file_get_contents stylee with PHP parsing

[Aetherweb]

This is probably really obvious, sorry, been a long day...

I'm wanting to create a PHP file which is a template for an email, and
read the file into a string, ready to send out using my email
functions... but I want to be able to get the PHP file to be server
processed so that its content is created on the fly.

Eg in pseudo code, what I want to do is this:

1$email_param1 = "my email param 1";
2$email_param2 = "my email param 2";
3etc

4$email_content = file_get_conten ts("email.php") ;

5mySendMail("To @somewhere.com" ,"From@somewher eelse.com","My Email
Subject", $email_content) ;

Where "email.php" changes depending upon the content of the
email_param variables.

I could change line 4 to something like this:

$email_content = file_get_conten ts("email.php?p aram1=my+email+ param
+1&param2=my+em ail+param+2");

?

Thanks,

[ZeldorBlat]

Re: file_get_conten ts stylee with PHP parsing

On Mar 21, 11:02 am, "Aetherweb" <jeffs...@gmail .comwrote:

This is probably really obvious, sorry, been a long day...
>
I'm wanting to create a PHP file which is a template for an email, and
read the file into a string, ready to send out using my email
functions... but I want to be able to get the PHP file to be server
processed so that its content is created on the fly.
>
Eg in pseudo code, what I want to do is this:
>
1$email_param1 = "my email param 1";
2$email_param2 = "my email param 2";
3etc
>
4$email_content = file_get_conten ts("email.php") ;
>
5mySendMail("T. ..@somewhere.co m","F...@somewh ereelse.com","M y Email
Subject", $email_content) ;
>
Where "email.php" changes depending upon the content of the
email_param variables.
>
I could change line 4 to something like this:
>
$email_content = file_get_conten ts("email.php?p aram1=my+email+ param
+1&param2=my+em ail+param+2");
>
?
>
Thanks,

If the file is local file_get_conten ts() will do just that -- get the
contents of the file. If you want it to be parsed through PHP then
you need to request it as though you were requesting a webpage:

$email_content = file_get_conten ts("http://wwww.myserver.c om/email.php?
param1=my+email +param+1&param2 =my+email+param +2");

[Aetherweb]

Re: file_get_conten ts stylee with PHP parsing

This is probably really obvious, sorry, been a long day...

>

I'm wanting to create a PHP file which is a template for an email, and
read the file into a string, ready to send out using my email
functions... but I want to be able to get the PHP file to be server
processed so that its content is created on the fly.

>

Eg in pseudo code, what I want to do is this:

>

1$email_param1 = "my email param 1";
2$email_param2 = "my email param 2";
3etc

>

4$email_content = file_get_conten ts("email.php") ;

>

5mySendMail("T. ..@somewhere.co m","F...@somewh ereelse.com","M y Email
Subject", $email_content) ;

>

Where "email.php" changes depending upon the content of the
email_param variables.

>

I could change line 4 to something like this:

>

$email_content = file_get_conten ts("email.php?p aram1=my+email+ param
+1&param2=my+em ail+param+2");

>

?

>

Thanks,

>
If the file is local file_get_conten ts() will do just that -- get the
contents of the file. If you want it to be parsed through PHP then
you need to request it as though you were requesting a webpage:
>
$email_content = file_get_conten ts("http://wwww.myserver.c om/email.php?
param1=my+email +param+1&param2 =my+email+param +2");

Of course! Thank you. Knew I was being a retard.

[Toby A Inkster]

Re: file_get_conten ts stylee with PHP parsing

ZeldorBlat wrote:

$email_content = file_get_conten ts("http://wwww.myserver.c om/email.php?
param1=my+email +param+1&param2 =my+email+param +2");

This causes a subrequest though, increasing server load and wasting time.
You might find it better to do:

$email_param1 = "my email param 1";
$email_param2 = "my email param 2";
ob_start();
include 'email.php';
$email_content = ob_get_clean();

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[Jerry Stuckle]

Re: file_get_conten ts stylee with PHP parsing

Aetherweb wrote:

This is probably really obvious, sorry, been a long day...
>
I'm wanting to create a PHP file which is a template for an email, and
read the file into a string, ready to send out using my email
functions... but I want to be able to get the PHP file to be server
processed so that its content is created on the fly.
>
Eg in pseudo code, what I want to do is this:
>
1$email_param1 = "my email param 1";
2$email_param2 = "my email param 2";
3etc
>
4$email_content = file_get_conten ts("email.php") ;
>
5mySendMail("To @somewhere.com" ,"From@somewher eelse.com","My Email
Subject", $email_content) ;
>
Where "email.php" changes depending upon the content of the
email_param variables.
>
I could change line 4 to something like this:
>
$email_content = file_get_conten ts("email.php?p aram1=my+email+ param
+1&param2=my+em ail+param+2");
>
?
>
Thanks,
>

Alternatively - put all of your contents in one file, each with it's own
function, i.e.

function emailtext1 ($param1, $param2) {
$str = ... // Build one message here
return $str;
}

function emailtext2 ($param1, $param2) {
$str = ... // Build another message here
return $str;
}

switch ($emailparm) {
case 'content1':
$email_content = emailtext1($ema il_param11, $email_param2);
break;
case 'content1':
$email_content = emailtext2($ema il_param11, $email_param2);
break;
}

Or, if you are just including one file - you just need one function and
send it your params.

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