Here is the code

It's an Open type free use code for convert css to inline style codes by capturing from your own html code or a url and it outputs an html code when finished. Because i need to send webpages in an e-mail.

I am brand new to PHP so i wouldn't know where to start to use this code on my own separate from the page url below.

It's the source of this page

http://premailer.dialect.ca

Can someone shine some light on what do with the the below code to get the result i am seeking? Thanks.

<?php
/**
 * Premailer API PHP class
 * Premailer is a library/service for making HTML more palatable for various inept email clients, in particular GMail
 * Primary function is to convert style tags into equivalent inline styles so styling can survive <head> tag removal
 * Premailer is owned by Dialect Communications group
 * @link http://premailer.dialect.ca/api
 * @author Marcus Bointon <marcus@synchromedia.co.uk>
 */
 
class Premailer {
	/**
	 * The Premailer API URL
	 */
	const ENDPOINT = 'http://premailer.dialect.ca/api/0.1/documents';

	/**
	 * Central static method for submitting either an HTML string or a URL, optionally retrieving converted versions
	 * @static
	 * @throws Exception
	 * @param string $html Raw HTML source
	 * @param string $url URL of the source file
	 * @param bool $fetchresult Whether to also fetch the converted output
	 * @param string $adaptor Which document handler to use (hpricot (default) or nokigiri)
	 * @param string $base_url Base URL for converting relative links
	 * @param int $line_length Length of lines in the plain text version (default 65)
	 * @param string $link_query_string Query string appended to links
	 * @param bool $preserve_styles Whether to preserve any link rel=stylesheet and style elements
	 * @param bool $remove_ids Remove IDs from the HTML document?
	 * @param bool $remove_classes Remove classes from the HTML document?
	 * @param bool $remove_comments Remove comments from the HTML document?
	 * @return array Either a single strclass object containing the decoded JSON response, or a 3-element array containing result, html and plain parts if $fetchresult is set
	 */
	protected static function convert($html = '', $url = 'http://test2.chamberhome.com/viewPage.php?ID=Newsletter_1', $fetchresult = true, $adaptor = 'hpricot', $base_url = '', $line_length = 65, $link_query_string = '', $preserve_styles = true, $remove_ids = false, $remove_classes = false, $remove_comments = false) {
		$params = array();
		if (!empty($html)) {
			$params['html'] = $html;
		} elseif (!empty($url)) {
			$params['url'] = $url;
		} else {
			throw new Exception('Must supply an html or url value');
		}
		if ($adaptor == 'hpricot' or $adaptor == 'nokigiri') {
			$params['adaptor'] = $adaptor;
		}
		if (!empty($base_url)) {
			$params['base_url'] = $base_url;
		}
		$params['line_length'] = (integer)$line_length;
		if (!empty($link_query_string)) {
			$params['link_query_string'] = $link_query_string;
		}
		$params['preserve_styles'] = ($preserve_styles?'true':'false');
		$params['remove_ids'] = ($remove_ids?'true':'false');
		$params['$remove_classes'] = ($remove_classes?'true':'false');
		$params['$remove_comments'] = ($remove_comments?'true':'false');
		$options = array(
			'timeout' => 15,
			'connecttimeout' => 15,
			'useragent' => 'PHP Premailer',
			'ssl' => array('verifypeer' => false, 'verifyhost' => false)
		);
		$h = new HttpRequest(self::ENDPOINT, HttpRequest::METH_POST, $options);
		$h->addPostFields($params);
		try {
			$response = $h->send();
			$result = json_decode($response->getBody());
			$code = $response->getResponseCode();
			if ($code != 201) {
				switch ($code) {
					case 400:
						throw new Exception('Content missing', 400);
						break;
					case 403:
						throw new Exception('Access forbidden', 403);
						break;
					case 500:
					default:
						throw new Exception('Error', $code);
				}
			}
			$return = array('result' => $result);
			if ($fetchresult)() {
				//Get HTML and plain versions in parallel
				http_persistent_handles_clean();
				$pool = new HttpRequestPool;
				$pool->attach(new HttpRequest($result->documents->html, HttpRequest::METH_GET, $options));
				$pool->attach(new HttpRequest($result->documents->txt, HttpRequest::METH_GET, $options));
				$pool->send();
				foreach($pool as $request) {
					if ($request->getUrl() == $result->documents->html) {
						$return['html'] = $request->getResponseBody();
					} elseif ($request->getUrl() == $result->documents->txt) {
						$return['plain'] = $request->getResponseBody();
					}
				}
				return $return;
			}
			return $result;
		} catch (HttpException $e) {
			var_dump($h, $e->getMessage());
			return false;
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Central static method for submitting either an HTML string or a URL, optionally retrieving converted versions
	 * @static
	 * @throws Exception
	 * @param string $html Raw HTML source
	 * @param bool $fetchresult Whether to also fetch the converted output
	 * @param string $adaptor Which document handler to use (hpricot (default) or nokigiri)
	 * @param string $base_url Base URL for converting relative links
	 * @param int $line_length Length of lines in the plain text version (default 65)
	 * @param string $link_query_string Query string appended to links
	 * @param bool $preserve_styles Whether to preserve any link rel=stylesheet and style elements
	 * @param bool $remove_ids Remove IDs from the HTML document?
	 * @param bool $remove_classes Remove classes from the HTML document?
	 * @param bool $remove_comments Remove comments from the HTML document?
	 * @return array Either a single element array containing the 'result' object, or three elements containing result, html and plain if $fetchresult is set
	 */
	public static function html($html, $fetchresult = true, $adaptor = 'hpricot', $base_url = '', $line_length = 65, $link_query_string = '', $preserve_styles = true, $remove_ids = false, $remove_classes = false, $remove_comments = false) {
		return self::convert($html, '', $fetchresult, $adaptor, $base_url, $line_length, $link_query_string, $preserve_styles, $remove_ids, $remove_classes, $remove_comments);
	}

	/**
	 * Central static method for submitting either an HTML string or a URL, optionally retrieving converted versions
	 * @static
	 * @throws Exception
	 * @param string $url URL of the source file
	 * @param bool $fetchresult Whether to also fetch the converted output
	 * @param string $adaptor Which document handler to use (hpricot (default) or nokigiri)
	 * @param string $base_url Base URL for converting relative links
	 * @param int $line_length Length of lines in the plain text version (default 65)
	 * @param string $link_query_string Query string appended to links
	 * @param bool $preserve_styles Whether to preserve any link rel=stylesheet and style elements
	 * @param bool $remove_ids Remove IDs from the HTML document?
	 * @param bool $remove_classes Remove classes from the HTML document?
	 * @param bool $remove_comments Remove comments from the HTML document?
	 * @return array Either a single element array containing the 'result' object, or three elements containing result, html and plain if $fetchresult is set
	 */
	public static function url($url, $fetchresult = true, $adaptor = 'hpricot', $base_url = '', $line_length = 65, $link_query_string = '', $preserve_styles = true, $remove_ids = false, $remove_classes = false, $remove_comments = false) {
		return self::convert('', $url, $fetchresult, $adaptor, $base_url, $line_length, $link_query_string, $preserve_styles, $remove_ids, $remove_classes, $remove_comments);
	}
}

/*
Simplest usage:
$pre = Premailer::html($var_with_some_html_in);
$html = $pre['html'];
$plain = $pre['plain'];
//Similarly for URLs:
$pre = Premailer::url($url);
*/
?>

I suggest you start with reading up on classes, then the documentation for this particular class, and then try it and see what happens.

On the other hand, the last 6 lines of the class show you exactly how to use it...

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