You can also create your email body as a partial and then use the
$this->getPartial() function to essentially run the partial and store the
output of it in a variable:
$email->setBody( $this->getPartial('myEmailPartial',
array('partial_variable'=>$partial_variable );
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 11:23 PM, Eric B <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Given that Symfony is built around templates, I am trying to figure out how
> I can leverage the power of the templates for other things, such as emails.
> For example, I would like to write up my email in a template form, then
> simply pass it the necessary variables to populate it. Finally, if I could
> "get" the output as text, I could assign it to the body of my mail, and off
> I go. That would allow me to separate the contents from my action.
>
> I've checked the docs, but haven't found anything that really explains how
> I could make something like this work. For instance, I'd love to be able to
> do somehting like:
>
> // start pseudo-code
> $emailTemplate = new Template("myEmailTemplateName" );
> $emailTemplate->setVar( $user );
> $body = $emailTemplate->getMergedTemplate();
> // end psuedo-code
>
> $email = Swift_Message::newInstance();
> $email->setFrom( "[email protected]" );
> $email->setTo( $user->getEmail() );
> $email->setSubject( "subject line" );
> $email->setBody( $body );
>
> $this->getMailer()->send( $email );
>
>
> Then in the "myEmailTemplate" I'd be able to put in whatever text I wanted.
>
> Do I need to install another template engine plugin for something like
> this? Or can I use what Symfony already has?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Eric
>
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