demogracia.com
                      >+- Mi web de humor con rayos UVA: http://www.demogracia.com
                      >--

                      Why not just use .php instead of .html?
                      >
                      Because PHP will still not parse a file read with fread(), no matter
                      what the extension.
                      >
                      Could turn on output buffering, include a php file + call
                      output_get_clea n or use str_replace like Alvaro said

                      Thats if a template is necessary though, slimdizzy had a point

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