Edit a php file

[sara2006]

Hi guys
i use a php to send my emails but i have a question can i set the font color, size and alignment for body and then send the mail and reseve it with the new setting (new color, size, alignment, etc)?
i wonder if would you guid me to set these settings in php?
thanks alot and sorry for my bad english

[coderanger]

Hi Sara,

Are you saying you want to format your email for HTML instead of plain text?

There are many options available, but I would personally use plain text for
your emails. I've had a lot of experience with email and php, and I can tell
you that most people do not use html for their email readers.

Anyway, here are a few options you might be able to use:

//Use the following to replace anything plain text to html:
$email_body = "Your Email Message Here..\t\nThis starts a new line in plain text emails.";
$email_body = str_replace("\t\n", "<br>", $email_body);

//The above will reformat any lines found with newline character(s) to the
//html version of <br>. You could actually replace anything you like this way.

//To handle the font size you're asking about, you could do this:
$email_body = "<font face='verdana' size='2'>Your Email Message Here</font>";

//Send the email
mail($to, $subject, $email_body, $headers); 

I hope this answers your question, if not let me know and I'll try to help
further.

Patrick

[sara2006]

Thanks

thanks for your help and your advise :yes :yes :yes
but i have another question, can i send an attachment with a php or i need to use other programs or dll?
thanks agian

[RizlaUK]

i dont know about php, but Dermots xSMTP dll can sent attachments and its real easy to use, but of course, you need to buy xDialog to get it

[coderanger]

Hi Sara,

Yes, you can send attachments via php mail, it's all in the
MIME encoding that you use.

I would like to suggest a free php email class that I and many
commercial companies use for dealing with emails using php
that has all of the bells and whistles already added... It's called
PHPMailer, and it's open source and free to use in your programs.

You can find it here: http://phpmailer.sourceforge.net/

I recently used the latest version in a php membership script I
created, and it is very easy to use and can save you many hours
of cutting through code trying to find just the right options you
need, it has them all built-in. You can even set it up to send
mail via SMTP!

If you need any help, please pm me and I will help with what I can.

Patrick