With PHPMailer (Class) - How do I use a separate php file as my (embedded) html email message

Using PHPMailer, I want to use a seperate php file as my email (html) message...

so that this...
$mail->Body = $html; // <-- This line

would look something like this..
$mail->Body = email.php (or something along those lines).

Thanks in advance!

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Chimeraza

8/22/2022 - Mon

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Loganathan Natarajan

3/2/2009

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Loganathan Natarajan

3/2/2009

sample script,

<?php
 
include_once('../class.phpmailer.php');
 
$mail    = new PHPMailer();
 
$body    = $mail->getFile('contents.html');
 
$body    = eregi_replace("[\]",'',$body);
$subject = eregi_replace("[\]",'',$subject);
 
$mail->From     = "name@yourdomain.com";
$mail->FromName = "First Last";
 
$mail->Subject = "PHPMailer Test Subject";
 
$mail->AltBody = "To view the message, please use an HTML compatible email viewer!"; // optional, comment out and test
 
$mail->MsgHTML($body);
 
$mail->AddAddress("whoto@otherdomain.com", "John Doe");
 
if(!$mail->Send()) {
  echo 'Failed to send mail';
} else {
  echo 'Mail sent';
}
 
?>

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Chimeraza

3/2/2009

ASKER

Thanks for the prompt response

I tried that but am getting this error..

Fatal error: Call to a member function getFile() on a non-object in /home/content/t/e/a/mydomain/html/db/emailer_cus.php on line 36

Please help.

Loganathan Natarajan

3/2/2009

Don't you have the getFile() function on the phpmailer.class

try to use the attached file..

class.phpmailer.php.txt

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rwheeler23

Chimeraza

3/2/2009

ASKER

my current file does have the getFile() function.. ?

Loganathan Natarajan

3/2/2009

have you included the right path on the top of the page?