PHP email, how to include variable in message

Question

I have an upload script that I have purchased. I need to add some more functionality to it however and my php knowledge is pretty basic. What I need is for an email containing the file location to be sent out via email to a set address. Basically a notification that something has been uploaded.

I have worked out what part of the code these needs to go in, and have got as far as adding this which works perfectly:

// Send Email Notification
       $to = "[email protected]";
       $subject = "A Website User uploaded files";
       $message = "The download link goes here. ";
       $from = "[email protected]";
       $headers = "From:" . $from;
       mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);

The next line of code in the script outputs the value I want to send in the message of the email like this:

$TMPL['message'] .= '<div class="success">Download: 
<a href="index.php?a=download&q='.$execLastRow[0].'" 
target="_blank">'.$_FILES['fileselect']['name'][$key].'</a></div>';

Obviously this is the wrong syntax but this is the gist of what Im trying to do:

// Send Email Notification
       $to = "[email protected]";
       $subject = "A Website User uploaded files";
       $message = "Download: <a href="index.php?a=download&q='.$execLastRow[0].'" target="_blank">'.$_FILES['fileselect']['name'][$key].'</a>. ";
       $from = "[email protected]";
       $headers = "From:" . $from;
       mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);

Assistance as always is appreciated!

Ron van der Heijden · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-22 14:21:22Z

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Edit

Appending to an existing string add . like .=

$message .= 'Download: <a href="index.php?a=download&q='.$execLastRow[0].'" target="_blank">'.$_FILES['fileselect']['name'][$key].'</a>';

@DevZer0 noticed that you need to add $headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8' . "\r\n"; to set the content type to HTML.

Before edit

Because you start the string with " and then href="

So the first " in href is closing your string.

$message = 'Download: <a href="index.php?a=download&q='.$execLastRow[0].'" target="_blank">'.$_FILES['fileselect']['name'][$key].'</a>';

You could compare the row above with yours and check the color syntax.

edited Aug 22, 2013 at 14:21

answered Aug 22, 2013 at 14:01

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Webbly Brown Over a year ago

That outputs: Download: <a href="index.php?a=download&q=19" target="_blank">dutty-mcmash.jpg</a>. as a single line of text in the email, how would I write it so it keeps the HTML too please?

Webbly Brown Over a year ago

Sadly thats still outputting the same thing in the body of the email

DevZer0 Over a year ago

@WebblyBrown you need to set content-type to text/html. in the email header

Webbly Brown Over a year ago

Ahh ok so I need to add a MIME type for HTML to the header, thats working guys thanks

John Black · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-22 13:59:21Z

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Your problem is to put variables in a string right?

  $message = 'Variable1: ' . $var1 . ', Variable2: ' . $var2 . ', Variable3: ' . $var3;

answered Aug 22, 2013 at 13:59

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swapnesh · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-22 14:03:38Z

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Change -

$message = "Download: <a href="index.php?a=download&q='.$execLastRow[0].'" target="_blank">'.$_FILES['fileselect']['name'][$key].'</a>. ";

To

$message = 'Download: <a href="index.php?a=download&q='.$execLastRow[0].'" target="_blank">'.$_FILES['fileselect']['name'][$key].'</a>.';

answered Aug 22, 2013 at 14:03

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Webbly Brown Over a year ago

That outputs: Download: <a href="index.php?a=download&q=19" target="_blank">dutty-mcmash.jpg</a>. as a single line of text in the email, how would I write it so it keeps the HTML too please?

Arturs · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-22 14:01:07Z

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You could assign text like this.

$message = <<<HTML
"Download: <a href="index.php?a=download&q={$execLastRow[0]}" target="_blank">{$_FILES['fileselect']['name'][$key]}</a>. ";
HTML;

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