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PHP to email
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:
Code:
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
$message=" <html> <head> </head>
<body>
<b><font color=\"#000099\">A NEW RESERVATION</b> <BR>
<b><font color=\"#000099\">$now</b></font><BR>
<BR align=\"left\"><i><b><font color=\"#000099\">Customer's info:</b></i>
<BR align=\"left\"> <font color=\"#000099\"><b>Name:</b></font> $name_title_ $name_
<BR align=\"left\"> <font color=\"#000099\"><b>Address:</b></font> $address_
<BR align=\"left\"> <font color=\"#000099\"><b>City:</b></font> $city_
<BR align=\"left\"> <font color=\"#000099\"><b>County:</b></font> $country_
<BR align=\"left\"> <font color=\"#000099\"><b>Postcode:</b></font> $zip_
<BR align=\"left\"> <font color=\"#000099\"><b>Home Phone:</b></font> $home_phone_
<BR align=\"left\"> <font color=\"#000099\"><b>Work Phone:</b></font> $work_phone_
<BR align=\"left\"> <font color=\"#000099\"><b>E-mail:</b></font> $email_
<BR align=\"left\"> <font color=\"#000099\"><b>Contact method:</b></font> $contact_method_ $contact_method2_ $contact_method3_
<BR align=\"left\"> <font color=\"#000099\"><b>Message:</b></font> $main_message_
<BR><BR align=\"left\"><b><i><font color=\"#000099\">Reservation info:</font></i></b>
<BR align=\"left\"> <font color=\"#000099\"><b>Show:</b></font> $movies_
<BR align=\"left\"> <font color=\"#000099\"><b>Number of tickets </b></font> $number_of_tickets_
<BR align=\"left\"> <font color=\"#000099\"><b>Seats types:</b></font> $seating_type_
<BR align=\"left\"> <font color=\"#000099\"><b>Reservation date:</b></font> $qft1_days
</p>
</body>
</html>";
//[email protected]
//[email protected]
mail("[email protected]", "Show Reservation", "$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?
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It's OK, I think I got it.
I can't test it properly til tomorrow so I may be back. :rolleyes:
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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 :)
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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.
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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"...
