Hi

I seem to be having a problem using variables in the body of an email with Mail::Sender. I am hoping someone has successfully done what I am attempting to do.

First I get data from a html form, then I concatenate the needed values into the message of the email. When I receive the email the body of the email is there, but the values that should be in the first and last name are not displaying. I know the $params variable contains data, because before the an email is sent, the data from $params is used to record data into the database, and it is recording properly.

I am using Catalyst as well.

A Simplified version of the HTML FORM

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<form name="rsvp" action="send_confirmation" method="POST">
First Name: <input type="text" name="First">
Last Name: <input type="text" name="Last">

<input type="submit" value="Send">
</form>
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PERL


use Mail::Sender;
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method send_confirmation_email( $params ) {   # $params = $c->req-para
+ms in the controller, which is passed to this method.
    my $user_obj = $self->get_user_data();

    my $rsvp_email = new Mail::Sender({
          smtp => 'smtp-myserver.mydomain.com',
          from => 'me.person@mydomain.com',
        });

    my $name = $params->{ 'First' } . " " . $params->{ 'Last' };
    if($params->{ 'attending' } eq 'Y') {
         $msg = "<html><body><p>Dear " . $name . ",</p>";
         $msg .= qq|<p>Thank you for submitting your RSVP.  We will se
+nd an informational packet to your home.|;
                                                                      
+                                                   
         $rsvp_email->OpenMultipart({
              to => $params->{ 'email' },
              subject => "RSVP Confirmation",
                                       });
         $rsvp_email->Part({
             ctype => 'text/html',
             disposition => 'NONE',
             msg => $msg,
         });

         $rsvp_email->EndPart("text/html");

         $rsvp_email->Close;
         return;
     }
     else {
         $msg = "<html><body><p>Dear " . $name . ",</p>";

         $msg .= qq|We are sorry you are unable to attend.  Thank you 
+for notifying us.|;
         $msg .= "</body></html>";

         $rsvp_email->OpenMultipart({
             to => $params->{ 'email' },
             subject => "RSVP Confirmation",
         });

         $rsvp_email->Part({
             ctype => 'text/html',
             disposition => 'NONE',
             msg => $msg,
         });

         $rsvp_email->EndPart("text/html");

         $rsvp_email->Close;
         return;
      }

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Any help would be much appreciated.

In reply to Trouble Using Variables in Body of Mail Sender Email by phildeman

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