Re: php question

This one time, at band camp,
terry goode <tgoode(at)earthlink.net> wrote:

> ok here is the simple code
> <?php
> //first_mail.php
> $mail_to ="tgoode(at)earthlink.net";
> $mail_subject = "testing php mail";
> $mail_body = "testing php mail.\r\n";
> // first line of text with a cf & lf//
> $mail_body = "testing if it gets out and back in.\n";
> // second line of text with a cf & lf//
> if(mail($mail_to, $mail_subject, $mail_body))
> 	echo "successfully sent the e-mail \"$mail_subject\" to $mail_to.";
> else echo "failed to send the e-mail \"$mail_subject\"."
> ?>

If you are viewing the $mail_body with a browser, the \n will be ignored.
If you wish view the result in a browser, you will will need to use nl2br()

If you are simply sending a mail, try this...
<?php
// set the send to address
$email_to = 'tgoode(at)earthlink.net';

// set the from address
$email_from ='bill(at)ms.com';

// set the subject
$subject = 'Testing';

// create the body of the mail
$mail_body = 'This is a line of text'."\n";
$mail_body .= 'This is a second line of text';

// send the mail
if(!mail("$email_to",$subject,$mail_body, "From: $email_from\nReply-To: $email_from\nX-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion()))
  {
  // print an error
  echo 'Unable to send mail.'
  }
else
  {
  // give praise to the php gods
  echo 'Mail successfully sent.<br />';
  echo 'Message body will look like this<br />';
  echo nl2br($mail_body);
  }
?>

hope this helps
Kevin


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Kevin Waterson
Port Macquarie, Australia

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