Dynamic Email Content and MySQLi Server Behaviours

Hi

I am trying to send emails with dynamically generated content.

So far, using the 'Blank' template, I have managed to send an email with dynamic content, but it includes ALL the content of my d/b table, with column names as the headings in the email. This not what I want.

Instead, I have a recordset that joins several tables and requires a URL parameter to filter the data required (eg: id_prf=2 etc).

How do I then include this in the email template?

I have seen an old forum post (http://www.webassist.com/forums/posts.php?id=33942) that says to add globals for the recordset in the template page. However there is only a snippet of code and I can't get it to work.

What would be really helpful is the complete code for an example page that sends the email and an example template file with the globals included.

Hope this is clear.

Thanks.

You should be able to just add the recordset to the Blank template filtered by the url parameter and build the page just like you would any other page.

Hi Ray

I tried this, but when I added the URL query string, I got this error message:

"..\mysite\webassist\email\templates\Blank_3.php?id_prf=<?php echo $_GET['id_prf']]; ?> was not found"

If I take out the query string (?id_prf=<?php echo $_GET['id_prf']]; ?>) then it loads OK, but I can't filter the recordset with the URL query string.

I also got a Dreamweaver error "open <%= not closed" (I am using DW CS6 on Windows Vista Business).

Any ideas?

Thanks.

The querystring variable would automatically be available in the email if it was passed into the main page. You don't have to re-add it to the line where the email body page is like you tried in your example.

Hi Ray

SOLVED!

I have solved this following the recommendation in an earlier post: http://www.webassist.com/forums/posts.php?id=36722

Here's what I did:

1) Set up the mySQLi recordset (rsTestRecord) in the page that triggers the Universal Email server behaviour

2) Added a global variable in my template page, using this code at the top of the page:
<?php global $rsTestRecord; ?>

3) I can now display any dynamic data required in the template page using
<?php echo($rsTestRecord->getColumnVal(field_name")); ?>

My dynamic email content now works nicely, complete with images if required.

NB: I searched the forum high and low, but could not find a specific query that answered this.

Perhaps a short tutorial would help other WA users.