Re: [PHP] Cannot send a hyperlink

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Old 11-15-2007
Stut
 
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Default Re: [PHP] Cannot send a hyperlink
Brad wrote:
> Beginning with
> $headers .= "--".$htmlalt_mime_boundary.$eol;
> It starts to read it as text and not html??
>
> Could this be a server side problem?
>
> $email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;
> $fromaddress .= 'admin@zoneofsuccessclub.com';
> $fromname .= 'Zone of success Club';
> $eol="\r\n";
> $headers = "From: ".$fromname."<".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
> $headers .= "Reply-To: ".$fromname."<".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
> $headers .= "Return-Path: ".$fromname."<".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
> $headers .= "Message-ID: <".time()."-".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
> $headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP ".phpversion().$eol;
> $headers .= "--".$htmlalt_mime_boundary.$eol;
> $headers .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1".$eol;
> $headers .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit".$eol.$eol;
> $body = "<a href=\"http://www.zoneofsuccessclub.com\">link </a>\n";
> mail($email, $subject, $body, $headers);

You should not have a mime boundary in your headers. Why not use
PHPMailer? All this (apparently) complicated stuff is already
implemented for you. Either that or spend a few days learning about the
structure of emails by following the links Daniel Brown sent you a few
emails ago.

PHPMailer can be found here: http://phpmailer.sf.net/

-Stut

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Brown [mailto:parasane@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 11:09 AM
> To: Brad
> Cc: admin@buskirkgraphics.com; php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [php] Cannot send a hyperlink
>
> Brad,
>
> That code is a mess and highly incorrect, even at a novice level.
> Let me give you a hand....
>
> On Nov 14, 2007 10:31 AM, Brad <brads@ftnco.com> wrote:
>> I implemented the proposed code, and emails are not being sent?
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Here is the code
>>
>> <?
>>
>> $email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;
>> $eol="\r\n";
>> $headers .= "From: ".$fromname."<".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
>> $headers .= "Reply-To: ".$fromname."<".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
>> $headers .= "Return-Path: ".$fromname."<".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
>> $headers .= "Message-ID: <".time()."-".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
>> $headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP ".phpversion().$eol;
>> $msg .= "--".$htmlalt_mime_boundary.$eol;
>> $msg .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1".$eol;
>> $msg .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit".$eol.$eol;
>> $body.='<ahref="'.www.zoneofsuccessclub.com.'">lin k </a>';
>> $msg .= $body.$eol.$eol;
>> mail($to, $subject, $msg, $headers);
>>
>> ?>
>
> [snip]
>
> 1.) You reference $to in the mail() function, but there is no $to
> defined. Instead, either change $email to $to or vice-versa.
> 2.) You don't need to start the first line of a variable off with
> a .= --- this will append to an existing variable of the same name, if
> it exists.
> 3.) You change your quoting style where it's not necessary. All
> $msg lines should be using double quotes in your code above.
> 4.) <ahref="..." is not a tag. The correct usage is <a href="..."
> 5.) You have things in the message body that should be in the headers.
> 6.) You don't need to do a carriage return and newline in the
> message body. A simple \n will suffice.
> 7.) I'm not sure what you hoped to achieve with the
> "'.www.domain.com.'" conglomerate, but.... don't. That makes PHP
> think that the domain is some sort of internally-defined variable of
> horrible construct.
> 8.) You should use http:// prior to the FQDN.
>
> Taking hints from what appears to be your code, this is how it should
> be:
> <?
> $email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;
> $eol="\r\n";
> $headers = "From: ".$fromname."<".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
> $headers .= "Reply-To: ".$fromname."<".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
> $headers .= "Return-Path: ".$fromname."<".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
> $headers .= "Message-ID: <".time()."-".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
> $headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP ".phpversion().$eol;
> $headers .= "--".$htmlalt_mime_boundary.$eol;
> $headers .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1".$eol;
> $headers .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit".$eol.$eol;
> $body = "<a href=\"http://www.zoneofsuccessclub.com\">link </a>\n";
> mail($email, $subject, $body, $headers);
> ?>
>
> Prior to asking a bunch of questions on the list, which seriously
> puts you at risk for being flamed or ignored, check out these
> references:
> http://www.bath.ac.uk/bucs/email/anatomy.shtml [Anatomy of an
> Email Message]
> http://www.php.net/mail [PHP Mail Functions]
> http://www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/html/ [Beginner's Guide to HTML]
>
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Old 11-15-2007
Brad
 
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Default RE: [PHP] Cannot send a hyperlink
No access to the server command line to install it!
And, I am into this guy too deep to switch technologies. For the next time
around, no problem, this time I am just trying to get php to do what it is
supposed to do.

The suggestion of mime was presented to me from another kind sole trying to
help that knows more than I and recommended on other help files.

Why is php refusing to parse as html?

-----Original Message-----
From: Stut [mailto:stuttle@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 9:46 AM
To: Brad
Cc: 'Daniel Brown'; php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: Re: [php] Cannot send a hyperlink

Brad wrote:
> Beginning with
> $headers .= "--".$htmlalt_mime_boundary.$eol;
> It starts to read it as text and not html??
>
> Could this be a server side problem?
>
> $email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;
> $fromaddress .= 'admin@zoneofsuccessclub.com';
> $fromname .= 'Zone of success Club';
> $eol="\r\n";
> $headers = "From: ".$fromname."<".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
> $headers .= "Reply-To: ".$fromname."<".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
> $headers .= "Return-Path: ".$fromname."<".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
> $headers .= "Message-ID: <".time()."-".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
> $headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP ".phpversion().$eol;
> $headers .= "--".$htmlalt_mime_boundary.$eol;
> $headers .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1".$eol;
> $headers .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit".$eol.$eol;
> $body = "<a href=\"http://www.zoneofsuccessclub.com\">link </a>\n";
> mail($email, $subject, $body, $headers);

You should not have a mime boundary in your headers. Why not use
PHPMailer? All this (apparently) complicated stuff is already
implemented for you. Either that or spend a few days learning about the
structure of emails by following the links Daniel Brown sent you a few
emails ago.

PHPMailer can be found here: http://phpmailer.sf.net/

-Stut

--
http://stut.net/

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Brown [mailto:parasane@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 11:09 AM
> To: Brad
> Cc: admin@buskirkgraphics.com; php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [php] Cannot send a hyperlink
>
> Brad,
>
> That code is a mess and highly incorrect, even at a novice level.
> Let me give you a hand....
>
> On Nov 14, 2007 10:31 AM, Brad <brads@ftnco.com> wrote:
>> I implemented the proposed code, and emails are not being sent?
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Here is the code
>>
>> <?
>>
>> $email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;
>> $eol="\r\n";
>> $headers .= "From: ".$fromname."<".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
>> $headers .= "Reply-To: ".$fromname."<".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
>> $headers .= "Return-Path: ".$fromname."<".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
>> $headers .= "Message-ID: <".time()."-".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
>> $headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP ".phpversion().$eol;
>> $msg .= "--".$htmlalt_mime_boundary.$eol;
>> $msg .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1".$eol;
>> $msg .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit".$eol.$eol;
>> $body.='<ahref="'.www.zoneofsuccessclub.com.'">lin k </a>';
>> $msg .= $body.$eol.$eol;
>> mail($to, $subject, $msg, $headers);
>>
>> ?>
>
> [snip]
>
> 1.) You reference $to in the mail() function, but there is no $to
> defined. Instead, either change $email to $to or vice-versa.
> 2.) You don't need to start the first line of a variable off with
> a .= --- this will append to an existing variable of the same name, if
> it exists.
> 3.) You change your quoting style where it's not necessary. All
> $msg lines should be using double quotes in your code above.
> 4.) <ahref="..." is not a tag. The correct usage is <a href="..."
> 5.) You have things in the message body that should be in the headers.
> 6.) You don't need to do a carriage return and newline in the
> message body. A simple \n will suffice.
> 7.) I'm not sure what you hoped to achieve with the
> "'.www.domain.com.'" conglomerate, but.... don't. That makes PHP
> think that the domain is some sort of internally-defined variable of
> horrible construct.
> 8.) You should use http:// prior to the FQDN.
>
> Taking hints from what appears to be your code, this is how it should
> be:
> <?
> $email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;
> $eol="\r\n";
> $headers = "From: ".$fromname."<".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
> $headers .= "Reply-To: ".$fromname."<".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
> $headers .= "Return-Path: ".$fromname."<".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
> $headers .= "Message-ID: <".time()."-".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
> $headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP ".phpversion().$eol;
> $headers .= "--".$htmlalt_mime_boundary.$eol;
> $headers .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1".$eol;
> $headers .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit".$eol.$eol;
> $body = "<a href=\"http://www.zoneofsuccessclub.com\">link </a>\n";
> mail($email, $subject, $body, $headers);
> ?>
>
> Prior to asking a bunch of questions on the list, which seriously
> puts you at risk for being flamed or ignored, check out these
> references:
> http://www.bath.ac.uk/bucs/email/anatomy.shtml [Anatomy of an
> Email Message]
> http://www.php.net/mail [PHP Mail Functions]
> http://www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/html/ [Beginner's Guide to HTML]
>

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Old 11-15-2007
Brad
 
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Default RE: [PHP] Cannot send a hyperlink
My bad,
You do not need command line access!
I should have read more.

I just need to get this puppy working is all.
Php should be able to do this by it's self!

-----Original Message-----
From: Stut [mailto:stuttle@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 9:46 AM
To: Brad
Cc: 'Daniel Brown'; php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: Re: [php] Cannot send a hyperlink

Brad wrote:
> Beginning with
> $headers .= "--".$htmlalt_mime_boundary.$eol;
> It starts to read it as text and not html??
>
> Could this be a server side problem?
>
> $email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;
> $fromaddress .= 'admin@zoneofsuccessclub.com';
> $fromname .= 'Zone of success Club';
> $eol="\r\n";
> $headers = "From: ".$fromname."<".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
> $headers .= "Reply-To: ".$fromname."<".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
> $headers .= "Return-Path: ".$fromname."<".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
> $headers .= "Message-ID: <".time()."-".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
> $headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP ".phpversion().$eol;
> $headers .= "--".$htmlalt_mime_boundary.$eol;
> $headers .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1".$eol;
> $headers .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit".$eol.$eol;
> $body = "<a href=\"http://www.zoneofsuccessclub.com\">link </a>\n";
> mail($email, $subject, $body, $headers);

You should not have a mime boundary in your headers. Why not use
PHPMailer? All this (apparently) complicated stuff is already
implemented for you. Either that or spend a few days learning about the
structure of emails by following the links Daniel Brown sent you a few
emails ago.

PHPMailer can be found here: http://phpmailer.sf.net/

-Stut

--
http://stut.net/

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Brown [mailto:parasane@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 11:09 AM
> To: Brad
> Cc: admin@buskirkgraphics.com; php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [php] Cannot send a hyperlink
>
> Brad,
>
> That code is a mess and highly incorrect, even at a novice level.
> Let me give you a hand....
>
> On Nov 14, 2007 10:31 AM, Brad <brads@ftnco.com> wrote:
>> I implemented the proposed code, and emails are not being sent?
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Here is the code
>>
>> <?
>>
>> $email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;
>> $eol="\r\n";
>> $headers .= "From: ".$fromname."<".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
>> $headers .= "Reply-To: ".$fromname."<".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
>> $headers .= "Return-Path: ".$fromname."<".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
>> $headers .= "Message-ID: <".time()."-".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
>> $headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP ".phpversion().$eol;
>> $msg .= "--".$htmlalt_mime_boundary.$eol;
>> $msg .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1".$eol;
>> $msg .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit".$eol.$eol;
>> $body.='<ahref="'.www.zoneofsuccessclub.com.'">lin k </a>';
>> $msg .= $body.$eol.$eol;
>> mail($to, $subject, $msg, $headers);
>>
>> ?>
>
> [snip]
>
> 1.) You reference $to in the mail() function, but there is no $to
> defined. Instead, either change $email to $to or vice-versa.
> 2.) You don't need to start the first line of a variable off with
> a .= --- this will append to an existing variable of the same name, if
> it exists.
> 3.) You change your quoting style where it's not necessary. All
> $msg lines should be using double quotes in your code above.
> 4.) <ahref="..." is not a tag. The correct usage is <a href="..."
> 5.) You have things in the message body that should be in the headers.
> 6.) You don't need to do a carriage return and newline in the
> message body. A simple \n will suffice.
> 7.) I'm not sure what you hoped to achieve with the
> "'.www.domain.com.'" conglomerate, but.... don't. That makes PHP
> think that the domain is some sort of internally-defined variable of
> horrible construct.
> 8.) You should use http:// prior to the FQDN.
>
> Taking hints from what appears to be your code, this is how it should
> be:
> <?
> $email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;
> $eol="\r\n";
> $headers = "From: ".$fromname."<".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
> $headers .= "Reply-To: ".$fromname."<".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
> $headers .= "Return-Path: ".$fromname."<".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
> $headers .= "Message-ID: <".time()."-".$fromaddress.">".$eol;
> $headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP ".phpversion().$eol;
> $headers .= "--".$htmlalt_mime_boundary.$eol;
> $headers .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1".$eol;
> $headers .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit".$eol.$eol;
> $body = "<a href=\"http://www.zoneofsuccessclub.com\">link </a>\n";
> mail($email, $subject, $body, $headers);
> ?>
>
> Prior to asking a bunch of questions on the list, which seriously
> puts you at risk for being flamed or ignored, check out these
> references:
> http://www.bath.ac.uk/bucs/email/anatomy.shtml [Anatomy of an
> Email Message]
> http://www.php.net/mail [PHP Mail Functions]
> http://www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/html/ [Beginner's Guide to HTML]
>

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Old 11-15-2007
Instruct ICC
 
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Default RE: [PHP] Cannot send a hyperlink

> No access to the server command line to install it!
> And, I am into this guy too deep to switch technologies. For the next time
> around, no problem, this time I am just trying to get php to do what it is
> supposed to do.

[sarcastic]Rough install.[/sarcastic] If you can write a php script, you can use PHPmailer http://phpmailer.sourceforge.net/tutorial.php#4


<?php



require("class.phpmailer.php");



$mail = new PHPMailer();



$mail->IsSMTP(); // telling the class to use SMTP

$mail->Host = "smtp.example.com"; // SMTP server



$mail->From = "from@example.com";

$mail->AddAddress("myfriend@example.net");



$mail->Subject = "An HTML Message";

$mail->Body = "Hello, <b>my friend</b>! \n\n This message uses HTML entities!";



?>

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