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Class: ezcMailMultipartAlternative

ezcMailMultipartAlternative is used to bundle a group of mail parts where only one should be shown. [source]
This is useful e.g if you have a text in some fancy format but you also want to provide a backup plain text format to make sure everyone can read the mail. The alternatives should be added in an order of increasing faithfulness to the original content. In general, the best choice is the LAST part of a type supported by the recipients mail client.
The following example shows a HTML mail with a plain text backup in case the recipients client can't display HTML mail. 
1.  $mail = new ezcMail();
2.  $mail->from = new ezcMailAddress( 'sender@example.com', 'Adrian Ripburger' );
3.  $mail->addTo( new ezcMailAddress( 'receiver@example.com', 'Maureen Corley' ) );
4.  $mail->subject = "Example of an HTML email with attachments";
5.  $plainText = new ezcMailText( "This is the plain text part" );
6.  $htmlText = new ezcMailText( "<html>This is the HTML part</html>" );
7.  $htmlText->subType = 'html';
8.  $mail->body = new ezcMailMultipartAlternative( $plainText, $htmlText );

Parents

ezcMailPart
   |
   --ezcMailMultipart
      |
      --ezcMailMultipartAlternative

Inherited Member Variables

From ezcMailMultipart:
protected  ezcMailMultipart::$parts

Method Summary

public ezcMailMultipartAlternative __construct( $... )
Constructs a new ezcMailMultipartAlternative
public void appendPart( $part )
Appends a part to the list of parts.
public array(ezcMailPart) getParts( )
Returns the mail parts associated with this multipart.
public string multipartType( )
Returns "alternative".

Inherited Methods

From ezcMailMultipart :
public ezcMailMultipart ezcMailMultipart::__construct()
Constructs a new ezcMailMultipart with the parts $parts.
public string ezcMailMultipart::generateBody()
Returns the generated body for all multipart types.
protected static string ezcMailMultipart::generateBoundary()
Returns a unique boundary string.
public abstract string ezcMailMultipart::multipartType()
Returns the type of multipart.
From ezcMailPart :
public ezcMailPart ezcMailPart::__construct()
Constructs a new mail part.
public void ezcMailPart::appendExcludeHeaders()
The array $headers will be excluded when the headers are generated.
public string ezcMailPart::generate()
Returns the complete mail part including both the header and the body as a string.
public abstract string ezcMailPart::generateBody()
Returns the body of this part as a string.
public string ezcMailPart::generateHeaders()
Returns the headers set for this part as a RFC 822 string.
public string ezcMailPart::getHeader()
Returns the RAW value of the header $name.
protected string ezcMailPart::getHeaderCharset()
Returns the charset registered for the header $name.
public void ezcMailPart::setHeader()
Sets the header $name to the value $value and its charset to $charset.
protected void ezcMailPart::setHeaderCharset()
Sets the charset of the header $name to $value.
public void ezcMailPart::setHeaders()
Adds the headers $headers.

Methods

__construct

ezcMailMultipartAlternative __construct( ezcMailPart|array(ezcMailPart) $... )
Constructs a new ezcMailMultipartAlternative
The constructor accepts an arbitrary number of ezcMailParts or arrays with ezcMailparts. Parts are added in the order provided. Parameters of the wrong type are ignored.

Parameters

Name Type Description
$... ezcMailPart|array(ezcMailPart)  

Redefinition of

Method Description
ezcMailMultipart::__construct() Constructs a new ezcMailMultipart with the parts $parts.

appendPart

void appendPart( ezcMailPart $part )
Appends a part to the list of parts.

Parameters

Name Type Description
$part ezcMailPart  

getParts

array(ezcMailPart) getParts( )
Returns the mail parts associated with this multipart.

multipartType

string multipartType( )
Returns "alternative".

Redefinition of

Method Description
ezcMailMultipart::multipartType() Returns the type of multipart.

Last updated: Wed, 18 Jun 2008