Mandrill and Templates

index.php

<?php
require '/path/to/vender/Mandrill.php';

$mandrill = new Mandrill(); 

// $mandrill = new Mandrill("YOUR_API_KEY")

$message = array(
    'subject' => 'Test message',
    'from_email' => 'you@yourdomain.com',
    'html' => '<p>this is a test message with Mandrill\'s PHP wrapper!.</p>',
    'to' => array(array('email' => 'recipient1@domain.com', 'name' => 'Recipient 1')),
    'merge_vars' => array(array(
        'rcpt' => 'recipient1@domain.com',
        'vars' =>
        array(
            array(
                'name' => 'FIRSTNAME',
                'content' => 'Recipient 1 first name'),
            array(
                'name' => 'LASTNAME',
                'content' => 'Last name')
    ))));

//Create a Template in mandrill.com
$template_name = 'Welcome Email';

$template_content = array(
    array(
        'name' => 'main',
        'content' => 'Hi *|FIRSTNAME|* *|LASTNAME|*, thanks for signing up.'),
    array(
        'name' => 'footer',
        'content' => 'Copyright 2012.')

);

print_r($mandrill->messages->sendTemplate($template_name, $template_content, $message));

?>

instruction for template

You can add templates to your Mandrill account in the following ways:
    -Send a template from your MailChimp account to your connected Mandrill account.
            http://help.mandrill.com/entries/24460672-How-do-I-add-a-MailChimp-template-to-my-Mandrill-account-
    -Custom code a template and send it to your Mandrill account via the API.
            https://mandrillapp.com/api/docs/templates.html#method=add
    -Go to Outbound > Templates > Code Your Own in your Mandrill account to use the Mandrill code editor to custom code your template or paste your template code.
    
    
    Source: http://help.mandrill.com/entries/21694868-Getting-Started-with-Templates
    

'Test message', 'from_email' => 'no-reply@playnlive.co.in', 'html' => '

this is a test message with Mandrill\'s PHP wrapper!.

', 'to' => array(array('email' => 'venkatesh@playnlive.com', 'name' => 'venkatesh')), 'merge_vars' => array(array( 'rcpt' => 'venkatesh@playnlive.com', 'vars' => array( array( 'name' => 'FIRSTNAME', 'content' => 'venkatesh'), array( 'name' => 'LASTNAME', 'content' => 'sm') )))); //Create a Template in mandrill.com $template_name = 'Welcome Email'; $template_content = array( array( 'name' => 'main', 'content' => 'Hi _|FIRSTNAME|_ _|LASTNAME|_, thanks for signing up.'), array( 'name' => 'footer', 'content' => 'Copyright 2012.') ); print_r($mandrill->messages->sendTemplate($template_name, $template_content, $message)); ?>

'Test message', 'from_email' => 'no-reply@playnlive.co.in', 'html' => ' this is a test message with Mandrill\'s PHP wrapper!. ', 'to' => array(array('email' => 'venkatesh@playnlive.com', 'name' => 'venkatesh')), 'merge_vars' => array(array( 'rcpt' => 'venkatesh@playnlive.com', 'vars' => array( array( 'name' => 'FIRSTNAME', 'content' => 'venkatesh'), array( 'name' => 'LASTNAME', 'content' => 'sm') )))); //Create a Template in mandrill.com $template_name = 'Welcome Email'; $template_content = array( array( 'name' => 'main', 'content' => 'Hi |FIRSTNAME| |LASTNAME|, thanks for signing up.'), array( 'name' => 'footer', 'content' => 'Copyright 2012.') ); print_r($mandrill->messages->sendTemplate($template_name, $template_content, $message)); ?>