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Anyone know how to get a custom layout when sending email's via mail()?

At the moment I would just like to start a new line in an email but eventually throw in images and etc.

Any information be much appericated.

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means , you want to write some thing in that mail...Right????
if so,
see this..
php Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) 
  1. $mail_body='<style type=text/css><!--td {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;}--></style>
  2. <table width="50%"  border="0" align="center" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#E7E7E7">
  3.   <tr><td>[B]Do your design here...[/B]</td></tr>
  4. </table>';
  5.  
  6. mailto = 'some@some.com' ;	
  7.  
  8. 	$mailheader  = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
  9. 	$mailheader .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";	
  10. 	$mailheader.=" From: someone\r\n";
  11. 	$mailheader .= 'BCc:some2@some.com' . "\r\n";
  12. 	@mail($mailto,' Details',$mail_body,$mailheader);
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Ya using the mail function() http://www.php.net/mail.
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see my above edited post....
if something else you want...let do post..
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Hi shanti!

I have retired for the day and obligated over the weekend but I will try get it next week. Just for some confirmations:
php Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) 
  1. 	$mailheader  = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
  2. 	$mailheader .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
These lines allow you to maniuplate the email into html? if not what purpose they serve?

[code=html]
$mail_body='<style type=text/css><!--td {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;}--></style>
<table width="50%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#E7E7E7">
<tr><td>Do your design here...</td></tr>
</table>';
[code]
I put similar tags in my email and they just came out as normal <tr>, etc but I guess your decleration in the header will allow this to be formatted as html than rather text? This correct?

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yes,
To send HTML mail, the Content-type header must be set..
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I guess your decleration in the header will allow this to be formatted as html than rather text? This correct?
right....

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Thanks Shanti, works like a gem.

Now I just need something creative.

You have any idea on how to send images along with the email?

would be a simply img refer to an image on the server?

Also any other fancy ideas you have will be much appericated.

Thanks, Regards X
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i generally used img tag to send images through my mail function...it gives me no error at all....if you know any other fancy ideas,post here for all daniweb members..

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As I get them I will.

My basic aim is to re-create a webpage in an email, with all images, etc.

How did you post the image?

I tried the <img src="server"> and it didnt work came up as an X (not loaded).

If I get any cool ideas ill let you know but objective is to basically recreate a small webpage in the email (that would be cool).

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help with the <img> tag please? Thanks
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