Re: [PHP] Cannot send a hyperlink

Brad wrote:
> 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!

It can, *if* you create the email correctly.

PHPMailer will be quicker to put in than this merry-go-round you're on
right now. Seriously.

-Stut

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> -----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
>