Posted by Al on 10/13/05 17:00

Liam Delahunty wrote:
> I'm sure this is a pretty basic question, but I have searched for a
> decent answer and can't find one.
>
> I have a client that want to be able to write newsletters
> (newsleters_tbl.email_body) and use fields from his contact table, so
> as we grind through the contact list for newsletters subscribers it
> may pull out $first_name, or $last_name, or perhaps the address and so
> on, and send an individual email and have it in the $email_body field
> from another table.
>
> $email_body is a free form text field, and he wants to be able to type
> in anything he desires and have it pulled from the contact table.
>
> I've tried with and without addslashes, and htmlentities. Is there a
> solution or I will I have to resort to getting him to use
> {{$first_name}} etc.
>
> Lastly, if I have to use {{whatever}} then what's the reason I can't
> use $field_name in the database?
>
> --
> Kind regards,
> Liam Delahunty

Consider using serialize(). It's simple and foolproof. Read the manual on Serialize Objects.

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