Mail showing [contents] instead of actual content

Question

I have a mail script that works, but I wanted to make it look a bit better with some HTML. I added the HTML, but the $_POST data is lost, and it just shows [contents] instead. The added HTML works because [contents] is in the html.

Here is a screenshot of what I see:

This is the mail script:

 array(
            'text' => 'Naam',
            'val' => $_POST['name']
        ),
        1 => array(
            'text' => 'Email adres',
            'val' => $_POST['email']
        ),
        2 => array(
            'text' => 'Adres',
            'val' => $_POST['adres']
        ),
        3 => array(
            'text' => 'Afleveradres',
            'val' => $_POST['afleveradres']
        ),
        4 => array(
            'text' => 'Postcode',
            'val' => $_POST['postcode']
        ),
        5 => array(
            'text' => 'Plaats',
            'val' => $_POST['plaats']
        ),
        6 => array(
            'text' => 'Tweede plaats',
            'val' => $_POST['plaats2']
        ),
        7 => array(
            'text' => 'Telefoonnummer',
            'val' => $_POST['telefoonnr']
        ),
        8 => array(
            'text' => 'Mobiel nummer',
            'val' => $_POST['mobielnr']
        ),
        9 => array(
            'text' => 'Type Raam',
            'val' => implode(',', $_POST['checkbox']) 
        ),
        10 => array(
            'text' => 'Werkzaamheden',
            'val' => implode(',', $_POST['werkzaamheden']) 
        ),
        11 => array(
            'text' => 'Contactpersoon',
            'val' => $_POST['contactpersoon']
        ),
        12 => array(
            'text' => 'Bericht',
            'val' => $_POST['message']
        )
    );




    $message = "";
    foreach($fields as $field) {
        $message .= $field['text'].": " . htmlspecialchars($field['val'], ENT_QUOTES) . "

";
    }

    $message = '
    
    
    
    [contents]
    
    
    
    
    

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    ';

    $headers = '';
    $headers .= 'From: ' . $name . ' <' . $email . '>' . "
";
    $headers .= "Reply-To: " .  $email . "
";
    $headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0
";
    $headers .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
";

    if (mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)){
        $arrResult = array ('response'=>'success');
    } else{
        $arrResult = array ('response'=>'error');
    }

    echo json_encode($arrResult);

} else {

    $arrResult = array ('response'=>'error');
    echo json_encode($arrResult);

}
?>

Does anyone know what I am doing wrong? The HTML is working, but the data from the foreach is not shown.

Kirk Beard · Accepted Answer

You are defining the $message variable:

$message = "";

Then you are adding new items to it:

foreach($fields as $field) {
    $message .= $field['text'].": " . htmlspecialchars($field['val'], ENT_QUOTES) . "

";
}

Then you are replacing it with a new value:

$message = '

// Snipped to brevity...
Update your code to do something like this:
$contents = "";
foreach($fields as $field) {
    $contents .= $field['text'].": " . htmlspecialchars($field['val'], ENT_QUOTES) . "

";
}

$message = '





// Snipped to brevity...
Your code did not have anyway to convert the values from the foreach to the [contents] part of your $message variable.



'. $contents .'

Mail showing [contents] instead of actual content

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