Embedding images in email.

[miraan]

Hi,
I have been searching for hours, but I cant find a decent tutorial on how to embed an image in an email. All I want is to put a header image at the top of the email I am sending out, please can anyone help me on this? All help is greatly appreciated.

[pbmods]

Heya, Miraan.

It's reasonably easy with PHPMailer (http://phpmailer.codeworxtech.com/in...?pg=tutorial#4).

[Atli]

This is more of a theoretical idea at the moment, as IE seems to have a real problem with this concept, but..

It is possible to embed image data directly into the HTML (assuming you are sending HTML emails).
Like:
[code=php]
$data = file_get_conten ts("someimg.png ");
$data = base64_encode($ data);
echo '<img src="data:image/png;base64,', $data, '" alt="someimg" />';
[/code]
But, like I say, an email client that depends on IE to render HTML would not show this image.

[miraan]

Thanks for all your help!

[pbmods]

But, like I say, an email client that depends on IE to render HTML would not show this image.

Outlook 2003 uses IE to render HTML.
Outlook 2007 uses Word (don't ask; you won't like the answer).

[Atli]

Outlook 2003 uses IE to render HTML.
Outlook 2007 uses Word (don't ask; you won't like the answer).

Damn, now I'm curious :P

[pbmods]

Damn, now I'm curious :P

Okay, you asked for it:

http://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/archives/2007/01/microsoft_takes_email_design_b.html

[Atli]

Okay, you asked for it:

http://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/..._design_b.html

You were right, I really don't like that.
And to think, those... people pretty much control how we must design our webs.

I foresee a huge army of angry web-developers tearing down the M$ headquarters.

[pbmods]

You were right, I really don't like that.
And to think, those... people pretty much control how we must design our webs.

I foresee a huge army of angry web-developers tearing down the M$ headquarters.

Meh. Microsoft gives their customers what they expect. What I'd really like to see is User re-education on a massive scale; if the people that give Microsoft money were to start demanding quality products in exchange, Microsoft would have to shape up or ship out.

I still haven't yet been able to determine the root of this problem, but there is something fundamentally wrong with a person who uses crappy software, acknowledges that it is crappy software... and then refuses to do anything to improve his situation and actively resists the efforts of others to do the same.

[Atli]

I would guess the problem is money. While Microsoft gets away with shipping crappy software, they will do so. It's cheaper than actually having to fix it.

Until they actually start loosing customers (or rather, money) because of this, they will only fix what is absolutely necessary and resist anything that will cost them extra.

[pbmods]

I would guess the problem is money. While Microsoft gets away with shipping crappy software, they will do so. It's cheaper than actually having to fix it.

Until they actually start loosing customers (or rather, money) because of this, they will only fix what is absolutely necessary and resist anything that will cost them extra.

I wish I had your support in the anti-Microsoft thread over in Software Development. I gave up after a couple of hours.

[pbmods]

At least we fixed the OP's problem before hijacking his thread O:)