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Please could you tell me what is wrong with this script:

<?phprequire("protected/db_connect.php");$rand = mysql_query("SELECT act_num FROM unactivated_users WHERE username=".$_POST['uname']);// Some data for the message$mailTo = $_POST['email'];$mailFrom = "activation@wasper_rocker.co.uk";$mailFromName = "World War 6";$mailSubject = "Account Activation";$mailMessage = "<html><body>".$_POST['uname']."<br />Thank you for registering an account with World War 6.<br /><br />To activate your account please click this address or copy it to your browser:<br /><a href='http:\\www.wasper-rocker.co.uk/activate.php?act_num=$random'title='http:\\www.wasper-rocker.co.uk/activate.php?act_num=$random'></a>.<br /><br />If you have any problems activating your account please reply to <a href='mailto:activation@wasper-rocker.co.uk?subject=Activation Problems'>this email address</a>.</body></html>";$headers  = 'MIME-Version: 1.0 . \r\n';$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 . \r\n';$headers .= 'From: $mailFromName <$mailFrom> . \r\n';// Send mailmail($mailTo, $mailSubject, $mailMessage, $headers);?>

??? thanks

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jesh Devoted Member

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I don't know if it's just the way it is posted on this forum, but it looks like your $mailMessage string spans multiple lines. I've seen many people here post about this, so you might try changing it to something like this:

$mailMessage  = "<html><body>".$_POST['uname']$mailMessage .= <<<HERE<br />Thank you for registering an account with World War 6.<br /><br />To activate your account please click this address or copy it to your browser:<br /><a href='http:\\www.wasper-rocker.co.uk/activate.php?act_num=$random'title='http:\\www.wasper-rocker.co.uk/activate.php?act_num=$random'></a>.<br /><br />If you have any problems activating your account please reply to <a href='mailto:activation@wasper-rocker.co.uk?subject=Activation Problems'>this email address</a>.</body></html>HERE;

Check out the manual and scroll down to the Heredoc section.If this doesn't fix it, perhaps you can let us know what error message(s) you are getting.

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When I use your idea the error message is :

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in /home/i04wasp/public_html/regmail.php on line 13

but when i use my first script the e-mail is sent fine but the message shows the html tags.What can i do to make the message be displayed as html?

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jesh Devoted Member

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What can i do to make the message be displayed as html?
I think I saw someone else post about this recently and I believe the answer was in the headers that get sent in the email. This link may help: http://www.sitepoint.com/article/advanced-email-php/3EDIT: I found the post - http://w3schools.invisionzone.com/index.ph...94&hl=email
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in the script there is a line with the following code:

$rand = mysql_query("SELECT act_num FROM unactivated_users WHERE username = ".$_POST['uname']."") or die("Find act_num Error");

i have managed to get the email to be sent as html but this line isnt working for some reason please could some one help??Thanks in advance!! :)

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jesh Devoted Member

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I believe you may be missing quote marks around the value of the username. The final SQL query should look something like:

SELECT act_num FROM unactivated_users WHERE username = 'duncan'

Try changing your code to:

$rand = mysql_query("SELECT act_num FROM unactivated_users WHERE username = '".$_POST['uname']."'") or die("Find act_num Error");

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Heres your issue:

<a href='http:\\www.wasper-rocker.co.uk/activate.php?act_num=$random'title='http:\\www.wasper-rocker.co.uk/activate.php?act_num=$random'></a>.

It doesnt recognize the variables, at least it doesnt expect them. Try this:

<a href='http:\\www.wasper-rocker.co.uk/activate.php?act_num={$random}'title='http:\\www.wasper-rocker.co.uk/activate.php?act_num={$random}'></a>.

Then it will work. Also, to display HTML in an email you will need to set the correct mime. I forget what exactly it is but its been posted on here about 10 bajillion times lol.

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<a href='http:\\www.wasper-rocker.co.uk/activate.php?act_num={$random}'title='http:\\www.wasper-rocker.co.uk/activate.php?act_num={$random}'></a>.

i have tried this but when i get the email the link doesnt show up!?
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that's because there's nothing in the email. try this:

<a href='http:\\www.wasper-rocker.co.uk/activate.php?act_num={$random}'>http:\\www.wasper-rocker.co.uk/activate.php?act_num={$random}</a>.

notice that instead of putting the url in title, I put it inbetween the tags.

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