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refiking · January 2, 2008

I want to send a link through email using php. I already have the email script written. I just need to know what is the line of code needed to send a link. For example. Here is what the body of the message looks like

$one = "Hello!.$bfn.\n\n Welcome to The Refiking";
$two = "\n\n When you login, you will be asked to change your password immediately.";
$three = "<a href="www.yahoo.com">Login Now</a>";
$message = $one . $two;

What do I need to change $three to?

tibberous · January 2, 2008

It depends on whether or not the mail service they are using allows html to be sent in emails. I would just sent the link as plain text.

p2grace · January 2, 2008

If you want to send your email in html you'll have to adjust your headers to do so.

refiking · January 2, 2008

Which headers do I adjust? Can you provide a quick example? Thanks!

p2grace · January 2, 2008

Here's a script I wrote for sending html emails.

// Send HTML Email

	// This function is used for emailing a standardized form
	$headers = "From: $from \r\n";
	$headers .= "Cc: $cc \r\n";
	$headers .="Bcc: $bcc \r\n";
	$boundary = uniqid(md5(date("YmdHis"))); 
	$headers .= "Content-Type: multipart/alternative" .
  				"; boundary = $boundary\r\n\r\n"; 

	//message to people with clients who don't understand MIME
	$headers .= "This is a MIME encoded message.\r\n\r\n"; 

	//HTML version of message
	$headers .= "--$boundary\r\n" .
					   "Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1\r\n" .
					   "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\r\n\r\n";
	$headers .= chunk_split(base64_encode("$html")); 

	$mailSucceed = @mail($to, $subject, "", $headers);
	if($mailSucceed){
	    echo  "<p style=\"color: #336699; font-weight: bold;\">Mail Sent Successfully</p>";
	}else{
	    echo   "<p style=\"color: #336699; font-weight: bold;\">Mail Failed to Send</p>";
	}

This requires a $subject, $from, $to, $bcc, $cc, and $html variables before running. The $html would be the html of the email being sent.

refiking · January 2, 2008

OK. So, would I make $html=www.yahoo.com?

p2grace · January 2, 2008

No html would be the entire message.

$one = "Hello!.$bfn.\n\n Welcome to The Refiking";
$two = "\n\n When you login, you will be asked to change your password immediately.";
$three = "<a href="www.yahoo.com">Login Now</a>";
$html= $one . $two . $three;

p2grace · January 2, 2008

Did this work for you then? If it did could you click "Topic Solved"

refiking · January 2, 2008

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/public_html/tp/mail.php on line 9

This is line 9:

$three = "<a href="www.yahoo.com">Login Now</a>";

p2grace · January 2, 2008

You need to escape the double quotes.

$three = "<a href=\"www.yahoo.com\">Login Now</a>";

refiking · January 2, 2008

The line in the email read like this:

When you login, you will be asked to change your password immediately.<a href="www.yahoo.com">Login</a>

p2grace · January 2, 2008

Please post your code so I can take a look at it.

refiking · January 2, 2008

<?php
$bfn = "Joe";
$user = 1;
$pass = 123;
$to = "johndoe@gmail.com";
$subject = "Test mail";
$one = "Hello $bfn!\n\n This is a verification email..";
$two = "\n\n When you login, you will be asked to change your password immediately.";
$three = <a href="www.yahoo.com">Login</a>;
$message = $one . $two . $three;
$from = "donotreply@refiking.com";
$headers = "From: $from";
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
echo "Mail Sent.";
?>

p2grace · January 2, 2008

<?php
$bfn = "Joe";
$user = 1;
$pass = 123;
$to = "johndoe@gmail.com";
$subject = "Test mail";
$one = "Hello $bfn!\n\n This is a verification email..";
$two = "\n\n When you login, you will be asked to change your password immediately.";
$three = "<a href=\"www.yahoo.com\">Login</a>";
$message = $one . $two . $three;
$from = "donotreply@refiking.com";
$headers = "From: $from";
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
echo "Mail Sent.";
?>

But note you must use the code I provided above in my previous posts to send this email as html, otherwise you'll see the <a href ... etc

If you don't care about sending it as an html email have $three look like this:

$three = "Login at www.yahoo.com";

refiking · January 2, 2008

Where should I place the code you gave me?

p2grace · January 2, 2008

Replace your code with this:

// Send HTML Email

	// This function is used for emailing a standardized form
    $bfn = "Joe";
    $to = "johndoe@gmail.com";
    $cc = "";
    $bcc = "";
    $subject = "Test Mail";
    $one = "Hello $bfn!\n\n This is a verification email..";
	$two = "\n\n When you login, you will be asked to change your password immediately.";
	$three = "<a href=\"www.yahoo.com\">Login</a>";
	$message = $one . $two . $three;
	$from = "donotreply@refiking.com";
    
	$headers = "From: $from \r\n";
	$headers .= "Cc: $cc \r\n";
	$headers .="Bcc: $bcc \r\n";
	$boundary = uniqid(md5(date("YmdHis"))); 
	$headers .= "Content-Type: multipart/alternative" .
  				"; boundary = $boundary\r\n\r\n"; 

	//message to people with clients who don't understand MIME
	$headers .= "This is a MIME encoded message.\r\n\r\n"; 

	//HTML version of message
	$headers .= "--$boundary\r\n" .
					   "Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1\r\n" .
					   "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\r\n\r\n";
	$headers .= chunk_split(base64_encode("$html")); 

	$mailSucceed = @mail($to, $subject, "", $headers);
	if($mailSucceed){
	    echo  "<p style=\"color: #336699; font-weight: bold;\">Mail Sent Successfully</p>";
	}else{
	    echo   "<p style=\"color: #336699; font-weight: bold;\">Mail Failed to Send</p>";
	}

Let me know if it works

refiking · January 2, 2008

This is what the email reads:

Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1

Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64

p2grace · January 2, 2008

Woops that makes sense, change this

$message = $one . $two . $three;

to

$html = $one . $two . $three;

Let me know if it still gives you the same error

refiking · January 2, 2008

Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1

Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64

SGVsbG8gSm9lIQoKIFRoaXMgaXMgYSB2ZXJpZmljYXRpb24gZW1haWwuLgoKIFdoZW4geW91IGxv

Z2luLCB5b3Ugd2lsbCBiZSBhc2tlZCB0byBjaGFuZ2UgeW91ciBwYXNzd29yZCBpbW1lZGlhdGVs

eS48YSBocmVmPSJ3d3cueWFob28uY29tIj5Mb2dpbjwvYT4=

p2grace · January 2, 2008

You used my code exactly? Can you please post your code so I review it.

Thanks.

refiking · January 2, 2008

<?php

// Send HTML Email










// This function is used for emailing a standardized form
    $bfn = "Joe";
    $to = "user@refiking.com";
    $cc = "";
    $bcc = "";
    $subject = "Test Mail";
    $one = "Hello $bfn!\n\n This is a verification email..";





$two = "\n\n When you login, you will be asked to change your password immediately.";





$three = "<a href=\"www.yahoo.com\">Login</a>";





$html = $one . $two . $three;





$from = "donotreply@refiking.com";






$headers = "From: $from \r\n";





$headers .= "Cc: $cc \r\n";





$headers .="Bcc: $bcc \r\n";





$boundary = uniqid(md5(date("YmdHis")));





$headers .= "Content-Type: multipart/alternative" .










"; boundary = $boundary\r\n\r\n";












//message to people with clients who don't understand MIME





$headers .= "This is a MIME encoded message.\r\n\r\n";










//HTML version of message





$headers .= "--$boundary\r\n" .













   "Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1\r\n" .













   "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\r\n\r\n";





$headers .= chunk_split(base64_encode("$html"));












$mailSucceed = @mail($to, $subject, "", $headers);





if($mailSucceed){





    echo  "<p style=\"color: #336699; font-weight: bold;\">Mail Sent Successfully</p>";





}else{





    echo   "<p style=\"color: #336699; font-weight: bold;\">Mail Failed to Send</p>";





}

?>

p2grace · January 2, 2008

The following works for me, I just tested this script

Copy it exactly as it, changing only the email fields.

<?

// Send HTML Email

	// This function is used for emailing a standardized form
    $bfn = "Joe";
    $to = "joe@gmail.com";
    $from = "donotreply@refiking.com";
    $cc = "";
    $bcc = "";
    $subject = "Test Mail";
    $one = "Hello $bfn!\n\n This is a verification email..";
	$two = "\n\n When you login, you will be asked to change your password immediately.";
	$three = "<a href=\"www.yahoo.com\">Login</a>";
	$html = $one . $two . $three;
    
	$headers = "From: $from \r\n";
	$headers .= "Cc: $cc \r\n";
	$headers .="Bcc: $bcc \r\n";
	$boundary = uniqid(md5(date("YmdHis"))); 
	$headers .= "Content-Type: multipart/alternative" .
  				"; boundary = $boundary\r\n\r\n"; 

	//message to people with clients who don't understand MIME
	$headers .= "This is a MIME encoded message.\r\n\r\n"; 

	//HTML version of message
	$headers .= "--$boundary\r\n" .
					   "Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1\r\n" .
					   "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\r\n\r\n";
	$headers .= chunk_split(base64_encode("$html")); 

	$mailSucceed = @mail($to, $subject, "", $headers);
	if($mailSucceed){
	    echo  "<p style=\"color: #336699; font-weight: bold;\">Mail Sent Successfully</p>";
	}else{
	    echo   "<p style=\"color: #336699; font-weight: bold;\">Mail Failed to Send</p>";
	}
?>

This code should work, I just tested it.

refiking · January 2, 2008

I copied it exactly and only changed the email field and this is what I got:

Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1

Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64

SGVsbG8gSm9lIQoKIFRoaXMgaXMgYSB2ZXJpZmljYXRpb24gZW1haWwuLgoKIFdoZW4geW91IGxv

Z2luLCB5b3Ugd2lsbCBiZSBhc2tlZCB0byBjaGFuZ2UgeW91ciBwYXNzd29yZCBpbW1lZGlhdGVs

eS48YSBocmVmPSJ3d3cueWFob28uY29tIj5Mb2dpbjwvYT4=

p2grace · January 2, 2008

Which version of php are you using?

refiking · January 2, 2008

4.1

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