Handling data variables in php mailer and including php file

Question

I have a code like the below. I'm not able to pass the variables to the php file and send a mail.

In other words, I need to send some variable to php file, then include the php file in my body content and send it as a mail.

How to resolve it. The problem I'm getting is - The php variables defined in sample.php is not displaying in my body content.

index.php

<?php
require("class.phpmailer.php");
function get_include_contents($filename, $variablesToMakeLocal) {
extract($variablesToMakeLocal);
if (is_file($filename)) {
ob_start();
include $filename;
return ob_get_clean();
}
return false;
}

$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->IsSMTP(); 
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; 
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
$mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
$mail->Port = 587; 
$mail->IsHTML(true);
$mail->Username = "[email protected]";
$mail->Password = "password";
$mail->SetFrom("[email protected]");
$mail->AddAddress("[email protected]");
$mail->Subject = "Test Subject";
$variable['one'] = 'my variable one';
$variable['two'] = 'my variable two';
$mail->IsHTML(true);   
$mail->Subject = "You have an event today";
$mail->Body = get_include_contents('sample.php', $variable); 
$mail->Send();

if(!$mail->Send())
{
echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
}
else
{
echo "Message has been sent";
}
?>

sample.php

<table width='600px' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0'>
<tr><td bgcolor='#eeeeee'><img src='logo.png' /></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor='#ffffff'  bordercolor='#eeeeee'>
<div style='border:1px solid #eeeeee;font-family:Segoe UI,Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;padding:20px 10px;'>
<p>Variable one is <?php echo $variable['one']; ?>.</p>
<p>Variable two is <?php echo $variable['two']; ?>.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
</div>
</td></tr>
</table>

Please help me out.

Thanks, Kimz

Marcin Nabiałek · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-18 13:44:36Z

2

You should change your code in sample.php from

<p>Variable one is <?php echo $variable['one']; ?>.</p>
<p>Variable two is <?php echo $variable['two']; ?>.</p>

into

<p>Variable one is <?php echo $one; ?>.</p>
<p>Variable two is <?php echo $two; ?>.</p>

because you used extract function

answered Jul 18, 2014 at 13:44

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iautomation · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-18 15:41:02Z

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Answer is in the comments, but an alternative way to tackle this is to change the code to:

$mail->Body = include('sample.php');

And in sample.php instead of echoing everything, return it. So you can either place ob_start() at the top, then ob_get_clean at the bottom of sample.php , or you can store the html in a multi-line string.

<?php
return <<<EOT
<table width='600px' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0'>
<tr><td bgcolor='#eeeeee'><img src='logo.png' /></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor='#ffffff'  bordercolor='#eeeeee'>
<div style='border:1px solid #eeeeee;font-family:Segoe UI,Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;padding:20px 10px;'>
<p>Variable one is $variable[one].</p>
<p>Variable two is $variable[two].</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
</div>
</td></tr>
</table>
EOT
?>

edited Jul 18, 2014 at 15:41

answered Jul 18, 2014 at 13:44

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user3350885 Over a year ago

this is not working. could you please explain this. curious to know this code too !!!

Community · Accepted Answer · 2023-11-14 22:27:54Z

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If you use extract() the keys of the array will be the variable names. So, in your example the variables you'll have to use in your template are $one and $two

Check the manual for more info: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.extract.php

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answered Jul 18, 2014 at 13:48

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