Parse PHP variable in html template

Question

I know it has been discussed many times, but I can not find any solution to this problem.

I have a PHP file with the following code

if (file_exists("email.html")) {
        $message = file_get_contents("email.html");
    } else {
        echo "No email.html file present";
        return;
    }

in my file email.html I have something like:

  <p>Hello %recipient.UserName%, you receive this Email because you signed up at our site.</p>

variable $UserName is declared in the php file (in array).

When looking at the html file output, I see the variable is not correctly passed and stays as % %

Any suggestion? thanks!

file_get_contents() just gets the contents, it does not parse anything so if you don't do that yourself after getting it, it will remain the same. — jeroen
– jeroen, Commented Jun 8, 2017 at 11:33

Abderrahim Soubai-Elidrisi · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-08 11:47:27Z

1

If you don't have a template engine you can't do it with % % OR other symbol . for your question simple approach is to use it like this :

  <p>Hello <? = $recipient['UserName'] ?>, you receive this Email because you signed up at our site.</p>

EDIT

you have to include the file

ob_start();
include "email.html";
$message = ob_get_clean();

edited Jun 8, 2017 at 11:47

answered Jun 8, 2017 at 11:32

Abderrahim Soubai-Elidrisi

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Abderrahim Soubai-Elidrisi Over a year ago

Yes right a forgot about this i will edit my answer thanks

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