Re: [PHP] email templates and str_replace
Hi Richard,
You are replacing the placeholders in $mail_template, but you are storing
the results in $mail_content.
$mail_content = str_replace('##fullname##',$fullname,$mail_template);
$mail_content = str_replace('##email##',$email,$mail_template);
This means that each time you call the str_replace function, you are
overwriting what was generated by the previous call to str_replace.
Just change $mail_content to $mail_template and everything should work.
--zak
- Original Message -
From: Richard Kurth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 2:32 AM
Subject: [PHP] email templates and str_replace
I am trying to set up a template for an email program below you will
see the test program the $mail_template is pulled from a database
that is pre saved when it is saved the Placeholders are filled in
using str_replace. that is what I want it to do. But it does not work.
What am
I missing hear.
$mail_template= html
head
titleWeb Hosting At ##hostdomain## /title
/head
body bgcolor='#C4C9DB'
font size='4' color='#008080'strongDear ##fullname## /strong/font
brbr
font size='4' color='#008080'strongYour webhosting account has been
created. Please use the following data to log in to ##domain##
/strong/font
br
font size='4' color='#008080'
strongul type=square
liDomain:##domain## /li
liIP-Address: ##ip## /li
liUsername: ##username##/li
liPassword: ##password##/li
liMysql Database: ##userdatabase## /li
liMysql Username: ##newuser## /li
liMysql Password: ##newuserpass## /li
/ul /strong
/font
font size='4' color='#008080'strongThanks for choosing ##hostdomain##
br Any Questions e-mail ##sales##@##hostdomain##/strong /font
/body
/html
;
/* message*/
//$mail_template = $message;
$fullname=Richard Kurth;
$email=[EMAIL PROTECTED];
$hostdomain=northwesthost.com;
$hostname=www;
$domain=twohot;
$tld=.com;
$baseip=234.444.45.444;
$username=rkurth;
$password=boat;
$userdatabase=twohot;
$newuser=twohot;
$newuserpass=twohot;
$sales=sales;
$domainname=$hostname . . . $domain . $tld;
$mail_content = str_replace('##fullname##',$fullname,$mail_template);
$mail_content = str_replace('##email##',$email,$mail_template);
$mail_content = str_replace('##domain##',$domainname,$mail_template);
$mail_content = str_replace('##ip##',$baseip,$mail_template);
$mail_content = str_replace('##username##',$username,$mail_template);
$mail_content = str_replace('##password##',$password,$mail_template);
$mail_content =
str_replace('##userdatabase##',$userdatabase,$mail_template);
$mail_content = str_replace('##newuser##',$newuser,$mail_template);
$mail_content =
str_replace('##newuserpass##',$newuserpass,$mail_template);
$mail_content = str_replace('##hostdomain##',$hostdomain,$mail_template);
$mail_content = str_replace('##sales##',$sales,$mail_template);
/* and now mail it */
/* recipients */
$recipient = $fullname $email ;
//header
$headers .=From: Sales Department [EMAIL PROTECTED] \n;
$headers .= reply-To:$from\nX-Mailer: PHP/ .phpversion(). \n;
$headers .= Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\n;
//subject
$subject1 = $subject;
//mail($recipient, $subject1, $mail_content, $headers);
//print $recipient, $subject1, $mail_content, $headers;
echo $mail_content;
Best regards,
Richard
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] email templates and str_replace
Mr. Kurth,
Try this. Save the mail
template to another file [like mailtemplate.txt] then open it for
reading.
//read in template
$template =
file("mailtemplate.txt");
//setup variables
$fullname="Richard
Kurth";$email="[EMAIL PROTECTED]";$hostdomain="northwesthost.com";
$hostname="www"; $domain="twohot";
$tld=".com";$baseip="234.444.45.444";$username="rkurth";$password="boat";$userdatabase="twohot";$newuser="twohot";$newuserpass="twohot";$sales="sales";$domainname=$hostname
. "." . $domain . $tld;
//iterate through the template replacing
the items
for($i = 0; $i sizeof($template);
$i++) {
$template[i] =
str_replace('##fullname##',$fullname,$template[i]);
$template[i] = str_replace('##email##',$email,$template[i]);
$template[i] =
str_replace('##domain##',$domainname,$template[i]);
$template[i] = str_replace('##ip##',$baseip,$template[i]);
$template[i] =
str_replace('##username##',$username,$template[i]);
$template[i] =
str_replace('##password##',$password,$template[i]);
$template[i] =
str_replace('##userdatabase##',$userdatabase,$template[i]);
$template[i] =
str_replace('##newuser##',$newuser,$template[i]);
$template[i] =
str_replace('##newuserpass##',$newuserpass,$template[i]);
$template[i] =
str_replace('##hostdomain##',$hostdomain,$template[i]);
$template[i] = str_replace('##sales##',$sales,$template[i]);
}
//Now the array $template contains our
message, parsed and all
//from here we can implode it into one
string, or we can leave
//it be to do further things to
it.The example from above is
//similar to the method I use in my
TemplateEngine I wrote a
//little while back, I might just include
the source some time.
Hope this helps,
Chris "TunkeyMicket" Watford
TunkeyMicket Productions
www.tunkeymicket.com
- Original Message -
From: "Richard Kurth" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 4:32 AM
Subject: [PHP] email templates and
str_replace
I am trying to set up a template for an email program below
you will see the test program the $mail_template is pulled from a
database that is pre saved when it is saved the Placeholders are
filled in using str_replace. that is what I want it to do. But it
does not work. What am I missing hear.
$mail_template= "html head
titleWeb Hosting At
##hostdomain## /title /head body
bgcolor='#C4C9DB' font size='4'
color='#008080'strongDear ##fullname## /strong/font
brbr font size='4'
color='#008080'strongYour webhosting account has been created.
Please use the following data to log in to ##domain##
/strong/font br font size='4'
color='#008080' strongul type=square
liDomain:##domain## /li
liIP-Address: ##ip##
/li
liUsername: ##username##/li
liPassword:
##password##/li
liMysql Database: ##userdatabase## /li
liMysql Username: ##newuser##
/li liMysql
Password: ##newuserpass## /li /ul
/strong /font
font size='4' color='#008080'strongThanks for choosing
##hostdomain## br Any Questions e-mail ##sales##@##hostdomain##/strong /font /body
/html "; /* message*/ //$mail_template
= $message; $fullname="Richard Kurth";
$email="[EMAIL PROTECTED]";
$hostdomain="northwesthost.com"; $hostname="www";
$domain="twohot"; $tld=".com";
$baseip="234.444.45.444"; $username="rkurth";
$password="boat"; $userdatabase="twohot";
$newuser="twohot"; $newuserpass="twohot";
$sales="sales"; $domainname=$hostname . "." . $domain .
$tld; $mail_content =
str_replace('##fullname##',$fullname,$mail_template); $mail_content =
str_replace('##email##',$email,$mail_template); $mail_content =
str_replace('##domain##',$domainname,$mail_template); $mail_content =
str_replace('##ip##',$baseip,$mail_template); $mail_content =
str_replace('##username##',$username,$mail_template); $mail_content =
str_replace('##password##',$password,$mail_template); $mail_content =
str_replace('##userdatabase##',$userdatabase,$mail_template);
$mail_content = str_replace('##newuser##',$newuser,$mail_template);
$mail_content =
str_replace('##newuserpass##',$newuserpass,$mail_template);
$mail_content =
str_replace('##hostdomain##',$hostdomain,$mail_template); $mail_content
= str_replace('##sales##',$sales,$mail_template); /* and now mail it
*/ /* recipients */ $recipient = "$fullname $email" ;
//header $headers .="From: Sales Department [EMAIL PROTECTED]
\n"; $headers .= "reply-To:$from\nX-Mailer: PHP/" .phpversion()."
\n"; $headers .= "Content-Type: text/html;
charset=iso-8859-1\n"; //subject $subject1 = $subject;
//mail($recipient, $subject1, $mail_content, $headers); //print
"$recipient, $subject1, $mail_content, $headers"; echo
$mail_content;
Best regards,
Richard mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [PHP] email templates and str_replace
Richard,
The problem is with the str_replace()s. Consider the following:
?php
$myvar = 'this is a var.';
$mytext = str_replace('is', 'is not', $myvar);
?
At this point $myvar still equals 'this is a var.' but $mytext is 'this is
not a var.' $myvar hasn't been modfified by the str_replace so any
additional str_replace()s after it will not have a cumlative effect.
?php
$mail_content = $mail_template;
$mail_content = str_replace('##fullname##',$fullname,$mail_content);
$mail_content = str_replace('##email##',$email,$mail_content);
$mail_content = str_replace('##domain##',$domainname,$mail_content);
?
Something like the above would have the effect you're looking for.
--
Rich Cavanaugh
CTO, EnSpot.com
-Original Message-
From: Richard Kurth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 4:32 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PHP] email templates and str_replace
I am trying to set up a template for an email program below you will
see the test program the $mail_template is pulled from a database
that is pre saved when it is saved the Placeholders are filled in
using str_replace. that is what I want it to do. But it does not work.
What am
I missing hear.
$mail_template= html
head
titleWeb Hosting At ##hostdomain## /title
/head
body bgcolor='#C4C9DB'
font size='4' color='#008080'strongDear ##fullname## /strong/font
brbr
font size='4' color='#008080'strongYour webhosting account has been
created. Please use the following data to log in to ##domain##
/strong/font
br
font size='4' color='#008080'
strongul type=square
liDomain:##domain## /li
liIP-Address: ##ip## /li
liUsername: ##username##/li
liPassword: ##password##/li
liMysql Database: ##userdatabase## /li
liMysql Username: ##newuser## /li
liMysql Password: ##newuserpass## /li
/ul /strong
/font
font size='4' color='#008080'strongThanks for choosing ##hostdomain##
br Any Questions e-mail ##sales##@##hostdomain##/strong /font
/body
/html
;
/* message*/
//$mail_template = $message;
$fullname=Richard Kurth;
$email=[EMAIL PROTECTED];
$hostdomain=northwesthost.com;
$hostname=www;
$domain=twohot;
$tld=.com;
$baseip=234.444.45.444;
$username=rkurth;
$password=boat;
$userdatabase=twohot;
$newuser=twohot;
$newuserpass=twohot;
$sales=sales;
$domainname=$hostname . . . $domain . $tld;
$mail_content = str_replace('##fullname##',$fullname,$mail_template);
$mail_content = str_replace('##email##',$email,$mail_template);
$mail_content = str_replace('##domain##',$domainname,$mail_template);
$mail_content = str_replace('##ip##',$baseip,$mail_template);
$mail_content = str_replace('##username##',$username,$mail_template);
$mail_content = str_replace('##password##',$password,$mail_template);
$mail_content =
str_replace('##userdatabase##',$userdatabase,$mail_template);
$mail_content = str_replace('##newuser##',$newuser,$mail_template);
$mail_content = str_replace('##newuserpass##',$newuserpass,$mail_template);
$mail_content = str_replace('##hostdomain##',$hostdomain,$mail_template);
$mail_content = str_replace('##sales##',$sales,$mail_template);
/* and now mail it */
/* recipients */
$recipient = $fullname $email ;
//header
$headers .=From: Sales Department [EMAIL PROTECTED] \n;
$headers .= reply-To:$from\nX-Mailer: PHP/ .phpversion(). \n;
$headers .= Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\n;
//subject
$subject1 = $subject;
//mail($recipient, $subject1, $mail_content, $headers);
//print $recipient, $subject1, $mail_content, $headers;
echo $mail_content;
Best regards,
Richard
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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RE: [PHP] email templates and str_replace
Richard,
The problem is with the str_replace()s. Consider the following:
?php
$myvar = 'this is a var.';
$mytext = str_replace('is', 'is not', $myvar);
?
At this point $myvar still equals 'this is a var.' but $mytext is 'this is
not a var.' $myvar hasn't been modfified by the str_replace so any
additional str_replace()s after it will not have a cumlative effect.
Actually, wouldn't the string then be equal to 'this not is not a var.' ??
- Brian
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