Mail In Both Plain Text And HTML At The Same Time!

beaver6813 · 01-21-2007, 10:08 AM

Hey,

I was looking around for ages trying to get this damn thing working with thunderbird. Basically it sends an email using multipart/alternative which, if the email client supports MIME lets it decide whether to show the email in plain text or HTML.

PHP Code:

  <?php

/*

Sam Cleaver aka Beaver6813 (http://www.beaver6813.com)

Mutlipart Email Script, Sends In Both Plain And HTML For Compatibility

Which Works With MIME 1.0+ Supporting Software.

Email: samcleaver.beaver[-at]gmail[-dot]com

Copyright (C) 2007  Beaver6813

 
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or

modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License

as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2

of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

 
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the

GNU General Public License for more details.

 
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software

Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.

*/

 
/*

Created By Beaver6813, a special thanks to Jonathan at The PHP Solution

 for all your help along the way.

 CHANGES:

 -- Is Now Compatible With GMail 

 -- Encrypts Messages In Base64 For Easier Transportation

 NOTES:

 -- From experience with different mail services i've discovered some key pointers

 when sending html or any type of email:

  * DO NOT link to external CSS stylesheets, most of the time these are either filtered out

  or do not load properly

  * As discovered in GMail it strips out any stylesheets completely, even inline ones so you're

  going to have to use the style='' tags on any div's etc you want to make look pretty

  * Bear in mind linking to any external resources will bring up a warning on the clients

  end and they can choose to or not to load external resources.

  * Keep HTML resources as simple as possible, most of the time they aren't loaded as well as

  they would in firefox and so can be really mucked up if you do some complicated magic with 

  them.

 COMING SOON:

 -- Will be turned into a class making it easier to send emails :)

*/

 
$_emailer_subject = "My First Email Yay!"; //The subject of the email... duh

$_emailer_to = "samcleaver.beaver@gmail.com"; //You can make this even easier for the

 //email client by specifying the actual name of the person as well, but for

 //simplicities sake we'll just give the email

$_emailer_from = "test@localhost"; //Again, you can do to this what

//i said above

$_emailer_reply_to = "test@localhost";

$_emailer_cc = ''; //Optional

$_emailer_bcc = '';//Optional

 
//Okay what do you want to appear if it displays the plain text version?

$email_html = "<h1>HTML E-mail</h1>

<p>This is an <b>HTML</b> e-mail.</p>";

//Okay what do you want to appear if it displays the HTML version?

$email_plain = "HTML E-mail\n\nThis is the text portion of an HTML e-mail\n"; 

 
$_emailer_subject = $_emailer_subject == '' ? 'No Subject' : $_emailer_subject; // Must have a subject

 
$_emailer_cc = substr( $_emailer_cc , 0 , -2 ); // Remove the trailing ", "

$_emailer_bcc = substr( $_emailer_bcc , 0 , -2 );

$_emailer_reply_to = $_emailer_reply_to == '' ? $_emailer_from : $_emailer_reply_to;

    

$mid = md5( uniqid( time() ) ); // Generate a unique id for the email

$host = str_replace( 'www' , '' , $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] ); // Remove the www for an "email address"

    

$_emailer_cc_do = $_emailer_cc != '' ? "Cc: $_emailer_cc\n" : '';

$_emailer_bcc_do = $_emailer_bcc != '' ? "Bcc: $_emailer_bcc\n" : '';

    

# Is the OS Windows or Mac or Linux

if (strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS,0,3)=='WIN')) {

  $eol="\r\n";

} elseif (strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS,0,3)=='MAC')) {

  $eol="\r";

} else {

  $eol="\n";

} 

 
//add From: header

$headers = "From: $_emailer_from$eol";

 
//specify MIME version 1.0

$headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0$eol";

 
$headers .= "Return-Path: $_emailer_reply_to$eol";

 
$headers .= "$_emailer_cc_do$eol";

$headers .= "$_emailer_bcc_do$eol";

 
$headers .= "Message-ID: <$mid@$host>$eol";

 
$headers .= "X-Priority: 3$eol";

$headers .= "X-MSMail-Priority: Normal$eol";

$headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP$eol";

$headers .= "X-MimeOLE: Generated By Beaver6813s MultiPart Mail Script$eol";

 
$headers .= "Date: " . gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s Z' , time() ) . $eol;

 
//unique boundary this can be whatever you want... but try and make it imaginative :)

$boundary = uniqid("BEAVER6813");

 
//tell e-mail client this e-mail contains//alternate versions

$headers .= "Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary = $boundary\r\n\r\n"; 

 
//plain text version of message

$body = "--$boundary$eol" .

   "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1$eol" .

   "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64$eol$eol";

$body .= chunk_split(base64_encode("$email_plain")).$eol.$eol; ;

 
//HTML version of message

$body .= "--$boundary\r\n" .

   "Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1$eol" .

   "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64$eol$eol";

$body .= chunk_split(base64_encode("$email_html")).$eol.$eol;

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/code/284288-mail-both-plain-text-html-same.html
 
# Finished

$body .= "--".$boundary."--".$eol.$eol;  // finish with two eol's for better security.

 
//send message

$result = mail($_emailer_to, $_emailer_subject, $body, $headers);

 
if($result) {

echo "MAIL SENT SUCCESSFULLY. YOU'RE A WINNER!";

} else {

echo "SOME WEIRD ERROR :S. YOU LOSE";

}

 
?>

Any comments or suggestions just lemme know here

EDIT:
Updated: Plain and HTML versions can now be defined in the $email_html and $email_plain variables

UPDATED 17/02: USE THIS VERSION! This is much more compatible with different mail services, see notes at top of code for more info

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=284288

Rep or $NP Appreciated As Always

Matthew. · 01-21-2007, 10:17 AM

Great job beaver, very helpful!

Dan · 01-21-2007, 10:30 AM

An easier way to give both parts of the message would be nice.
I never knew you could do that, but I knew you could send HTML.

beaver6813 · 01-21-2007, 12:10 PM

Originally Posted by Dan

An easier way to give both parts of the message would be nice.
I never knew you could do that, but I knew you could send HTML.

Updated script above

I'm personally using this to send out confirmation emails and what not so you dont have to ask initially whether they just want plain or HTML. Then after they confirm etc ill give them the option to decide whether to have it in plain or html on its own

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=284288

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multipart/alternative

DylanButler · 02-16-2007, 01:15 PM

Will use this, thanks

edit: also be sure to verify this will work on your server as many large hosting companies (dreamhost included) have been disabling the 4th parameter (headers) on mail().

beaver6813 · 02-16-2007, 01:17 PM

Will be updating script soon.. gmail didnt like this version so i rewrote for a script i am currently working on

I'll cut out the script and update it asap

Barrucadu · 02-16-2007, 01:48 PM

I was wondering how to do that, well well, the wonders of e-mail headers! lol

beaver6813 · 02-17-2007, 02:01 AM

MAJOR UPDATE! Read updated first post for more info!
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=284288

Is now compatible with Gmail and other services.

Quote:

edit: also be sure to verify this will work on your server as many large hosting companies (dreamhost included) have been disabling the 4th parameter (headers) on mail().

Well if they disable headers a) it makes it very hard to send out valid emails
b) i can't do anything about it

having just the to, subject and message field is madness if you want to send out a decent email... they really should just filter out specific variables used for spoofing

But.. meh!

kleszcz · 02-17-2007, 02:32 AM

Thanks for sharing. Great...

DylanButler · 02-17-2007, 10:22 AM

Originally Posted by beaver6813

Well if they disable headers a) it makes it very hard to send out valid emails
b) i can't do anything about it

having just the to, subject and message field is madness if you want to send out a decent email... they really should just filter out specific variables used for spoofing

But.. meh!

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=284288
Ya there's nothing you can do about it. However, hosts are doing it and we will have to account for it nonetheless.

01-21-2007, 10:08 AM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
beaver6813 NamePros Regular Join Date: May 2005 Location: England Posts: 390 Follow @beaver6813	Mail In Both Plain Text And HTML At The Same Time! Hey, I was looking around for ages trying to get this damn thing working with thunderbird. Basically it sends an email using multipart/alternative which, if the email client supports MIME lets it decide whether to show the email in plain text or HTML. PHP Code: <?php /* Sam Cleaver aka Beaver6813 (http://www.beaver6813.com) Mutlipart Email Script, Sends In Both Plain And HTML For Compatibility Which Works With MIME 1.0+ Supporting Software. Email: samcleaver.beaver[-at]gmail[-dot]com Copyright (C) 2007 Beaver6813 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. / / Created By Beaver6813, a special thanks to Jonathan at The PHP Solution for all your help along the way. CHANGES: -- Is Now Compatible With GMail -- Encrypts Messages In Base64 For Easier Transportation NOTES: -- From experience with different mail services i've discovered some key pointers when sending html or any type of email: * DO NOT link to external CSS stylesheets, most of the time these are either filtered out or do not load properly * As discovered in GMail it strips out any stylesheets completely, even inline ones so you're going to have to use the style='' tags on any div's etc you want to make look pretty * Bear in mind linking to any external resources will bring up a warning on the clients end and they can choose to or not to load external resources. * Keep HTML resources as simple as possible, most of the time they aren't loaded as well as they would in firefox and so can be really mucked up if you do some complicated magic with them. COMING SOON: -- Will be turned into a class making it easier to send emails :) / $_emailer_subject = "My First Email Yay!"; //The subject of the email... duh $_emailer_to = "samcleaver.beaver@gmail.com"; //You can make this even easier for the //email client by specifying the actual name of the person as well, but for //simplicities sake we'll just give the email $_emailer_from = "test@localhost"; //Again, you can do to this what //i said above $_emailer_reply_to = "test@localhost"; $_emailer_cc = ''; //Optional $_emailer_bcc = '';//Optional //Okay what do you want to appear if it displays the plain text version? $email_html = "<h1>HTML E-mail</h1> <p>This is an <b>HTML</b> e-mail.</p>"; //Okay what do you want to appear if it displays the HTML version? $email_plain = "HTML E-mail\n\nThis is the text portion of an HTML e-mail\n"; $_emailer_subject = $_emailer_subject == '' ? 'No Subject' : $_emailer_subject; // Must have a subject $_emailer_cc = substr( $_emailer_cc , 0 , -2 ); // Remove the trailing ", " $_emailer_bcc = substr( $_emailer_bcc , 0 , -2 ); $_emailer_reply_to = $_emailer_reply_to == '' ? $_emailer_from : $_emailer_reply_to; $mid = md5( uniqid( time() ) ); // Generate a unique id for the email $host = str_replace( 'www' , '' , $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] ); // Remove the www for an "email address" $_emailer_cc_do = $_emailer_cc != '' ? "Cc: $_emailer_cc\n" : ''; $_emailer_bcc_do = $_emailer_bcc != '' ? "Bcc: $_emailer_bcc\n" : ''; # Is the OS Windows or Mac or Linux if (strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS,0,3)=='WIN')) { $eol="\r\n"; } elseif (strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS,0,3)=='MAC')) { $eol="\r"; } else { $eol="\n"; } //add From: header $headers = "From: $_emailer_from$eol"; //specify MIME version 1.0 $headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0$eol"; $headers .= "Return-Path: $_emailer_reply_to$eol"; $headers .= "$_emailer_cc_do$eol"; $headers .= "$_emailer_bcc_do$eol"; $headers .= "Message-ID: <$mid@$host>$eol"; $headers .= "X-Priority: 3$eol"; $headers .= "X-MSMail-Priority: Normal$eol"; $headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP$eol"; $headers .= "X-MimeOLE: Generated By Beaver6813s MultiPart Mail Script$eol"; $headers .= "Date: " . gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s Z' , time() ) . $eol; //unique boundary this can be whatever you want... but try and make it imaginative :) $boundary = uniqid("BEAVER6813"); //tell e-mail client this e-mail contains//alternate versions $headers .= "Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary = $boundary\r\n\r\n"; //plain text version of message $body = "--$boundary$eol" . "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1$eol" . "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64$eol$eol"; $body .= chunk_split(base64_encode("$email_plain")).$eol.$eol; ; //HTML version of message $body .= "--$boundary\r\n" . "Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1$eol" . "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64$eol$eol"; $body .= chunk_split(base64_encode("$email_html")).$eol.$eol; ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/code/284288-mail-both-plain-text-html-same.html # Finished $body .= "--".$boundary."--".$eol.$eol; // finish with two eol's for better security. //send message $result = mail($_emailer_to, $_emailer_subject, $body, $headers); if($result) { echo "MAIL SENT SUCCESSFULLY. YOU'RE A WINNER!"; } else { echo "SOME WEIRD ERROR :S. YOU LOSE"; } ?> Any comments or suggestions just lemme know here EDIT: Updated: Plain and HTML versions can now be defined in the $email_html and $email_plain variables UPDATED 17/02: USE THIS VERSION! This is much more compatible with different mail services, see notes at top of code for more info ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=284288 Rep or $NP Appreciated As Always __________________ -Beaver6813.com - Web Developer Extraordinaire! Last edited by beaver6813; 02-17-2007 at 02:02 AM.*

01-21-2007, 10:17 AM	#2 (permalink)
Matthew. Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: England Posts: 1,565	Great job beaver, very helpful! __________________ University Grade Calculator juegosjuegos Your Hotel in Austria Matratzen

02-16-2007, 01:15 PM	#5 (permalink)
DylanButler NamePros Regular Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 734	Will use this, thanks edit: also be sure to verify this will work on your server as many large hosting companies (dreamhost included) have been disabling the 4th parameter (headers) on mail(). __________________ -Dylan Butler EXAMP - San Diego Web Design Last edited by DylanButler; 02-16-2007 at 01:49 PM.

02-16-2007, 01:17 PM	THREAD STARTER #6 (permalink)
beaver6813 NamePros Regular Join Date: May 2005 Location: England Posts: 390 Follow @beaver6813	Will be updating script soon.. gmail didnt like this version so i rewrote for a script i am currently working on I'll cut out the script and update it asap __________________ -Beaver6813.com - Web Developer Extraordinaire!

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01-21-2007, 10:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
Dan Buy my domains. Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 2,792	An easier way to give both parts of the message would be nice. I never knew you could do that, but I knew you could send HTML.

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