Here is a simple postcard system where a user writes a message, enters basic information, picks a postcard, and then submits the postcard. The chosen graphic is then sent to recipient with graphic attached to email message. Only works with PHP4. For a demo, go to http://www.zensmile.com/.
By : zensmile
<form action="thispage.php4" method="post">
<input type ="hidden" name="BeenSubmitted" value="true">
<?php
class mime_mail
{
var$parts;
var$to;
var$from;
var$headers;
var$subject;
var$body;
function mime_mail()
{
$this->parts=array();
$this->to= "";
$this->from= "";
$this->subject= "";
$this->body= "";
$this->headers= "";
}
function add_attachment($message,$name= "",$ctype= "application/octet-stream")
{
$this->parts[]=array(
"ctype"=>$ctype,
"message"=>$message,
"encode"=>$encode,
"name"=>$name
);
}
function build_message($part)
{
$message=$part[ "message"];
$message=chunk_split(base64_encode($message));
$encoding= "base64";
return "Content-Type:".$part[ "ctype"].
($part[ "name"]? ";name=\"".$part[ "name"]. "\"": "").
"\nContent-Transfer-Encoding:$encoding\n\n$message\n";
}
function build_multipart()
{
$boundary= "b".md5(uniqid(time()));
$multipart= "Content-Type:multipart/mixed;boundary=$boundary\n\nThisisaMIMEencodedmessage.\n\n--$boundary";
for($i=sizeof($this->parts)-1;$i>=0;$i--)
{
$multipart.= "\n".$this->build_message($this->parts[$i]). "--$boundary";
}
return$multipart.= "--\n";
}
function send()
{
$mime= "";
if(!empty($this->from))
$mime.= "From:".$this->from. "\n";
if(!empty($this->headers))
$mime.=$this->headers. "\n";
if(!empty($this->body))
$this->add_attachment($this->body, "", "text/plain");
$mime.= "MIME-Version:1.0\n".$this->build_multipart();
return(mail($this->to,$this->subject, "",$mime));
}
};
?>
<?php
if (isset($BeenSubmitted)) {
$num_errors = 0;
if (! strlen($to) > 0) {
echo "You must enter an e-mail address for the recipient.<br>";
$errors++;
}
if (! strlen($from) > 0) {
echo "You must enter your e-mail address.<br>";
$errors++;
}
if (! strlen($subject) > 0) {
echo "You must enter a subject for the e-mail.<br>";
$errors++;
}
if (! strlen($message) > 0) {
echo "You must enter some kind of message for the recipient.<br>";
$errors++;
}
if (! $fp = @fopen($postcard,"r")) {
echo "You must select a postcard from the left.<br>";
$errors++;
}
if ($errors == 0) {
$attachment=fread($fp,filesize("$postcard"));
$mail=new mime_mail();
$mail->from="$from";
$mail->to="$to";
$mail->subject=stripslashes($subject);
$mail->body=stripslashes($message);
$mail->add_attachment("$attachment","$postcard","image/jpeg");
if ($mail->send()) {
//if successful then writes info to a log file called log.txt.
$today = date("F j, Y, g:i a"); // March 10, 2001, 5:16 pm
$filePointer = fopen("log.txt", "a");
fputs($filePointer, "$today\t\t$from has sent this email to $to.\n");
print ("Your email has been successfully sent!\n");
} else {
print ("Your email has been not been successfully sent because of a system error!\n");
}
}
}
?>
<p>Pick a postcard, fill out the information in the form boxes and click send! Make someone happy.
<p><img src="postcards/thumbnails/tn_butterfly.jpg" alt="" height="75" width="100" border="0">
<!-- Make sure that you have the correct path to the image in the value for the radio button(s) -->
<br><input type="radio" name="postcard" value="/home/username/web_directory/images/butterfly.jpg"> Butterfly
<p>Please fill out all of the information below.</p>
<p>Recipient's Email:
<br><input type="text" name="to" size="24" border="0">
<p>Your Email:
<br><input type="text" name="from" size="24" border="0">
<p>Subject of Email:
<br><input type="text" name="subject" size="24" border="0">
<p>Text of Message:
<br><textarea name="message" rows="6" cols="30"></textarea>
<p><input type="submit" value="Send Postcard"> <input type="reset">
</form>
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