GAE php mail function question

Jukka Hautakorpi

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Jul 18, 2017, 3:38:25 AM7/18/17

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I have weird problem with my gae php application

i checked the code and noticed that one of the email-sending pages was using php mail and not googles's new Message() - method.

But it did work somehow, i can't understand why because i read the docs year or 2 ago that mail -function is not in use.

Now i changed it to new Message() -method but the email gets parsed as text and my html tags are visible in the thunderbird when i receive the mail.

Also i did not find anymore the new Message() documentation from google's site

1. is mail() now actually supported ?

2. how do i get html mail

runtime: php55

this is the code that makes tags visible:

require_once 'google/appengine/api/mail/Message.php';
use \google\appengine\api\mail\Message;

$daterand=date("Y-m-d").' '.rand(1000,9999);
$subject = "New mail - $daterand";

$eol="\n";
$Momentn = mktime().".".md5(rand(1000,9999));
$Servername = ereg_replace("www.","",$_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"]);
if(strlen($Servername)<2)$Servername = "PHPMAILSERVER";

$headers= 'To: '.$email;
$headers.=$eol;
$body = "welcome to the app!<br />";
$body.="\r\nLinks and stuff, thanks!</i><br />";


//$headers= 'To: '.$my_email; //not allowed 2013

$headers      .= 'From: '.$sender_email.$eol; //ei itseä ! google ei tykkää
//GAE DOES NOT ACCEPT: $headers      .= "Message-ID: <".$Momentn."@".$Servername.">".$eol;
//GAE DOES NOT ACCEPT: $headers      .= 'Date: '.date("r").$eol;
$headers .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8".$eol;
//GAE DOES NOT ACCEPT:$headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
//GAE DOES NOT ACCEPT:$headers .= "Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit\n";
//$mailresult=mail('', $subject, $body, $headers);

if($appengine) {
//use \google\appengine\api\mail\Message;

$body = '<html><body>'.$body.'</body></html>';
try
{
  $message = new Message();
  $message->setSender($sender_email);
  $message->addTo($email);
  $message->setSubject($subject);
  $message->setTextBody($body);
  $message->send();
  $mailresult=true;
} catch (InvalidArgumentException $e) {
  $mailresult=false;
}

Jukka Hautakorpi

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Jul 18, 2017, 4:11:37 AM7/18/17

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Problem PARTLY resolved by changing $message->setTextBody($body); to $message->setHtmlBody($body) bu

But this does not explain the weirdness that all the other files & functions that work exactly like that in the example does work beautiful html messages even tough there is no setHtmlBody

and i still need question does the mail() function work or did i misunderstood..

part of sourcecode of setTextBody -message that is still html:

X-Google-Appengine-App-Id: e~xxxxx
X-Google-Appengine-App-Id-Alias: xxxxxxx
X-Backend-Scan: 1
Message-ID: <f403045ec682cb16a9055491abac@google.com>
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Tuunix_Ajop=C3=A4iv=C3=A4kirja=2C_uusi_salasana_=2D_2017=2D07=2D18_4?=
        =?UTF-8?Q?650?=
From: tuunix@tuunix.fi
To: jukka@tuunix.fi
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="f403045ec682cb1688055491aba9"
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=15.0 tests=BAYES_00,
        HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,
        RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED
        autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on mailgw1.xx.fi
X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.99.2 at mailgw1.xx.fi
X-Virus-Status: Clean

--f403045ec682cb1688055491aba9
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"; format=flowed; delsp=yes
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64

VGVydmV0dWxvYSBrw6R5dHTDpG3DpMOkbiBUdXVuaXggYWpvcMOkaXbDpGtpcmphYSENClNpbnVs
bGUgb24gbHVvdHUgdXVzaSBzYWxhc2FuYS4NClZvaXQga2lyamF1dHVhIG9zb2l0dGVlc3NhIGh0
dHA6Ly90dXVuaXhham9wYWl2YWtpcmphLmFwcHNwb3QuY29tIEF2YWEgIA0KQWpvcMOkaXbDpGtp
cmphIHTDpHN0w6QNCg0KU2FsYXNhbmFzaSBvbiBzaXJlZW5pNjc1DQoNCg0KTWlrw6RsaSBldCBv
bGUga3V1bGx1dGthYW4gbW9pc2VzdGEgcGFsdmVsdXN0YSBqYSBlcMOkaWxldCBldHTDpCB2aWVz
dGkgdHVsaSAgDQp2w6TDpHLDpMOkbiBvc29pdHRlZXNlZW4sIHbDpGxpdMOkIHTDpG3DpCB2aWVz
dGkgb3NvaXR0ZWVzZWVuIHR1dW5peEB0dXVuaXguZmksICANCktpaXRvcyENCg==
--f403045ec682cb1688055491aba9
Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Tervetuloa k=C3=A4ytt=C3=A4m=C3=A4=C3=A4n Tuunix ajop=C3=A4iv=C3=A4kirjaa!<=
br />
Sinulle on luotu uusi salasana.<br />Voit kirjautua osoitteessa http://tuun=
ixajopaivakirja.appspot.com  <a href=3D"http://tuunixajopaivakirja.appspot.=
com/">Avaa Ajop=C3=A4iv=C3=A4kirja t=C3=A4st=C3=A4</a><br /><br />Salasanas=
i on xxxxxxxxxxx<br /><br />
                        <br /><i>Mik=C3=A4li et ole kuullutkaan moisesta palvelusta ja ep=C3=A4i=
let ett=C3=A4 viesti tuli v=C3=A4=C3=A4r=C3=A4=C3=A4n osoitteeseen, v=C3=A4=
lit=C3=A4 t=C3=A4m=C3=A4 viesti osoitteeseen tuunix@tuunix.fi, Kiitos!</i><=
br />
--f403045ec682cb1688055491aba9--

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Jul 18, 2017, 3:27:51 PM7/18/17

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Jukka Hautakorpi

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Jul 19, 2017, 5:44:24 AM7/19/17

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Ok, thanks

I also noticed a weird bug in my code, the $headers - variable is not even used in the GAE message sending

i tought that it was in use and tried to alter it.

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