PHP, Pear, SMTP and random equal signs in html emails

**kronus** · Mar 26 '09, 05:41 PM

Hey everyone,

I am stumped once more and you guys have always helped in one way or the other.

I am just now starting to fool around with using PEAR to send html emails. Following the sample scripts -- http://www.phpmaniac.net/wiki/index....ple_recipients -- I was able to send html emails with no problem.

However, when I applied these concepts to a dynamically generated email, the recipients would receive an email with random equal signs appearing in the email.

Here's the code:

Code:

	$message = '<table>';
        // used for displaying thank you page after the form is submitted
	$email_message = $new_html_var2;
	
	if(!empty($_POST['typeSub']))
	{
		$message =$message. '<tr><td>Thank you for ordering  '.$_POST['typeSub'].' subscription of Script Magazine</td></tr>';
	}
	if(!empty($_POST['bfname']))
	{
		$message=$message. '<tr><td>Billing Info'.'</td></tr><tr><td>'.'First Name: '.$_POST['bfname'].'</td></tr>';
	}
	if(!empty($_POST['blname']))
	{
		$message=$message. '<tr><td>Last Name: '.$_POST['blname'].'</td></tr>';
	}
	if(!empty($_POST['bcompany']))
	{
		$message=$message. '<tr><td>Company: '.$_POST['bcompany'].'</td></tr>';
	}
	if(!empty($_POST['baddress1']))
	{
		$message=$message. '<tr><td>Address 1: '.$_POST['baddress1'].'</td></tr>';
	}
	if(!empty($_POST['baddress2']))
	{
		$message=$message. '<tr><td>Address 2: '.$_POST['baddress2'].'</td></tr>';
	}
	if(!empty($_POST['bcity']))
	{
		$message=$message. '<tr><td>City: '.$_POST['bcity'].'</td></tr>';
	}
	if(!empty($_POST['bstate']))
	{
		$message=$message. '<tr><td>State: '.$_POST['bstate'].'</td></tr>';
	}
	if(!empty($_POST['bzip']))
	{
		$message=$message. '<tr><td>Zip/Postal Code: '.$_POST['bzip'].'</td></tr>';
	}
	if(!empty($_POST['bcountry']))
	{
		$message=$message. '<tr><td>Country: '.$_POST['bcountry'].'</td></tr>';
	}
	if(!empty($_POST['bemail']))
	{
		$message=$message. '<tr><td>Email: '.$_POST['bemail'].'</td></tr>';
	}
	if(!empty($_POST['bphone']))
	{
		$message=$message. '<tr><td>Phone: '.$_POST['bphone'].'</td></tr>';
	}
	if(!empty($_POST['ACCT']))
	{
		$message=$message. '<tr><td>Card number ending in: '.substr($_POST['ACCT'], -4).'</td></tr>';
	}
	
	if(!empty($_POST['sfname']))
	{
		$message=$message. '<tr><td>Shipping Info'.'</td></tr><tr><td>'.'First Name: '.$_POST['scompany'].'</td></tr>';
	}
	if(!empty($_POST['slname']))
	{
		$message=$message. '<tr><td>Last Name: '.$_POST['slname'].'</td></tr>';
	}
	if(!empty($_POST['scompany']))
	{
		$message=$message. '<tr><td>Company: '.$_POST['scompany'].'</td></tr>';
	}
	if(!empty($_POST['saddress1']))
	{
		$message=$message. '<tr><td>Address 1: '.$_POST['saddress1'].'</td></tr>';
	}
	if(!empty($_POST['saddress2']))
	{
		$message=$message. '<tr><td>Address 2: '.$_POST['saddress2'].'</td></tr>';
	}
	if(!empty($_POST['scity']))
	{
		$message=$message. '<tr><td>City: '.$_POST['scity'].'</td></tr>';
	}
	if(!empty($_POST['sstate']))
	{
		$message=$message. '<tr><td>State: '.$_POST['sstate'].'</td></tr>';
	}
	if(!empty($_POST['szip']))
	{
		$message=$message. '<tr><td>Zip/Postal Code: '.$_POST['szip'].'</td></tr>';
	}
	if(!empty($_POST['scountry']))
	{
		$message=$message. '<tr><td>Country: '.$_POST['scountry'].'</td></tr>';
	}
	$message=$message. '</table>';
	
	$email_message .= $message.'</div></body></html>';
	
	$message2 = '<html><body>'.$message;
	$message2 .= '</body></html>';
	
	$my_subject = 'Some Magazine Order';

	$recipients = "'<someone1@example.com>, <someone2@example.com>, ";
	$recipient = $_POST['bemail'];
	

	$from_mail = "noreply@example.com";
	// To send HTML mail, the Content-type header must be set
include('Mail.php');
include('Mail/mime.php');


$all_recipients = $recipients."<".$recipient.">'";

$html = $message2;
//$crlf = "rn";
$hdrs = array('From'    => $from_mail,
              'To'      => $all_recipients,
              'Subject' => $my_subject,
			  'Headers' => $hdrs
              );

    $mime = new Mail_mime();
       // $mime->setTXTBody($text);
        $mime->setHTMLBody($html);
       // $mime->addAttachment($file,'application/octet-stream');

$body = $mime->get();
$hdrs = $mime->headers($hdrs);
$mail =& Mail::factory('mail', $params);
$mail->send($all_recipients, $hdrs, $body); 

if (PEAR::isError($mail)) {
  echo("<p>" . $mail->getMessage() . "</p>");
 } else {
  echo($email_message);
 }

Here's the result:

Code:

<tbody><tr><td>Thank you for ordering  1 year US subscription o=
f some Magazine</td></tr><tr><td>Billing Info</td></tr><tr><td>First Name=
: kronus</td></tr><tr><td>Last Name: agia</td></tr><tr><td>Company: fd</td>=
</tr><tr><td>Address 1: olympus</td></tr><tr><td>City: metro</td></tr><tr>&lt;=
td&gt;State: California</tr><tr><td>Zip/Postal Code: 90004</td></tr><tr>&lt;=
td&gt;Country: United States</tr><tr><td>Email: someemail@hotmail.com</td></tr><tr><td>Phone: 8185555555</td></tr><tr><td>Card number ending in: 510=
0</td></tr><tr><td>Country: United States</td></tr></tbody>