hyperlinks in &quot;mail&quot;ed emails

hyperlinks in "mail"ed emails

carlwenrich

I'm using the mail function to send activation emails to new users in an app I'm working on. The activation link appears as normal text instead of being presented as a hyperlink the way it is in programs like phpnuke. What am I missing?

gardnc

If you are adding the link as part of the email body, you should create the text the same way you would for an <a> tag in html complete with the src=, etc.

carlwenrich

I already tried that. Phpnuke doesn't use <a> tags or the "src=" spec. I suspect that something is going on in the header, but I don't know what.

gardnc

Shouldn't have to adjust headers. I was wrong about the <a> tag, just the link should work. This is an example of one I set up that is in use today:

=================================================
......
$linkdata = "1";
......
$link = "https://www.xxxxxxxxxx.com/dealeraccount/showsubmission.php?id=" . $linkdata;

$message = "The following Request has been submitted:\r\n\r\n" .
"LOG NUMER #: " . $SESSION['fields']['log_number'] . "\r\n" .
"DEALER #: " . $SESSION['fields']['dealer_number'] . "\r\n" .
"DEALER : " . $SESSION['fields']['dealer_name'] . "\r\n" .
"APPLICANT LAST NAME: " . $SESSION['fields']['b_last_name'] . "\r\n" .
"APPLICANT FIRST NAME: " . $_SESSION['fields']['b_first_name'] . "\r\n" .
"SUBMITTED: $today\r\n" .
"REQUEST LINK:\r\n\r\n" . $link;

$subject = "New Spotzone Request";


mail($to, $subject, $message,

roscor

replicated as difficulty posting, mods please delete this one, cheers

roscor

Firstly within the message($message) with html tags

$message = "<html><body><p><img src='http://www.yourwebsite.com/images/yourwebsite.com.gif'><br /><br />Hello Member,<br /><br />Have you Logged on yet to yourwebsite.com and got your Password ?<br /><br />You need to request you password by confirming your details<br /><br /> <a href='http://yourwebsite.com/newbie.php'>Request Password</a> an email will then be sent to your email address with your password<br /><br />Then follow the link <a href='https://yourwebsite.com/userlogin.php'>&nbsp;yourwebsite.com/userlogin</a>&nbsp;To logon<br /><br />Thank you,<br /><br />yourwebsite.com<br /><br /><br /><br />This is an automated email, please do not reply.</body></html>";

Then use correct headers content type text/html; charset=iso-8859-1

$message = nl2br($message);
$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";
$headers .= "From: you@yourwebsite.com\r\n";
$headers .= "Return-path: you@yourwebsite.com>\r\n";

// Send
$rc = mail($email, $subject, $message, $headers);

carlwenrich

got it