PHP to email [Archive]

GingerNut

Oct 3rd, 2002, 02:18 PM

Hi guys,

I have a set of php scripts which are used for a show/movie database. There is a reservation form which then sends an email to the Box Office. The problem is, the box office uses StarOffice for their email and for some reason, which I don't know, the email is coming through as gobbledygook. Here is the bit of code that sends the email:

function send_email() // sends email
{
global $name_title_, $name_, $address_, $city_, $country_, $zip_, $home_phone_, $work_phone_, $email_, $contact_method_, $contact_method2_, $contact_method3_, $movies_, $number_of_tickets_, $seating_type_, $main_message_, $tickets_, $credit_card_payment_, $price_;
global $qft1_days;

$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";

$now = date("m/d/Y, D h:i a"); // gets the date/time now

$message=" <html> <head> </head>
<body>
A NEW RESERVATION 
$now 
 Customer's info:
 Name: $name_title_ $name_
 Address: $address_
 City: $city_
 County: $country_
 Postcode: $zip_
 Home Phone: $home_phone_
 Work Phone: $work_phone_
 E-mail: $email_
 Contact method: $contact_method_ $contact_method2_ $contact_method3_
 Message: $main_message_

 Reservation info:

 Show: $movies_
 Number of tickets $number_of_tickets_
 Seats types: $seating_type_
 Reservation date: $qft1_days


</body>
</html>";
//ncmillar@btinternet.com
//i_stanev2000@yahoo.com
mail("ncmillar@btinternet.com", "Show Reservation", "$message", $headers); // sends an email
}

Could someone please tell me how to change it so that the information goes as straight text rather than html, so that it can be properly read using StarOffice?

GingerNut

Oct 3rd, 2002, 02:42 PM

It's OK, I think I got it.
I can't test it properly til tomorrow so I may be back. :rolleyes:

MoMad

Oct 3rd, 2002, 02:42 PM

What the hell? You have a html message (ala tables and html tags) and you are not sure why your message is HTML?? Wow... man come on, just change your message = field to be text only... or...

Use a MIME class... I had one somewhere, ill upload it (just change .txt to .php) and use that class:

actually ill point you to the site i downloaded it at:

http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/kartic20000807.php3

Read the article, understand it, download the class, test it out, do whatever with it, implement it :)

GingerNut

Oct 3rd, 2002, 02:52 PM

Hi MoMad,

The problem was, the script was so bloody long that i couldn't see where the prob was. It was only when I isolated the mail part to post here that I noticed what to do.

MoMad

Oct 3rd, 2002, 03:48 PM

lol.. you should use classes man, goto:

http://www.phpclasses.org

to see some cool classes, i recommend (DB.class.php -- pretty cool and i helped make it better :D)

Also, using classes simplifies everything and minimizes your "mistakes" or "debugging"...