[SOLVED] having a link inside a $message of an email

[dazz_club]

I have a simple email script and i would like to put a link inside the body of the message, like click here or something, but im runin into trouble. As what appears is the actual code. I added the backward slash in the right places where quotes are found, but no luck.

 

 

here is the script

$sendTo  =  "my@email";
$subject = "Thank you";

$headers  =  "From:$company_email \n ";
$headers .= " $first_name $surname \r\n";
$headers .= "Reply-To: $company_email \r\n";
$message =
"Hi $member,

This email is sent to you to inform you that <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\" >$first_name $surname</span> has become a member.
For more details please click <a href=\"http://www.mysite.com/email/private/\">here to login</a>.

From
Administrator";

mail($sendTo, $subject, $message, $headers);

 

kind regards

Dazzclub

[p2grace]

In order to put html in emails you need to setup the headers to support html.

 

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/advanced-email-php/4

[dazz_club]

Hi

 

Lol, i know, just come back rom read a tut on sitepoint.

 

cheers for the link aswell

 

[p2grace]

Let me know if you have any questions from there, that tutorial should get you started though.  One thing to note is that not all email clients support html, so it's always a good idea to have a txt version ready as well.

[dazz_club]

Hi,

 

After reading the tut, i realised what headers are needed and then implement them. I need to go over it again for clarity but so far i have been successfull. Below is the script i am using;

 

sendTo  =  "email@hotmail.com";
$subject = "welcome";

$headers  =  "From:$company_email \n ";
$headers .= " $first_name $surname \r\n";
$headers .= "Reply-To: $company_email \r\n";
$headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"; 
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\n"; 
$message =
"Hi Linda,
This email is sent to you to inform you that <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">$first_name $surname</span> has become a member.
For more details please click <a href=\"http://www.mysite/bulletins/private/\">here to login</a>.

From
Administrator";

mail($sendTo, $subject, $message, $headers);

 

Kind regards

Dazzclub

[p2grace]

It's looking good, the only thing I would add is using heredoc in the message.

 

<?php
sendTo  =  "email@hotmail.com";
$subject = "welcome";

$headers  =  "From:$company_email \n ";
$headers .= " $first_name $surname \r\n";
$headers .= "Reply-To: $company_email \r\n";
$headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"; 
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\n"; 
$message = <<<EMAIL
Hi Linda,<br />
This email is sent to you to inform you that <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">$first_name $surname</span> has become a member.<br />
For more details please click <a href=\"http://www.mysite/bulletins/private/\">here to login</a>.

From
Administrator
EMAIL;

mail($sendTo, $subject, $message, $headers);
?>

[dazz_club]

pardon my stupidity but whats a heredoc, are you pointing to where i should start the body of the message. So remove the line so it looks like this,

 

$message="blah blah........";

 

kind regards

Dazzclub

[p2grace]

No heredoc allows both double and single quotes in the string content using <<<STRING STRING; instead of quotes.

 

<?php
// Regular string
$string = "Notice I have to escape quotes \"$here\"";
// heredoc
$string = <<<STRING
  Notice I do not have to escape quotes  "$here"
STRING;
?>

[dazz_club]

o right, thanks dude, really appreciate you coming back on this one.