Send Email With URL Variables?

[Mason]

Hello.

 

I have been trying to find out how to send an email message with variables passed through a URL all day... I have made many different mail forms and cannot get it to work.

 

An example would be:

http://www.testing.com/email.php/?mailto=test@test.com&subject=testsubjecy&message=body of the message here

 

Can any one help?

 

 

Thank you!

[freakstyle]

Hi there,

 

its not clear if you want to set variables in an html link that opens up the users email program, or if you want to send the email yourself.

if you want to have a link for the user then the data on that link would need to be dynamic.

consider this example:

<?php
$emailAddy = 'mom@yourdomain.noo';
$Subject = 'hi mom';
$Body = 'i want you to see this';
?>
<a href="mailto:<?php echo $emailAddy; ?>?subject=<?php echo urlencode($Subject); ?>&body=<?php echo urlencode($Body); ?>Click here</a>

 

if you want to have a contact form of sorts send out an email, then you would be better off creating your own script.

see php.net for a breakdown: http://php.net/mail

 

enjoy

[Mason]

Thank you for your reply. I've since figured it out, and I'll post a condensed version of my script so that if someone else is searching this same subject, they can see a solution:

 

<?php

$message=$_GET['message'];

mail(youremail@address.com', 'Info', $message);



?>
THANKS FOR SENDING!

 

It's very simple. The variable is set to grab what is in the URL.

 

Example:

http://.../script.php/?message=mmmmmmeeeeesssagggeeehere!!!!!!!!

 

Add as many variables as you'd like!