[SOLVED] Using a simple "mailto:" link inside php?

[Moron]

I have a "mailto:" link displaying through php:

 

echo "<a href=\"mailto\: hername@organization.org\">";
echo $RESULTEQAB['EmailAddress']; 
echo "</a>";

 

.... but instead of it being a simple "Mailto:" link, it's linking to a fullblown URL:

 

http://www.organization.org/folder/subfolder/mailto/:%20hername@organization.org

 

How do I make it act like a traditional HTML "mailto:" link? Would this be "htmlspecialcharacters()" or something else?

 

 

 

 

 

[obsidian]

I have a "mailto:" link displaying through php:

 

echo "<a href=\"mailto\: hername@organization.org\">";
echo $RESULTEQAB['EmailAddress']; 
echo "</a>";

 

.... but instead of it being a simple "Mailto:" link, it's linking to a fullblown URL:

 

http://www.organization.org/folder/subfolder/mailto/:%20hername@organization.org

 

How do I make it act like a traditional HTML "mailto:" link? Would this be "htmlspecialcharacters()" or something else?

 

You don't need to escape the colon. That's what's causing your problem:

<?php
echo "<a href=\"mailto: hername@organization.org\">";
?>

[Moron]

 

You don't need to escape the colon. That's what's causing your problem:

<?php
echo "<a href=\"mailto: hername@organization.org\">";
?>

 

That did the trick.

 

Thanks!

 

[Moron]

Oops.... I forgot this part. I need to make

echo $RESULTEQAB['EmailAddress'];

 

.... a variable in the "mailto:" link.

 

 

[obsidian]

Oops.... I forgot this part. I need to make

echo $RESULTEQAB['EmailAddress'];

 

.... a variable in the "mailto:" link.

 

 

<?php
echo "<a href=\"mailto: {$RESULTEQAB['EmailAddress']}\">";
?>

[Moron]

I figured it out.

 

Thanks again.