[Pete Nice]

Hi all,

Was wondering of anyone knows how to send an email with php as a calendar reminder. i.e. sending the contents of an .ics file as the email rather than as an attachment.

TIA

[Pete Nice]

Don't worry - I've sorted it myself.

[PointandStare]

Do you mind sharing in case someone else is looking?

[Pete Nice]

Do you mind sharing in case someone else is looking?

You doing a sub on me?

OK - here's what I have:

<?php

if (strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS,0,3)=='WIN')) {
$eol="\r\n";
} elseif (strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS,0,3)=='MAC')) {
$eol="\r";
} else {
$eol="\n";
}

$subject = 'Meeting Subject Here';
$email = 'email@email.com';

$message = <<<END
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
METHOD:REQUEST
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20081208T120000
DTEND:20081208T140000
SUMMARY:Title of event here
ORGANIZER;RSVP=TRUE;CN=Your
Name;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;ROLE=CHAIR:mailto:\n email@email.com\n
ATTENDEE;RSVP=TRUE;CN=Your Name;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;\n ROLE=REQ PARTICIPANT:mailto:email@email.com\n
SEQUENCE:0
Location:London
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR
END;

$headers = "From: email@email.com".$eol;
$headers .= "MIME-version: 1.0".$eol;
$headers .= "Content-class: urn:content-classes:calendarmessage".$eol;
$headers .= "Content-type: text/calendar; method=REQUEST; charset=UTF-8".$eol;
$headers .= "Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT".$eol;


mail($email,$subject,$message,$headers);
 
?>

[Pete Nice]

I'm bumping this post - cos I need some help - this shit ain't working. Well I say it aint working - it's works on a mac in entourage and thunderbird. But Outlook is being a bitch - I think it has to do with CRLF on a PC.

I really need some ideas on this one - I'm stressed up to the eyeballs at work and I really need a solution to this fucker asap - this is the latest code I have:

<?php


$subject = 'Email Subject';
$email = $_POST['email'];
$email1 = $_POST['email1'];

$message = "BEGIN:VCALENDAR\r\n";
$message .= "METHOD:PUBLISH\r\n";
$message .= "VERSION:2.0\r\n";
$message .= "BEGIN:VEVENT\r\n";
$message .= "SEQUENCE:5\r\n";
$message .= "LOCATION:London\r\n";
$message .= "DTSTART:20081208T120000\r\n";
$message .= "DTSTAMP:20021028T011706Z\r\n";
$message .= "SUMMARY:Event Title\r\n";
$message .= "UID:EC9439B1-FF65-11D6-9973-003065F99D04\r\n";
$message .= "DTEND:20081208T140000\r\n";
$message .= "BEGIN:VALARM\r\n";
$message .= "TRIGGER;VALUE=DURATION:-P1D\r\n";
$message .= "ACTION:DISPLAY\r\n";
$message .= "DESCRIPTION:Event Description\r\n";
$message .= "END:VALARM\r\n";
$message .= "END:VEVENT\r\n";
$message .= "END:VCALENDAR\r\n";




$headers = "From: email@email.com\r\n";
$headers .= "MIME-version: 1.0\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/calendar; method=PUBLISH; charset=UTF-8\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit\r\n";


mail($email,$subject,$message,$headers);
mail($email1,$subject,$message,$headers);
 
?>

[Pete Nice]

right - I've just tried this in a gmail account - didn't work until I took out the \r\n on the last header and it worked.

Could this be a reason it doesn't work in outlook?

I don't have the ability to test in outlook as I'm on a mac

[Shiro]

I don't know shit about google calendars. But Macs and Windows have different from 'nix line endings.

Gotta leave for work in 2 minutes, so no time to say much. Scan through this:

Newline - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Pete Nice]

it's fine - got it sorted eventually