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[TheSeeker]

I am interested in creating an "email -this" type ability for a website.

I am sure most people have seen an "email -this story" type link that is standard on most news web sites. You click such a link and then it takes you to a page where you enter an email address and click send. The link for the story and the title are not editable.

Does anyone know where I can find example code of how to do this with php, and any explanation of how this works.

Thanks in advance for any information.

[Kudose]

Here is a page from my software. $cid comes from the URL and relates to an ID in the database. You should be able to get what you need from it. Hope it helps.

<?php
if(is_numeric($_GET['cid'])){
	if(!isset($_POST['submit_friends'])){
		echo '<form action="index.php?mod=eif&cid='.$_GET['cid'].'" method="POST">';
		echo '<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="75%">';
			echo '<tr>';
				echo '<td colspan="4" align="left"><b>Please enter the following information:</b><br><br></td>';
			echo '</tr>';
			echo '<tr>';
				echo '<td style="padding-top:2px; padding-bottom:2px;" align="left">Your name:</td>';
				echo '<td style="padding-top:2px; padding-bottom:2px;"><input type="text" name="sender"></td>';
				echo '<td style="padding-top:2px; padding-bottom:2px;">Your e-mail:</td>';
				echo '<td style="padding-top:2px; padding-bottom:2px;"><input type="text" name="sender_email"></td>';
			echo '</tr>';
			for($i=0;$i<=2;$i++){
			echo '<tr>';
				echo '<td style="padding-top:2px; padding-bottom:2px;" align="left">Friends name:</td>';
				echo '<td style="padding-top:2px; padding-bottom:2px;"><input type="text" name="friend[]"></td>';
				echo '<td style="padding-top:2px; padding-bottom:2px;">Friends e-mail:</td>';
				echo '<td style="padding-top:2px; padding-bottom:2px;"><input type="text" name="friend_email[]"></td>';
			echo '</tr>';
			}
			echo '<tr>';
				echo '<td align="left" colspan="2" style="padding-top:2px; padding-bottom:2px;"><br><input type="submit" name="submit_friends" value="  Submit  " class="submit"></td>';
				echo '<td colspan="2" align="left" style="padding-top:2px; padding-bottom:2px;"><input type="checkbox" name="copy_me">&nbsp;Send a copy to me.</td>';
			echo '</tr>';
		echo '</table>';
		echo '</form>';
	} else {
		$sender = strip_tags($_POST['sender']);
		$sender_email = $_POST['sender_email'];
		if(eregi("^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+@[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+$", $sender_email) == FALSE){
			$sender_email = "unknown";
		}
		$friend = $_POST['friend'];
		$friend_email = $_POST['friend_email'];
		$id = 0;
		foreach($friend as $f){
			strip_tags($f);
		}
		foreach($friend_email as $fe){
			if(eregi("^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+@[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+$", $fe) == FALSE){
				unset($friend_email[$id]);
				unset($friend[$id]);
			}
			$id++;
		}

	//do the copy me part
	if(isset($_POST['copy_me'])){
		$friend[] = $sender;
		$friend_email[] = $sender_email;
	}

	$vehicle = $myDb->dbFetch("SELECT * FROM ".$prefix."inventory WHERE uid='".$_GET['cid']."'");
	$year = $vehicle[0]['year'];
	$invent = new inventory;
	$make = $invent->getMake($vehicle[0]['make']);
	$model = $vehicle[0]['model'];
	$url = $tb_config[0]['url']."index.php?mod=sii&id=".$vehicle[0]['uid'];

	//write mail headers and message sender
	$from = "FROM: ".$sender." <".$sender_email.">"
	."\r\nX-MSMail-Priority: High"
	."\r\nX-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180"
	."\r\nX-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180"
	."\r\nContent-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";

	$message = $tb_config[0]['co_name']." has a ".$year." ".$make." ".$model." I thought you might be interested in.<br><br>";
	$message .= "You can view it here - > <a href=\"".$url."\">".$url."</a>";
	$message .= "<br><br>Have a great day!";

	$run_id = 0;
	foreach($friend_email as $to){
		$subj = "I saw this vehicle and thought of you.";
		$msg = "Hi ".$friend[$run_id].".<br><br>".$message;
		if(mail($to, $subj, $msg, $from)){
			$sent_to = str_replace("@", " at ", $to);
			$sent_to = str_replace(".", " dot ", $sent_to);
			echo 'Message successfully sent to '.$sent_to.'<br>';
		}//end if
	}				//end foreach
}//end if isset submit_friends
} else { //$_GET['cid'] == FALSE
 echo 'Sorry, but no information could be obtained about the item inquired upon.<br>';
}
?>