Looking for code to integrate for formatting abilities

[highamperage]

Hello! I need a quick bit of advice.

I am working with a programmer to develop a web application which includes sending emails, and would like to add formatting/editing capabilities to the email end of this application. (Such as the formatting abilities of web based email systems to change text size, font, color etc). Seems he wants to design that and charge me, but I think there must be an open source or simple pre-done solution.

This system is probably going to be done in PHP, and am wondering if anyone has any links to some code that could be integrated to allow the addition of a formatting bar/popup like found in web based email systems, and as a matter of fact… like the editing functionality in this forum itself. (I press the bold button and it automattically adds the HTML needed to bold that comment - that is what I'm looking for)

Much appreciated!

[Orjan]

are you talking about an rich text edit box on your web page?

[highamperage]

Yea, basically.. the code for something like that could probably be used. I didn't try googling that, I will try that.

[zeroradius]

you might check out phpbb in pear. I have not used it but it is on my hosting and when i looked into it, it looked rather nice

[BlaineSch]

That's Mr. BlaineSch to you

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I actually made one once but it's long gone now, I'd spend an hour digging up old source code.

[mr.tha2r]

See sf.net

you will find many Open Source Rich Text Editors and i think i sow bbcode class once

and offcourse send mail class ..

and you must have an html mail send function to get the formatting

peace