Perfection. Well, as much perfection as we're allowed, anyway. Maybe tack on a BS image extension to the messageID that you lop off before processing in order to complete the illusion. I am quite sure that will be permissible with default a default .htaccess file.
Oh, the call to get the image. We need actual image file contents and a proper image header: in the action: $this->view->image = file_get_contents($realimageURL); I may be hosing that object reference. Get the file contents into a view object property. Sorry, I'm rusty on my cakephp. ...and then maybe a view with the following might do it: <?php header('content-type: image/[imagetype]');?><?=$this->image?> but i may be wrong about being able to set the header in the view. so you may just want to cheat and do: (in the action again) header('content-type: image/png'); //assuming png image here echo file_get_contents($realimageURL); //whatever that is -- this will be a live web url exit; which is maybe a little kludgy, but will absolutely positively maybe work. M On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 12:28 AM, Krissy Masters <naked.cake.ba...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yeah I figured with all the email clients security settings saying "click > here to download images in the message" type stuff there is no guarantee the > image would be pulled. But for now some information on the ones who do is > better than none at all. > > > > So my next question is how do I go about this? How do I turn the fetching of > an image into a function thru the url? something like this in the HTML email > <img alt="" src="www.site.com/images/fetch/$message_id "> > > > > and then that url would hit message controller > > > > fetch($message_id ){ > > do the record keeping based on the message id > > > > return '/images/the_image.jpg'; > > } > > > > Am I far off here? > > > > Thanks everyone, > > > > K > > > > From: cake-php@googlegroups.com [mailto:cake-php@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Matt Murphy > Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 7:12 PM > To: cake-php@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Email Question > > > > In an HTML layout, you can reference an image calling to a unique image URL. > When that gets hit in your logs, you know they opened it. Unfortunately, > they might not display images, because this is a classic way to confirm that > an email is active employed by spambots, but it's the best *automatic* method > I know of. > > I'm eager to hear what everyone else has! > > Matt Murphy > > On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Krissy Masters <naked.cake.ba...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I am sending out emails and I want to know that the person has opened it. How > does one go about this? I have a link in the email they can click to view in > browser and I can tell when that happens but as for straight email viewing > I'm stumped. > > Not much detail in the question but I figure its rather straight to the point > J > > > > Thanks everyone as I wait in anticipation for any help. > > > > K > > > > -- > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials > http://tv.cakephp.org > Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help > others with their CakePHP related questions. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php > > > > -- > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials > http://tv.cakephp.org > Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help > others with their CakePHP related questions. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php > > -- > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials > http://tv.cakephp.org > Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help > others with their CakePHP related questions. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php