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Email templates stored in XML. How to execute php inside the xml?

Answer 1

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$contractTitles = implode(',', $contract);

$mail->setParameter("contract_titles", $contractTitles);

Replace your for loop with %contract_titles%

            <![CDATA[
            Dear %name%, <br />
            <p>
           %contract_titles%
            You have %number_of_contracts% contracts that are due to expire in under 30 days. Please log in to example.com to review the contracts.
            <br /><br />
            This is an automated email. Please do not reply.
            </p>
            ]]>

So build a list of your contract titles and replace it into the message body.

Michael Robinson 2010-08-18 07:30:53

Aha, I knew I would get this answer. The problem is, i'm using symfony, and i'm processing this email template in an action. So I don't wish to build up any html in an action, store it in a variable and then put it through as a parameter. I want to keep the html away from the controller.I should have mentioned this.

Jamie 2010-08-18 07:32:34

Answer 2

+1 A:

I'd suggest not having logic in the template. Add a placeholder %contracts% and teach your template handling class how to replace this from within PHP, not the template. You could write a helper class to go alongside your Mailer class. This way, you can keep it out of the controller. IMO, the code configuring the Mailer shouldnt be in there either, but in a Service class in the model.

On a sidenote, this seems to be a good candidate for XSLT.

Gordon 2010-08-18 07:36:20

Hmmmm interesting....I shall look into this. Thanks.EDIT: The mail class is just for getting the email template and setting all parameters. It is a seperate entity from $this->getMailer. :-)

Jamie 2010-08-18 07:38:36

@Jamie yeah, but still. You could add a class `ContractExpiredMailService` which exposes only the methods required for the Mail to be composed and mailed. All your controller would have to do then is handle the Request and delegate to the service and the service would take care of the rest. By configuring and sending the Mail in the controller, you are effectively handling business logic in the presentation layer.

Gordon 2010-08-18 07:45:37

Absolutely. This is the plan....but for the moment i'm just doing some quick testing. Once I have a nice solution in place I will transition everything over to the relevant service classes etc. Thanks.

Jamie 2010-08-18 07:50:36

Answer 3

A:

may be you can use ob_start to prepare the output before it send to email

im sorry i don't do it on class mode. but i hope you this will give you insight.

code is something like this :

function callback($buffer)
{   
    // bundle of string you want to replace
    return str_replace("name", "Mr.John" , $buffer);
}

function getEmail($email_template_path, $contacts){
    ob_start();
    include($email_template_path);
    $email_to_send = ob_get_contents(); 
    ob_end_clean();

    return callback($email_to_send);
}

echo getEmail("/opt/lampp/htdocs/index.html",array("Mr. Smith", "Mrs.Smith"));

Swing Magic 2010-08-18 09:35:49

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