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+<?php
+
+/* Copyright (C) 2007 Technikum-Wien
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ *
+ * Authors: Cristina Hainberger <hainberg@technikum-wien.at>
+ */
+require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/basis_db.class.php');
+require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/mail.class.php');
+require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/vorlage.class.php');
+
+const DEFAULT_SANCHO_HEADER_IMG = 'sancho_header_DEFAULT.jpg';
+
+/**
+ * Send single Mail with Sancho Design and Layout.
+ * @param string $vorlage_kurzbz Name of the template for specific mail content.
+ * @param array $vorlage_data Associative array with specific mail content varibales
+ *  to be replaced in the content template.
+ * @param string $to Email-adress.
+ * @param string $subject Subject of mail.
+ * @param string $headerImg	Filename of the specific Sancho header image.
+ * @return boolean True, if succeeded. 
+ */
+function sendSanchoMail($vorlage_kurzbz, $vorlage_data, $to, $subject, $headerImg = DEFAULT_SANCHO_HEADER_IMG)
+{	
+	$from = 'sancho@'. DOMAIN;
+	$sanchoHeader_img = dirname(__FILE__). '/../skin/images/sancho/'. $headerImg;
+	$sanchoFooter_img = dirname(__FILE__). '/../skin/images/sancho/sancho_footer.jpg';
+
+	// Set unique content id for embedding header and footer image
+	$cid_header = uniqid();
+	$cid_footer = uniqid();
+			
+	// Set specific mail content into specific content template
+	$content = parseMailContent($vorlage_kurzbz, $vorlage_data);
+
+	// Create data array with specific content and image content ids
+	$layout = array(
+		'CID_header' => $cid_header,
+		'CID_footer' => $cid_footer,
+		'content' => $content
+	);
+
+	// Set the data array into overall sancho mail template
+	$body = parseMailContent('Sancho_Mail_Template', $layout);
+
+	// Send mail
+	$mail = new Mail($to, $from, $subject, $body);
+	
+	// * embed the images
+	$mail->addEmbeddedImage($sanchoHeader_img, 'image/jpg', '', $cid_header);
+	$mail->addEmbeddedImage($sanchoFooter_img, 'image/jpg', '', $cid_footer);
+	
+	// * embed the html content
+	$mail->setHTMLContent($body);
+	
+	return $mail->send();
+}
+
+
+// *******************************************	HELPER FUNCTIONS
+/**
+ * Replace variables in the mail content template with specific mail content data.
+ * @param string $vorlage_kurzbz Name of the template for specific mail content.
+ * @param array $vorlage_data Associative array with specific mail content varibales
+ *  to be replaced in the content template.
+ * @return string
+ */
+function parseMailContent($vorlage_kurzbz, $vorlage_data)
+{
+	$vorlage = new Vorlage();
+	$vorlage->getAktuelleVorlage('etw', $vorlage_kurzbz);
+	
+	// If the text and the subject of the template are not empty
+	if (!empty($vorlage->text))
+	{
+		// Parses template text
+		$parsedText = parseVorlagetext($vorlage->text, $vorlage_data);
+
+		return $parsedText;
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * parseVorlagetext() - will parse a Vorlagetext.
+ *
+ * @param   string  $text	REQUIRED
+ * @param   array  $data	REQUIRED
+ * @return  string
+ */
+function parseVorlagetext($text, $data = array())
+{
+	if (empty($text))
+		return 'Error in parsing Vorlagentext';
+	$text = parse_string($text, $data, true);
+	return $text;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parse a String
+ *
+ * Parses pseudo-variables contained in the specified string,
+ * replacing them with the data in the second param
+ *
+ * @param	string
+ * @param	array
+ * @param	bool
+ * @return	string
+ */
+function parse_string($template, $data, $return = FALSE)
+{
+	if ($template === '')
+	{
+		return FALSE;
+	}
+
+	$replace = array();
+	foreach ($data as $key => $val)
+	{
+		$replace = array_merge(
+			$replace,
+			is_array($val)
+				? parse_pair($key, $val, $template)
+				: parse_single($key, (string) $val, $template)
+		);
+	}
+
+	unset($data);
+	$template = strtr($template, $replace);
+
+	if ($template === FALSE)
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	return $template;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parse a single key/value
+ *
+ * @param	string
+ * @param	string
+ * @param	string
+ * @return	string
+ */
+function parse_single($key, $val, $string)
+{
+	return array('{'. $key. '}' => (string) $val);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parse a tag pair
+ *
+ * Parses tag pairs: {some_tag} string... {/some_tag}
+ *
+ * @param	string
+ * @param	array
+ * @param	string
+ * @return	string
+ */
+function parse_pair($variable, $data, $string)
+{
+	$replace = array();
+	preg_match_all(
+		'#'.preg_quote('{'. $variable. '}').'(.+?)'.preg_quote('{'.'/'.$variable. '}').'#s',
+		$string,
+		$matches,
+		PREG_SET_ORDER
+	);
+
+	foreach ($matches as $match)
+	{
+		$str = '';
+		foreach ($data as $row)
+		{
+			$temp = array();
+			foreach ($row as $key => $val)
+			{
+				if (is_array($val))
+				{
+					$pair = parse_pair($key, $val, $match[1]);
+					if ( ! empty($pair))
+					{
+						$temp = array_merge($temp, $pair);
+					}
+
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				$temp['{'.$key. '}'] = $val;
+			}
+
+			$str .= strtr($match[1], $temp);
+		}
+
+		$replace[$match[0]] = $str;
+	}
+
+	return $replace;
+}
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