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  • Karl Groves
    #1

    Help with mail() - message not displaying

    I'm trying to work out a mail system which can send an attachment as well
    as an HTML formatted message (and a default plain text version).

    I found some pretty good code on PHP.net and modified it a little but I
    can't seem to get it to work.

    It attaches the file properly, but only displays the Plain Text message,
    even in an HTML-capable mail client.

    I'm guessing it has something to do with the placement of the boundaries,
    but I can't figure it out.

    TIA


    <?php

    // Is the OS Windows or Mac or Linux
    if (strtoupper(sub str(PHP_OS,0,3) == 'WIN')) {
    $eol = "\r\n";
    } elseif (strtoupper(sub str(PHP_OS,0,3) == 'MAC')) {
    $eol = "\r";
    } else {
    $eol = "\n";
    }


    // Set Up Message Details
    $recipient = "foo@bar.co m";
    $subject = "E-mail Message ".date("Y/m/d H:i:s");
    $from_name = "Mr. Foo Bar";
    $from_email = "foo@bar.co m";
    $text_msg = $eol."TEXT MESSAGE BODY".$eol; // plain text version of the
    message
    $html_msg = $eol."<html><bo dy><strong>HTML MESSAGE BODY</strong></body>
    </html>".$eol; // teh HTML goodness

    // File for Attachment
    $file_name = "file.gif"; // name of the file being attached
    $f_name = $path.$file_nam e; // path + name of the file being attached
    $handle = fopen($f_name, 'rb');
    $f_contents = fread($handle, filesize($f_nam e));
    $f_contents = chunk_split(bas e64_encode($f_c ontents));
    $f_type = filetype($f_nam e);
    fclose($handle) ;


    // Headers
    $headers = "";
    $headers .= "From: $from_name <$from_email>". $eol;
    $headers .= "Reply-To: $from_name <$from_email>". $eol;
    $headers .= "Return-Path: $from_name <$from_email>". $eol;
    $headers .= "X-Sender: <$from_email>". $eol;
    $headers .= "Errors-To: <$from_email>". $eol;
    $headers .= "Message-ID: <".md5(uniqid(r and())).".".pre g_replace("/[^a-z0-
    9]/i", "", $from_name).">" .$eol;
    $headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP v".phpversion() .$eol;
    $headers .= "X-Priority: 3\n";

    // Boundary for marking the split & Multitype Headers
    $mime_boundary = "php-".md5(rand( ));
    $headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0".$eol;
    $headers .= "Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=\"".
    $mime_boundary. "\"".$eol;
    $msg = "";

    // Attachment
    $msg .= "--".$mime_boundar y.$eol;
    $msg .= "Content-Type: $f_type; name=\"".$file_ name."\"".$eol;
    $msg .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64".$eol;
    $msg .= "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"".$f ile_name."\"".
    $eol.$eol;
    $msg .= $f_contents.$eo l.$eol;
    $msg .= "--".$mime_boundar y.$eol;


    // Text Version
    $msg .= "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1".$eol;
    $msg .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit".$eol;
    $msg .= "This is a multi-part message in MIME format.".$eol;
    $msg .= "If you are reading this, please update your email-reading-
    software.".$eol ;
    $msg .= $text_msg;
    $msg .= "--".$mime_boundar y.$eol;

    // HTML Version
    $htmlalt_mime_b oundary = $mime_boundary. "_htmlalt";
    $msg .= "Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=\"".
    $htmlalt_mime_b oundary."\"".$e ol;
    $msg .= "--".$htmlalt_mime _boundary.$eol. $eol;
    $msg .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1".$eol;
    $msg .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit".$eol;
    $msg .= $html_msg;
    $msg .= $eol.$eol."--".$htmlalt_mime _boundary."--".$eol.$eol ;

    // Finish Message
    $msg .= "--".$mime_boundar y."--".$eol.$eol ;

    // SEND THE EMAIL
    ini_set(sendmai l_from, $from_email); // the INI lines are to force the
    From Address to be used !
    mail($recipient , $subject, $msg, $headers);
    ini_restore(sen dmail_from);

    // DEBUG STUFF
    //print("<pre>$ms g</pre>");
    ?>


    --
    Karl Groves
    karlcore.com
    https://www.karlcore.com
    karlcore.com

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    • Tom
      #2
      Re: Help with mail() - message not displaying

      uncomment the last line:

      //print("<pre>$ms g</pre>");

      Also, unless you have other reasons for writing your own code here, you
      might check out something phpmailer. It may help save you from
      reinventing the wheel.

      Tom


      Karl Groves wrote:
      I'm trying to work out a mail system which can send an attachment as well
      as an HTML formatted message (and a default plain text version).
      >
      I found some pretty good code on PHP.net and modified it a little but I
      can't seem to get it to work.
      >
      It attaches the file properly, but only displays the Plain Text message,
      even in an HTML-capable mail client.
      >
      I'm guessing it has something to do with the placement of the boundaries,
      but I can't figure it out.
      >
      TIA
      >
      >
      <?php
      >
      // Is the OS Windows or Mac or Linux
      if (strtoupper(sub str(PHP_OS,0,3) == 'WIN')) {
      $eol = "\r\n";
      } elseif (strtoupper(sub str(PHP_OS,0,3) == 'MAC')) {
      $eol = "\r";
      } else {
      $eol = "\n";
      }
      >
      >
      // Set Up Message Details
      $recipient = "foo@bar.co m";
      $subject = "E-mail Message ".date("Y/m/d H:i:s");
      $from_name = "Mr. Foo Bar";
      $from_email = "foo@bar.co m";
      $text_msg = $eol."TEXT MESSAGE BODY".$eol; // plain text version of the
      message
      $html_msg = $eol."<html><bo dy><strong>HTML MESSAGE BODY</strong></body>
      </html>".$eol; // teh HTML goodness
      >
      // File for Attachment
      $file_name = "file.gif"; // name of the file being attached
      $f_name = $path.$file_nam e; // path + name of the file being attached
      $handle = fopen($f_name, 'rb');
      $f_contents = fread($handle, filesize($f_nam e));
      $f_contents = chunk_split(bas e64_encode($f_c ontents));
      $f_type = filetype($f_nam e);
      fclose($handle) ;
      >
      >
      // Headers
      $headers = "";
      $headers .= "From: $from_name <$from_email>". $eol;
      $headers .= "Reply-To: $from_name <$from_email>". $eol;
      $headers .= "Return-Path: $from_name <$from_email>". $eol;
      $headers .= "X-Sender: <$from_email>". $eol;
      $headers .= "Errors-To: <$from_email>". $eol;
      $headers .= "Message-ID: <".md5(uniqid(r and())).".".pre g_replace("/[^a-z0-
      9]/i", "", $from_name).">" .$eol;
      $headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP v".phpversion() .$eol;
      $headers .= "X-Priority: 3\n";
      >
      // Boundary for marking the split & Multitype Headers
      $mime_boundary = "php-".md5(rand( ));
      $headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0".$eol;
      $headers .= "Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=\"".
      $mime_boundary. "\"".$eol;
      $msg = "";
      >
      // Attachment
      $msg .= "--".$mime_boundar y.$eol;
      $msg .= "Content-Type: $f_type; name=\"".$file_ name."\"".$eol;
      $msg .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64".$eol;
      $msg .= "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"".$f ile_name."\"".
      $eol.$eol;
      $msg .= $f_contents.$eo l.$eol;
      $msg .= "--".$mime_boundar y.$eol;
      >
      >
      // Text Version
      $msg .= "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1".$eol;
      $msg .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit".$eol;
      $msg .= "This is a multi-part message in MIME format.".$eol;
      $msg .= "If you are reading this, please update your email-reading-
      software.".$eol ;
      $msg .= $text_msg;
      $msg .= "--".$mime_boundar y.$eol;
      >
      // HTML Version
      $htmlalt_mime_b oundary = $mime_boundary. "_htmlalt";
      $msg .= "Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=\"".
      $htmlalt_mime_b oundary."\"".$e ol;
      $msg .= "--".$htmlalt_mime _boundary.$eol. $eol;
      $msg .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1".$eol;
      $msg .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit".$eol;
      $msg .= $html_msg;
      $msg .= $eol.$eol."--".$htmlalt_mime _boundary."--".$eol.$eol ;
      >
      // Finish Message
      $msg .= "--".$mime_boundar y."--".$eol.$eol ;
      >
      // SEND THE EMAIL
      ini_set(sendmai l_from, $from_email); // the INI lines are to force the
      From Address to be used !
      mail($recipient , $subject, $msg, $headers);
      ini_restore(sen dmail_from);
      >
      // DEBUG STUFF
      //print("<pre>$ms g</pre>");
      ?>
      >
      >
      --
      Karl Groves
      www.karlcore.com

        Comment

        • Karl Groves
          #3
          Re: Help with mail() - message not displaying

          "Tom" <klenwell@gmail .comwrote in
          news:1164830182 .439220.189140@ 80g2000cwy.goog legroups.com:
          uncomment the last line:
          >
          //print("<pre>$ms g</pre>");
          That line is just a debug line I put there to see the message printed. It
          is done *after* the mail is sent, so that doesn't solve my problem
          Also, unless you have other reasons for writing your own code here,
          you might check out something phpmailer. It may help save you from
          reinventing the wheel.
          This is actually going into another pre-existing script, so the wheel was
          already reinvented.




          --
          Karl Groves
          karlcore.com
          https://www.karlcore.com
          karlcore.com

            Comment

            • Tom
              #4
              Re: Help with mail() - message not displaying

              My apologies for the first response. Felt so bad that I cracked open
              phpmailer to glance at its code to see if any obvious differences stood
              out. I don't have any experience with this particular problem and
              prefer my email in good old plain text, so that's about the best I can
              do.

              I did notice that phpmailer does encode some parts of the message. I
              refer specifically to this line of code:

              @mail($to, $this->EncodeHeader($ this->Subject), $body, $header,
              $params);

              Could it be an encoding problem, specifically something somewhere not
              being encoded in the right way?

              If that doesn't help, my further apologies. I'll let the experts take
              over from here.

              Tom

              On Nov 29, 12:16 pm, Karl Groves <k...@NOSPAMkar lcore.comwrote:
              "Tom" <klenw...@gmail .comwrote innews:11648301 82.439220.18914 0@80g2000cwy.go oglegroups.com:
              >
              uncomment the last line:
              >
              //print("<pre>$ms g</pre>");That line is just a debug line I put there to see the message printed. It
              is done *after* the mail is sent, so that doesn't solve my problem
              >
              Also, unless you have other reasons for writing your own code here,
              you might check out something phpmailer. It may help save you from
              reinventing the wheel.This is actually going into another pre-existing script, so the wheel was
              already reinvented.
              >
              --
              Karl Groveswww.karlc ore.com

                Comment

                • bill
                  #5
                  Re: Help with mail() - message not displaying

                  Tom wrote:
                  uncomment the last line:
                  >
                  //print("<pre>$ms g</pre>");
                  >
                  Also, unless you have other reasons for writing your own code here, you
                  might check out something phpmailer. It may help save you from
                  reinventing the wheel.
                  >
                  Tom
                  >
                  Please excuse the ignorance,
                  where would I find phpmailer ?

                  bill

                    Comment

                    • Tom
                      #6
                      Re: Help with mail() - message not displaying

                      http://phpmailer.sourceforge.net/


                      Tom

                      On Nov 30, 4:09 am, bill <nob...@spamcop .netwrote:
                      Tom wrote:
                      uncomment the last line:
                      >
                      //print("<pre>$ms g</pre>");
                      >
                      Also, unless you have other reasons for writing your own code here, you
                      might check out something phpmailer. It may help save you from
                      reinventing the wheel.
                      >
                      TomPlease excuse the ignorance,
                      where would I find phpmailer ?
                      >
                      bill

                        Comment

                        • bill
                          #7
                          Re: Help with mail() - message not displaying

                          Tom wrote:
                          http://phpmailer.sourceforge.net/

                          >
                          THank you kindly
                          bill



                          >
                          On Nov 30, 4:09 am, bill <nob...@spamcop .netwrote:
                          >Tom wrote:
                          >>uncomment the last line:
                          >>//print("<pre>$ms g</pre>");
                          >>Also, unless you have other reasons for writing your own code here, you
                          >>might check out something phpmailer. It may help save you from
                          >>reinventing the wheel.
                          >>TomPlease excuse the ignorance,
                          > where would I find phpmailer ?
                          >>
                          >bill
                          >

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