How to send html page as message when sending email in codeigniter?

Question

I want to send a html page as message when sending email in codeigniter..

$this->email->set_mailtype("html");
$this->email->from('xyz@gmail.com', 'ABC');
$this->email->to($this->input->post('emailid'));            
$this->email->subject('New Subject');   

$message = //HERE I WANT TO INCLUDE A FILE TO END AS MESSAGE    

$this->email->message($message);        
$this->email->send();

Could it be possible ?? Please help...

Answer 1

You can simply use the method file_get_contents()

$message = file_get_contents("/path/to/htmlfile");

Also you can use the codeigniter way

$template = $this->load->view(APPATH.'email/file', $your_data, true);

Answer 2

What I have been using in my project, I created a function in a common_helper named as sendMail

function sendMail($subject, $mailContent, $mailTo, $mailFromId, $mailFromName)
{
    $CI =& get_instance();
    $CI->load->library('email');
    $config['charset'] = 'utf-8';
    $config['wordwrap'] = TRUE;
    $config['mailtype'] = 'html';
    $CI->email->clear(TRUE);
    $CI->email->initialize($config);
    $CI->email->from($mailFromId, $mailFromName);
    $CI->email->to($mailTo);
    $CI->email->subject($subject);
    $CI->email->message($mailContent);
    $CI->email->send();
}

You can call this function anywhere from your controller to send mail. Regarding HTML content of email should be loaded as Agam Banga mentioned above:

$mailContent = $this->load->view('email/template', $data, true);

This varibale can be passed simply calling like

sendMail($subject, $mailContent, $mailTo, $mailFromId, $mailFromName);

In your controller.

Let me know if you face any issue.

Answer 3

Here the code of Model and sending mail Using Email Library. And auto load library use it on your config folder -> autoload file $autoload['libraries'] = array('email');

public function mail_send($mdata){

          $this->load->library('email');
          $this->email->set_mailtype('html');
         //$this->email->set_newline("\r\n");
          $this->email->from($mdata['email']); // change it to yours
          $this->email->to('xyz@gmail.com');// change it to yours
          $this->email->cc($mdata['email']);
          $this->email->subject('Hello');
          //$this->email->message($mdata['address']);

          $body= $this->load->view('pages/mail', $mdata, true);
          $this->email->message($body);
          // echo '<pre>';
          // print_r($mdata);
          // exit();

          $this->email->send();


          $this->email->clear();

}