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+<?php
+class EmailNotification {
+	/**
+	 * Send a multipart/alternative message with Text and HTML versions
+	 *
+	 * @param fromName			name of the sender
+	 * @param fromEmail			email fo the sender
+	 * @param replyTo			replyTo address to direct responses
+	 * @param toEmail			destination email address
+	 * @param messageSubject	subject of the message
+	 * @param htmlVersion		html version of the message
+	 * @param textVersion		text only version of the message
+	 */
+	static public function sendTextHtmlEmail($fromName,$fromEmail,$replyTo,$toEmail,$messageSubject,$htmlVersion,$textVersion) {
+		logger("sendTextHtmlEmail: BEGIN");
+		logger("fromName:       " . $fromName);
+		logger("fromEmail:      " . $fromEmail);
+		logger("replyTo:        " . $replyTo);
+		logger("toEmail:        " . $toEmail);
+		logger("messageSubject: " . $messageSubject);
+		//logger("htmlVersion:    " . $htmlVersion);
+		//logger("textVersion:    " . $textVersion);
+		
+		// generate a mime boundary
+		$mimeBoundary   =rand(0,9)."-"
+				.rand(10000000000,9999999999)."-"
+				.rand(10000000000,9999999999)."=:"
+				.rand(10000,99999);
+
+		// generate a multipart/alternative message header
+		$messageHeader =
+			"From: {$fromName} <{$fromEmail}>\n" . 
+			"Reply-To: {$replyTo}\n" .
+			"MIME-Version: 1.0\n" .
+			"Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=\"{$mimeBoundary}\"";
+
+		// assemble the final multipart message body with the text and html types included
+		$textBody	=	chunk_split(base64_encode($textVersion));
+		$htmlBody	=	chunk_split(base64_encode($htmlVersion));
+		$multipartMessageBody =
+			"--" . $mimeBoundary . "\n" .					// plain text section
+			"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n" .
+			"Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n\n" .
+			$textBody . "\n" .
+			"--" . $mimeBoundary . "\n" .					// text/html section
+			"Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8\n" .
+			"Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n\n" .
+			$htmlBody . "\n" .
+			"--" . $mimeBoundary . "--\n";					// message ending
+
+		// send the message
+		$res = mail(
+			$toEmail,	 									// send to address
+			$messageSubject,								// subject
+			$multipartMessageBody,	 						// message body
+			$messageHeader									// message headers
+		);
+		logger("sendTextHtmlEmail: END");
+	}
+}
+?>
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