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Creating sendmail email template using checkboxes.

Hi there,

I have a page devised on my site which creates an email which is then sent using PHP's sendmail function. The email consists of a standard "header" text, and also a standard "footer" text.

I have also got four checkboxes on the page, which, depending on whether they are clicked or not, will insert four chunks of text in the middle part of the email.

Initially I have been trying the following... The required elements are $msg_header and $msg_footer and the optional elements are $msg_check1, $msg_check2, $msg_check3 and $msg_check4 - I tried a few "show if checkbox = true" snippets, but I just couldn't do it! Help please...!

$email = "destination@email.com";
$from_header = "From: Our Site Name <info@oursitename.com>";
$subject = "Our Subject";
$msg_header = "Dear " . $firstname . ",\n\n
This is the header text!\n\n";
$msg_check1 = "This is the optional text for checkbox 1\n\n\";
$msg_check2 = "This is the optional text for checkbox 2\n\n\";
$msg_check3 = "This is the optional text for checkbox 3\n\n\";
$msg_check4 = "This is the optional text for checkbox 4\n\n\";
$msg_footer = "This footer!\n\n";
$message = $msg_check1 . $msg_check2 . $msg_check3 . $msg_check4"; 
(mail($email,$subject,$message,$from_header));

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SamDavis

ASKER

By the way.... the variables of the actual checkboxes are...

$checkbox1
$checkbox2
$checkbox3
$checkbox4

So, I was trying some kind of...

if ($checkbox1 == 0) ( print "$msg_check1" }

But that didn't work.

Kshitij Ahuja

1. if ($checkbox1 == 0) ( print "$msg_check1" }

If this is the real chunk of code u are using in test...the print should end with a semi colon.

2. (mail($email,$subject,$message,$from_header));
This is from the snippet of code you provided with question. Why are you enclosing the mail function in brackets?

SamDavis

ASKER

re: Point 1 - I haven't used this technique, but it's something that I thought might be required to achieve my goal, but it doesn't seem to work.

re: Point 2 - this seems to make no difference to the end result - the emails will still send - I have just seen numerous sendmail snippets of code across the web enclosing the mail function in brackets, so therefore I have followed suit.

Still cannot figure this out.

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SamDavis

ASKER

Thanks Nopius, did a great job.