vCard PHP
Posted March 1st, 2004 @ 08:15pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Awhile ago I helped Judi with a vCard/PHP problem. Someone requested the source code, so here it is as a web app (the email goes nowhere, so don't send use this) and as source code.
The trick is a very simple one: vCards are just plain text with some specialized formatting. I've used this same trick to send files as ".xls" files. You can't format the text, but double-clicking the tab-delimited .xls attachments opens them in Excel.
Use this or any modification as you see fit. Please give credit where credit is due.
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Posted 24 Mar 2004 at 6:59pm #
Here's what I need to do daily: Look up data in a MySQL database.Insert that data into an Excel template.Email the Excel template. I can send a .xls file via email, but only the kind you can create by tab-delimiting...
Posted 14 May 2004 at 10:30am #
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Posted 16 Jun 2004 at 7:47am #
I loaded vCard PHP and get the following error;
http://www.sdalcorn.com/<?=$PHP_SELF;?>
Not Found
The requested URL /< was not found on this server.
Apache/2.0.48 (Unix) DAV/2 PHP/4.3.4 Server at http://www.sdalcorn.com Port 80
Posted 06 Jul 2004 at 6:13pm #
Sean,
Try <?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>. The $PHP_SELF variable does not work on newer versions of PHP in some configurations -- I believe this is when the 'register_globals' option is off.
Posted 04 Nov 2004 at 4:24pm #
Cool, Just the script I've been looking for!
I'm a PHP newb.. so pls bare with me :/
Ok, so I've managed to get everything working exept that the script doesn't actually send out an email.
(or at the very least I have'nt revieved one yet) 😛
What am I going wrong?
Posted 04 Nov 2004 at 4:39pm #
Pls forgive me, I'm such a dummy!
I did get the email w/ attached vCard... It was caught up in my spam filter 😛
FYI - I've noticed that I get an error when importing the vCard into a contact management software. I've tried changing the version variable (VERSION:3.0) to VERSION:2.1 and it seems to be working now! Any thoughts on why this error could have occurred? .. what are the differences between vCard vers. 2.1 and 3.0?
Much appreciated 🙂
Posted 12 Jan 2005 at 11:01pm #
It nearly works for me. Instead of getting a .vcf file I get a .dat file. If I save it to my desktop as a vcf then it works. Makes for a lotta work if i get quite a few emails tho... Any idea what's happening? Do you thin perhaps my server is stripping the file?
Posted 12 Sep 2005 at 6:02am #
where to set register_globe?