Load information into email message.

[eluser]cdonate[/eluser]
Hy guys.

I need to send email messages that have some default text and some strings loaded into it, like $name and $last_name, something like this:

Code:

message = '
<br>
Dear '.$name.' '.$last_name.',<br>
<br>
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...

The email message is hardcoded inside my controller, but I would like to put the email message into a text file and load it from the controller.

This is working OK, but the $name and $last_name don't get loaded, the message stays

Code:

Dear '.$name.' '.$last_name.',<br>

, the variables do not get changed.

Is there any way to do this? Load the email message from a file and have the variables chaged?

My email function is this:

Code:

function sendEmailConf($name,$last_name,$email){
  
$this->load->helper('file');
  
$message = read_file('./attachments/email_actv.txt');

Thanks!!!