On Wednesday 16 January 2002 03:32, Kevin Ruiz wrote:
This isn't a db related question!
> I'm writing a page that allows me to add users to a table. Once the users
> are in the table they will be able to gain access to our downloads section,
> they will be validated against their user/pass in a mysql database.
>
> Here's my question. I understand how to send mail using mail(). I also
> understand how to send mail in an html format which is what I'd prefer to
> do but what I'm having trouble with is passing my variables to the email
> being generated in the html format. This works fine in the plain text
> emails but can't seem to get it to work in the html emails.
>
> Here's my situation...once a new user is added to the database an email is
> generated with their user/pass. The code I am using to send them the email
> is this:
>
> ================================================================
> //mails the new account holder his/her username and pass
> //for testing purposes I'm sending all mail to myself
> /* recipients */
> $to = "Kevin Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>";
>
> /* subject */
> $subject = "Access to downloads section at Worktiviti.com";
>
> /* message */
> $message = '
You're using single quotes to define the $message string thus no variable
expansion takes place. I suggest breaking up the assignment into several
chunks, for example:
$message = 'Hello ' . $name . ', how are you';
hth
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