Embedding URLs in Hotmail

Anon

I'm using PHP to send email to hotmail accounts. When embedding URLs in my messages I have data attached to them
ie. http://www.somewhere.com?var1=$data1&var2=$data2&var3=$data3

...when the message is recieved in Hotmail, the entire URL is not hyperlinked....
..the hyperlink stops at the ampersand (&)..

...i belive this problem is Hotmail specific...

...any suggestions as to how to overcome this?

Anon

try putting it in html format also...
<a href="http://www.somewhere.com?var1=$data1&var2=$data2&var3=$data3">http://www.somewhere.com?var1=$data1&var2=$data2&var3=$data3</a>

Anon

Hi,

function make_clickable($text)
{
$ret = eregi_replace( "([[:alnum:]]+)://([^{[:space:]])([[:alnum:]#?/&=])",} "<a href=\"\1://\2\3\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\">\1://\2\3</a>", $text);
$ret = eregi_replace( "(([a-z0-9_]|\-|\.)+@([^[:space:]])([[:alnum:]-]))", "<a href=\"mailto:\1\" target=\"_new\">\1</a>", $ret);
return($ret);
}

This function makes all links clickable in a string. Unfortunately i don't remember where i've got this. Anyway, i hope it helps.