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How can I send an email using php then add a template design in the email? I'm using this:
$to = "[email protected]";
$subject = "Test mail";
$message = "Hello! This is a simple email message.";
$from = "[email protected]";
$headers = "From: $from";
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
echo "Mail Sent.";
And it works fine! The problem is just how to add a template.
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Why not try something as simple as this :
$variables = array();
$variables['name'] = "Robert";
$variables['age'] = "30";
$template = file_get_contents("template.html");
foreach($variables as $key => $value)
{
$template = str_replace('{{ '.$key.' }}', $value, $template);
}
echo $template;
Your template file being something like :
<html>
<p>My name is {{ name }} and I am {{ age }} !</p>
</html>
Lets have a small crack at this :)
class Emailer
{
var $recipients = array();
var $EmailTemplate;
var $EmailContents;
public function __construct($to = false)
{
if($to !== false)
{
if(is_array($to))
{
foreach($to as $_to){ $this->recipients[$_to] = $_to; }
}else
{
$this->recipients[$to] = $to; //1 Recip
}
}
}
function SetTemplate(EmailTemplate $EmailTemplate)
{
$this->EmailTemplate = $EmailTemplate;
}
function send()
{
$this->EmailTemplate->compile();
//your email send code.
}
}
Notice the function SetTemplate() ...
Heres a a small template class
class EmailTemplate
{
var $variables = array();
var $path_to_file= array();
function __construct($path_to_file)
{
if(!file_exists($path_to_file))
{
trigger_error('Template File not found!',E_USER_ERROR);
return;
}
$this->path_to_file = $path_to_file;
}
public function __set($key,$val)
{
$this->variables[$key] = $val;
}
public function compile()
{
ob_start();
extract($this->variables);
include $this->path_to_file;
$content = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
return $content;
}
}
Here's a small example, you still need to do the core of the script but this will provide you with a nice layout to get started with.
$emails = array(
'[email protected]',
'[email protected]'
);
$Emailer = new Emailer($emails);
//More code here
$Template = new EmailTemplate('path/to/my/email/template');
$Template->Firstname = 'Robert';
$Template->Lastname = 'Pitt';
$Template->LoginUrl= 'http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3706855/send-email-with-a-template-using-php';
//...
$Emailer->SetTemplate($Template); //Email runs the compile
$Emailer->send();
Thats really all there is to it, just have to know how to use objects and its pretty simple from there, ooh and the template would look a little something like this:
Welcome to my site,
Dear <?php echo $Firstname ?>, You have been registered on our site.
Please visit <a href="<?php echo $LoginUrl ?>">This Link</a> to view your upvotes
Regards.
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