Sending mail using emails stored in a database

xux · October 30, 2006

Hi,
I want to send newsletter to all the emails in a database.I can I integrate that into this code

Code:
<?php
$message = "<img src=\"http://www.smeresources.org/images/newsletter-header.jpg\" alt=\"Signature\"><h1>Testing Your Newsletter</h1>";

// Set some parameters
$toAddress = "test@yahoo.com";
$subject = "Test Subject";
$headers = "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

// Try to send the message
$success = mail($toAddress,$subject,$message,$headers);

if($success){
print "Newsletter Sent";
}
else{
echo'Newwsletter could not be sent';
}
?>

how can i implement integrate it to the codes above.
My Regards
XUX

HuggieBear · October 30, 2006

Give this a try:

[code]
<?php

// connect to your database
include_once('connect.php');

// query the database to get all the email addresses
$sql = "SELECT email FROM newsletter";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die ("Couldn't run $sql: " . mysql_error());

// set the constant parameters of the email
$headers = "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
$subject = "Test Subject";
$message = "<img src=\"http://www.smeresources.org/images/newsletter-header.jpg\" alt=\"Signature\"><h1>Testing Your Newsletter</h1>";

// loop through the results sending the email
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)){
$toAddress = $row['email'];

// try to send the message
$success = mail($toAddress, $subject, $message, $headers);

// print message
if($success){
echo "Newsletter sent successfully to $toAddress";
}
else{
echo "Newsletter could not be sent to $toAddress";
}
}
?>
[/code]

Regards
Huggie

xux · October 30, 2006

Thanks for that help,I really appreciate it.But what of if the stuff i want to send have to be inputed from a form like this
[code]
<?php
include('header1.tpl');
?>

<div class="mainContent">
<center><table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td>
<form action="sendmail.php" method="POST">
<center>Youth Business News</center>
 
 Topic:
 
<input type=text name="header" size=70 >

<textarea name="contents" id="contents" style="width:500px; height:450px">
<?php $contents;?>
</textarea>
 <center>
<input type="SUBMIT" value="Send" >
</center>
</form>
</td></tr>
</table></center>

[/code]

and my sendmail.php codes are
[code]
<?php

$message= "header.tpl".$contents."footer.tpl";
//connecting to database
//sending the newsletter to email in the database
?>

[/code]
the major challenge is getting the inpute statement to this page to be sent.
thanks
You have my Highest Regards

HuggieBear · October 30, 2006

The help I've given you on the previous project and this one should allow you to answer this question yourself now. If you can't then I guess this is due to a failure of the 'teachings by example' on my part.

In your previous project you used $HTTP_POST_VARS to get values from your form, so you should be able to use those again. Get the values from the form and fit the code that I've provided in around it.

Regards
Huggie

xux · October 30, 2006

Ok,I will get down with the codes and keep you inform.You've been very excellent and am grateful.Maybe I can email a drink in a dark green bottle to you ;D(infact what is the name).
Thanks a lot,you have saved me headache.
My Highest Regards
XUX

HuggieBear · October 30, 2006

No problem, I'm happy to help.

If once you've had a go yourself you still can't get it then post back here.

Regards
Rich

xux · October 30, 2006

Thanks,
but you didnt give the name of the drink :D

HuggieBear · October 30, 2006

Sounds like Absinthe or something similar.

Huggie

xux · November 1, 2006

Hi,
I have got down to work as you suggested.I wanted to see how the nesletter am sending will look like so am testing it with only my email address.but it was giving me error.here is my code but it is a bit lengthy
[code]
<?php
$message = "<style type=\"text/css\">

</style>

<table width=\"754\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"1\" align=\"center\">

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<td height=\"107\" colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\"><img src=\"http://www.smeresources.org/images/newsletter-header.jpg\"></td>
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Quote of the Month 
"Most new jobs won’t come from our biggest employers. They will come from our smallest. We’ve got to do everything we can to make entrepreneurial dreams a reality."-Ross Perot, US Industrialist </td>
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Welcome to the maiden edition of Youth Business Newsletter (YBN). YBN is published by ww.smeresources.org and supported by CGMIE Consulting Limited. Youth Business News is an online newsletter with a difference. We hope to provide you with information that will set you apart from your contemporaries and help you build the business of your dreams. YBN is a monthly publication with a global outlook. We hope to bring together entrepreneurs of all cadres and ethnicities together to pool information, network and forge formidable relationships.  
Each month YBN will bring you interesting articles, profiles of young, successful entrepreneurs and details on small business conferences the world over. We will also provide investment tips for the investment savvy alongside books that every entrepreneur ought to read.
If you are not subscribed please do so at <a href=\"http://www.smeresources.org\">www.smeresources.org</a>
We look forward to your comments, contributions, articles, feedback and general information. You can make these available to us at info@smeresources.org. Don't forget to tell others too and even forward the newsletter to them. We hope to build millions of entrepreneurs throughout the world through this medium. 
We welcome you to Youth Business Newsletter and hope you will have a splendid time reading. 
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Each month we bring you a site we find very useful for entrepreneurs the world over. This month we have selected the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Clearinghouse on Entrepreneurship Education website. For those of you who have never visited the site before you will find it extremely resourceful. Find out more <a href=\"http://www.celcee.edu\">http://www.celcee.edu</a>
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Young and Rich. You got it! These young people are busy executives who have started and built successful businesses. They are dedicated, hardworking and truly inspirational. For those of you who attended the just concluded Youth Employment Summit 2006 in Kenya you know that the theme was 'Unleashing Entrepreneurship …….. Creating Markets'. Youths need to look to entrepreneurship as a major means to ending youth unemployment. Entrepreneurship not only creates jobs for the youths who start the businesses but also for those who they eventually employ. Read more about youths who a breaking new grounds here <a href=\"http://images.businessweek.com/ss/05/10/young_entrepreneur/index_01.htm\">http://images.businessweek.com/ss/05/10/young_entrepreneur/index_01.htm</a> 
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By Abiodun Ajijola, Managing Director/CEO, CGMIE Consulting Limited 
You might have noticed that few businesses actually last in our country today. One year their doing so well, expanding, purchasing new official cars, moving into gorgeous offices and the next year, their downsizing, laying of staff, cutting costs and some even going bankrupt and being forced to close shop. This cycle is all too common in our business world. Don't think this is peculiar to Nigeria alone. A study conducted several years ago in the United States of America showed that ninety percent of all businesses failed within five years of setup while the figure increased to ninety-nine percent over a ten-year period. This goes to show that business failure is a common phenomenon the world over. Nobody likes to fail, especially at business, however most people don't succeed as they ought to. Some of the causes of this are inadequate planning and ineffective execution. It has been said that one who fails to plan actually plans to fail. You can't expect to jump into any kind of business and then expect to succeed. You must carefully analyze the business you wish to embark upon and assess your ability to execute it taking into consideration, your time, financial resources, human resources, knowledge of the business and its industry amongst a host of other considerations.  
People go to a clinic when they are sick. They also go to clinics for routine health checkups. The Small Business Clinic will be of use to you whether or not your business is experiencing problems or if it is thriving like no man's business. For the person who hasn't even started business but is planning on whether or not to do so, you are not left out. I must inform you that our first series of articles are dedicated to you. 
So you ask, 'Is business right for me?'. Only you can decide that. However, entrepreneurship is not for everyone. Some people are intrinsically designed to run businesses while others are not. I must add that if you're determined to run a business, then you can spend some time in personal development and acquire the necessary traits that successful entrepreneurs have.
Over the years and in my studies I have found the following traits to be found in successful entrepreneurs. Look at these traits and score yourself between zero and five. Zero indicates that you have none of that trait in you while five indicates that the trait is highly dominant in your behavior.  
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<li>Adaptability – Cope with new situations and find creative solutions to problems </li>
<li>Competitiveness – compete with and test oneself against others </li>
<li>Confidence – Belief that you can do what you set out to do </li>
<li>Discipline – To stay focused and stick to a schedule and deadlines </li>
<li>Drive – Desire to work hard to accomplish one’s goals </li>
<li>Honesty – Commitment to tell the truth and deal with people fairly </li>
<li>Organisation – Structure one\’s life and keep tasks and information in order </li>
<li>Perseverance – Refusal to quit; Keep goals in sight and work toward them despite obstacles </li>
<li>Persuasiveness – Knack for convincing people to see your point of view and get them interested in your ideas </li>
<li>Risk-Taking – Courage to expose oneself to possible losses </li>
<li>Understanding – Ability to listen to and empathize with other people </li>
<li>Vision – Ability to see the end results of your goals while working to achieve them.</li>
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Now sum up your scores for each trait. Did you score above forty-five? If you did, you're ripe for entrepreneurship. If you did not, you need not bother. Just look at those traits that you scored low on and take proactive steps to improve them. Of course, this does not mean you should not start a business. You can develop these skills as you go along. 
Entrepreneurship like many of life's endeavors has its share of advantages and disadvantages. Be sure you understand this before plunging into the expansive ocean of business.
One of the major advantages of owning a business is independence. You run your own show. No boss, no politics, it's your call. If you find that you can not tolerate constantly being under a boss then you should give serious consideration to entrepreneurship. As a business owner you have the freedom to do whatever you wish, work wherever you want, dress however you feel, work as long or as short as you want, you name it its freedom galore. 
Another advantage is satisfaction. The joy of knowing that you're doing your own thing is immeasurable. You feel fulfilled and experience an inner peace that comes only from pursuing your passion. Working long hours isn't a burden; after all you are doing what you love. This is one advantage that usually sets business owners apart from employees. Most employees work where they are paid the highest and have the best working conditions. A lot of the time an employee will sacrifice job satisfaction for money. An entrepreneur on the other hand cannot afford to do this. This basic difference helps entrepreneurs succeed better.
Business owners over time generate more money than their employee counterparts. Initially the employee seems to be doing better. He lives in a nice house, drives a nice car, goes on foreign vacations, wears the best clothes and indeed lives life to the fullest. The entrepreneur however at the early stages can't buy the car of his dreams, lives as frugally as possible, can't go on expensive vacations and is seen to be suffering by most. Over the years however, she expands her customer base, increases her market share and in less than a decade is generating huge amounts of profit. Now she expands and begins to employ additional staff across the country. Her income at this stage is increasing exponentially. Her employee counterpart has probably being promoted to managerial position but his income earning capacity is limited by the company. It is at this point that the entrepreneur is seen to have taken the better path. The reason why most people feel that being an employee is better is because they are too often myopic and fail to remain committed to their business for the long term and consequently end up with a business failure. Going into business is no joke. It takes time and perseverance. If you're not ready to stick with it, don't start it.
The last advantage we will be considering for now is self-esteem. I don't know if you have noticed, but a lot of people have a very low self-esteem. I know people who abhor their superiors and envy successful people. They usually feel inferior deep down and as a result possess a low self-esteem. Running a business makes you confident in your abilities. When you succeed you are able to say that you did it. This works wonders for your self-esteem. In addition as a business owner you will confront many people. As you meet more and more people and succeed you will see that confidence in yourself naturally increases. This is important because what joy can you get out of life if you don't feel good about yourself?
In the next edition of Small Business Clinic we will take a look at some of the disadvantages of going into business. We'll also take a look at questions you should ask yourself about being a small business owner. Please send your questions and inquiries to <a href="mailto:smallbusinessclinic@smeresources.org">smallbusinessclinic@smeresources.org</a> for prompt response. We will respond to all your questions but publish as many as we have space for. 
This article was written by Abiodun Ajijola. He is the Managing Director of CGMIE Consulting Limited (a company set up to provide entrepreneurial development training for Africans at affordable prices), winner of the Fate Foundation Business Plan Competition 2004, a public speaker, entrepreneurial development trainer and writer. You can contact him at <a href="mailto:smallbusinessclinic@smeresources.org">smallbusinessclinic@smeresources.org</a>, +2348058026196 or on the Internet at <a href=\"http://www.smeresources.org\">www.smeresources.org</a>. 
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Do you know what youths the world over are saying about entrepreneurship? Do you want to share your views with other youths with diverse backgrounds? If you are interested in belonging to a fast growing online community of young entrepreneurs, then the CGMIE Consulting Limited Entrepreneur Discussion Group is for you. Click the link below and signup to the various discussions available. You can post your comments, read those of others and even add topics. Topics we are currently discussing in the forum are: 
Business Name - A forum with the aim of providing aids to you in choosing a Business Name 
Business Plan - a place where you can find help in whatever that pertains to writing and implementing business plans 
Youth Employment - To discuss how to increase provision of jobs amongst the youth worldwide 
Youth Entrepreneurship - Encouraging entrepreneurship development amongst young people as a means to employment generation and sustainable national development
<a href=\"http://www.smeresources.org/forum.php\">http://www.smeresources.org/forum.php</a>
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The Parable of Dollars 
By Sam Adeyemi
Editorial Reviews
Tony Aleogena-Raphael. President, Unicon Union PLC 
This book being our motivation, we successfully built a multinational group of companies with of over twenty-two million dollars. 
 
Ayo Arowolo, CEO, The Investment Club Network 
If you desire freedom from financial crises, through legitimate, God-inspired ways, this is one book you must read. 
 
Adekunle Oyegade, CEO, First Class Books Nigeria Ltd. 
Sam's teachings packaged in this book helped me build a group of companies worth millions now. It is illuminating. 
 
Book Description 
 
"The Parable of Talents is one of the prominent parables of Christ. The word "talent" by it’s use in present times connotes the inherent gifts and abilities in people, hence the parable has been used to teach on the stewardship of our God-given gifts and talents. However, the talent as used in this parable was a currency in biblical times just as the dollar is in our days. A second look at this parable shows that it contains powerful secrets for financial abundance. 
This book is intended on one hand to be a reminder of the things you may have learnt on finances from the Bible. On the other hand, it is intended to ignite a spark in your heart to take practical steps towards wealth creation. It goes a little beyond conventional teachings on giving, to cultivating wealth-building habits like saving, investing and entrepreneuring. It ends with supernatural wealth building principles through addiction to the Kingdom of God. 
In this book and the included workbook you will discover how to: 
Build a Wealth Mentality 
Develop Financial Intelligence 
Break the poverty cycle in your life 
Make, Multiply and Manage Your Money God's way through wise investments 
Discover and Develop your God-given gifts and abilities to release your 
financial increase 
 
About the Author 
Sam Adeyemi, insightful teacher, motivational speaker and author of several books on successful living, is the Presiding Pastor of the Daystar Christian Centre, Lagos, Nigeria, a church with the vision of raising role models of excellence. 
Through his organization, Success Power International, he hosts the Radio Program: "Success Power" which is broadcast in Nigeria and many other nations. 
He has the God-given mandate to teach scriptural success principles through radio, television, tapes, seminars and publications. He is much sought after as a speaker in churches, seminars, and conferences internationally.   </td>
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OCTOBER INVESTMENT TIP</td>
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This month we look at some quotes from the famous Oracle of Omaha, none other than Mr. Warren Edward Buffet. Being the world's greatest investor, his ideas cannot be taken for granted. We hope you enjoy yourself while you digest these delectable quotes.
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<li>Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing. </li>
<li>Only buy something that you'd be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years. </li>
<li>We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful. </li>
<li>Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, "Too much of a good thing can be wonderful". </li>
<li>Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business. </li>
<li>Our favourite holding period is forever. </li>
<li>"Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1." </li>
<li> "Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." </li>
<li> "Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway." </li>
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<li>"Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing."</li>
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The just concluded Youth Employment Summit (YES) Kenya 2006 was a wonderful event which provided huge opportunities for networking, learning and discovering opportunities. It's all over now but during the four hectic days of the summit many people may have forgotten to get all the presentations. We have been able to get some of the presentations and make them available for free download. Click the link below for more...

<a href=\"http://www.smeresources.org/tools-search.php?searchField=YES%20KENYA%202006%20Presentations\">http://www.smeresources.org/tools-search.php?searchField=YES%20KENYA%202006%20Presentations </a> click <a href=\"http://www.smeresources.org/gallery.php\">here</a> for pictures from the events 
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ORGANISATION OF THE MONTH</td>
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LEAP AFRICA
We have chosen Leap Africa as our organisation of the month. Leadership, Effectiveness, Accountability and Professionalism (LEAP) Africa is a non-profit organization, which is committed to inspiring, empowering and equipping a new cadre of African leaders. I LEAP provides leadership training programmes and executive coaching services for business owners who manage small and medium-sized enterprises and for youth. LEAP also invests in continuous research on leadership development in Africa. This research serves as the basis of our innovative curriculum. Click <a href=\"http://www.smeresources.org/success_stories_view.php?id=1&name=%20Ndidi%20Okonkwo%20Nwuneli %20CEO,%20Leap%20Africa\">here</a> to learn more 
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  CGMIE Consulting Limited is set to train another set of youths in the Youth Entrepreneurship Programme (YEP). Scores of youths residing in the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria are about to commence a six week long entrepreneurial training programme. The theme of the programme is 'Equipping participants with entrepreneurial skills to enable them build sustainable and profitable businesses'. Over five hundred youths have so far benefited from the Youth Entrepreneurship Programme (YEP). To find out more ….
<a href=\"http://www.smeresources.org/yep.php\">http://www.smeresources.org/yep.php</a>
CGMIE Consulting limited partners with Saturday Champion (Champion Newspaper) to produce the Small Business Clinic (SBC). The purpose of the clinic is to provide readers an opportunity to get sound professional business advice as well as learn from other entrepreneurs throughout the country. According to CGMIE Consulting CEO, Mr. Abiodun Ajijola " The Small Business Clinic is developed by CGMIE Consulting Limited and published by Saturday Champion to help budding entrepreneurs and even thriving ones gain access to effective business information in an easy manner and of course at no extra cost." He goes on to say that "People go to a clinic when they are sick. They also go to clinics for routine health checkups. The Small Business Clinic will be of use to you whether or not your business is experiencing problems or if it is thriving like no man's business. For the person who hasn't even started business but is planning on whether or not to do so, you are not left out." For those living outside Nigeria you can access the articles published in the Small Business Clinic from …..
<a href=\"http://www.smeresources.org/articles.php\">http://www.smeresources.org/articles.php</a>
<a href=\"http://www.smeresources.org\">www.smeresources.org</a> opens its Entrepreneur Discussion Group. For all those who love to meet and discuss with fellow entrepreneurs around the world without having to pay for flight tickets, hotel accommodation and obtain visas, CGMIE Consulting has created a user-friendly online forum for discussions amongst entrepreneurs of all cadres. To join click here
<a href=\"http://www.smeresources.org/forum.php\">http://www.smeresources.org/forum.php</a>
 
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Article 2: NEEDS and the GSM Industry</td>
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In 2004, the Federal Government adopted the National Economic Empowerment Development Strategy (NEEDS) which has highlighted our socio-economic developmental aspirations to be reform of the public sector, enabling a robust private sector-led economy and the implementation of an effective social charter for the purposes of reducing poverty, creating wealth, generating employment and re-orientating national values. A fundamental feature of NEEDS is that it clearly delineates responsibilities between government and the private sector in its component strategies, plans and targets. 
Government would provide the enabling business and regulatory environment while the private sector is to invest in and manage ventures that would stimulate and support socio-economic development. NEEDS is therefore a broad based Public Private Partnership (PPP) initiative which all stakeholders in the developmental process are expected to buy into for optimal success in implementation. 
Being aware of the catalytic role typically played by mobile telecommunications in socio-economic development in Africa, the GSM operators in Nigerian have developed a Joint Economic Development (JED) Framework to support the government in the actualization of its objectives as set out in NEEDS. 
Employing barometers prescribed in NEEDS , the framework outlines the positive multiplier effect of mobile telecommunications on virtually every area of endeavour in the society, previews additional prospects for the industry, reviews the telecommunications sectoral targets, highlights its challenges, proposes solutions to such challenges and assigns definite roles to government and operators for further optimization of the benefits of GSM services. 
The targets assigned to the telecommunications sector by NEEDS are: attainment of a tele-density of 1:25 in the year 2007,enhancement of tele-access especially in the rural areas and the development of a national communications backbone and multimedia super-corridor. Strategies identified for accomplishing these targets include the use of fiscal / financial incentives to promote investment, adoption of a local content policy in the manufacture of equipment, accessories and components as well as financial support for rural roll out and internet access. Today tele-density stands at about 1:15, there is significant improvement in rural tele-access penetration and from just one (NITEL) transmission backbone that was available in 2001, there are at least four other backbones being constructed across the country. 
The summary is that the telecommunications sector has met and, in respect of tele-density, exceeded its targets under NEEDS. This development is fundamentally due to the advent of GSM services in 2001which has resulted in a dramatic increase in the total number of lines to about 12 million today from just above 500,000, accounting for about 91% of the total telephony (fixed and mobile) market. There has been more expeditions roll out in rural areas covering over 50% of the Local Government Areas and at least 5,000 communities and villages. Most of the GSM operators are presently building transmission backbones to complement NITEL’s facilities. The of this will be the availability of spare capacity that can be utilized by other interests for conveying data, video and voice. These developments inform Nigeria’s present rating as the fastest growing telecommunications market in Africa. 
In line with the aspirations of NEEDS, the accomplishment of the targets outlined above has enormously impacted positively on the nation’s socio-economic atmosphere. At macro-economic level, the sector’s contribution to GDP improved by 53% in 2003 making it third highest contributor ahead of the financial sector which has been in operation for about 100 years and Foreign Direct Investment of about $5 billion has been attracted. In respect of employment, over 135,000 persons have been directly and indirectly employed by the operators and their supply chain components while the industry’s support service sectors such as banking, insurance, consultancies, (legal accounting, HR, tax), haulage, shipping and IT as well as the Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SME’s) segment of the economy have also experienced considerable levels of increased activity. Government treasury has been boosted by payment of over N200 billion as taxes and levies. National output has also been enhanced as travel times and associated risks have been reduced, business communication improved and the rural-urban gap narrowed down. Social and family relationships and the security situation have also been significantly enhanced. 
A large number of not-for-profit Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives are being sponsored by the operators. By all standards, the sector has performed remarkably well since inception in accomplishment of the NEEDS targets and supporting socio-economic development. Investment in, and management of a GSM network is therefore a long term venture that requires effective planning and a conducive environment. In this regard, the sector has identified certain issues that are central to its sustained growth which government needs to address within the context of its duty under NEEDS of providing the appropriate policy and regulatory guideline that would encourage and support private sector investment. The operators on their part, as responsible corporate citizens and in the true spirit of partnership, also commit to some obligations in return. The issues are inadequate power supply, Customs Clearance processes, inadequate fiscal and financial incentives, multiple taxation, inadequate backbone infrastructure, absence of local manufacture and maintenance capacity, pragmatic industry regulatory framework among others. It is expected that government, being in the driving seat for the project, will duly accord the deserved level of attention to the implementation. 
ADEBIYI BABAJIDE 
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria 
 +2348055916893
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</tr>

</td>
</tr>
</table>";

// Set some parameters
$toAddress = "d4dayo2001@yahoo.com";
$subject = "Test Subject";
$headers = "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

// Try to send the message
$success = mail($toAddress,$subject,$message,$headers);

if($success){
print "Newsletter Sent";
}
else{
echo'Newwsletter could not be sent';
}
?>
[/code]
and it was giving me this error message
[code]
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/sme/public_html/sendmail2.php on line 30
[/code]
I have checked all my strings and I think they are okay.Pls I need your help
Thanks

HuggieBear · November 1, 2006

Does the highlighted code not help you? The fact that nearly all your code is red, apart from a few lines, the first of which being line 30?

Line 30 contains a quote with "double quotes" around it. Do you think you need to do anything to those double quotes to have them show correctly?

Regards
Huggie

xux · November 1, 2006

Hi,
I always do my php coding with notepad,can you recommend any php IDE to me?Thanks
I will rectify that
My Regards
XUX

HuggieBear · November 1, 2006

I don't have a fancy IDE, but I do use a free application with syntax highlighting. Something like [url=http://www.crimsoneditor.com/]Crimson Editor[/url].

Regards
Huggie

xux · November 2, 2006

Thanks,I have been able to implement the changes and everything went on well.You are my main man ;D Thanks a lot
My Regards
XUX

HuggieBear · November 2, 2006

No problem, happy to help.

Huggie

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