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Hi,
I'm sure this is very simple but am unable to find out how.
How do I display an email address as a mailto link like in HTML? I have records displayed from a mysql db but would like to display a member email address that acts as a mailto link. Below displays the code that echos the value but of course I would like the value (email address) to function as a mailto link in HTML
php Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) 
  1. <?php echo $row_master_view['email']; ?>
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I assume you want to mail on click of this link, if so, execute the php script to send a mail using ajax on click of this link.
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Originally Posted by network18 View Post
I assume you want to mail on click of this link, if so, execute the php script to send a mail using ajax on click of this link.
That's right. I want to open the users email client to send mail, as the mailto function does in HTML. Could you modify the code or provide an example of how this is done? Thanks for your quick response.
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PHP Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) 
  1. var req = createXMLHttpRequest();
  2.  
  3. function createXMLHttpRequest() {
  4.  var ua;
  5.  if(window.XMLHttpRequest) {
  6.  try {
  7.   ua = new XMLHttpRequest();
  8.  } catch(e) {
  9.   ua = false;
  10.  }
  11.  } else if(window.ActiveXObject) {
  12.   try {
  13. 	ua = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  14.   } catch(e) {
  15. 	ua = false;
  16.   }
  17.  }
  18. return ua;
  19. }
  20.  
  21. function sendRequest()
  22. {
  23. 	//var rnd982g = Math.random();
  24. //	var str = "";
  25. 	var url= 'send_mail.php';
  26. 	if(document.getElementById('txtName') !='' && document.getElementById('txtName') != null)
  27. 	{
  28. 		url +="?name="+document.getElementById('txtName').value;
  29. 	}
  30. 	if(document.getElementById('txtMail') !='' && document.getElementById('txtMail') != null)
  31. 	{
  32. 		url +="&id="+document.getElementById('txtName').value;
  33. 	}else
  34. 	{
  35. 		alert("enter email address");
  36. 	return false;
  37. 	}
  38. 	if(document.getElementById('txtBody')!='' && document.getElementById('txtBody')!=null)
  39. 	{
  40. 		url+="&body="+urldocument.getElementById('txtBody').value;
  41. 	}else
  42. 	{
  43. 		alert("email body is empty");
  44. 		return false;
  45. 	}
  46.  
  47. 	req.open('GET', url);
  48. 	req.onreadystatechange = handleResponse;
  49. 	req.send(null);
  50. 	return false;
  51. }
  52.  
  53. function handleResponse() {
  54.  if(req.readyState == 4){
  55.   var response = req.responseText;
  56.   document.getElementById("results").innerHTML = response;
  57.  }
  58. }
  59. </script>
  60. <? ?>
  61. <html>
  62. <head></head>
  63. <body>
  64. <form name="frm" id="frm" method="post" target="">
  65. <table>
  66. <tr><td>Name</td><td><input type="text" name="txtName" id="txtName" /></td></tr>
  67. <tr><td>Email Address</td><td><input type="text" name="txtMail" id="txtMail" /></td></tr>
  68. <tr><td>Body</td><td><textarea name="txtBody" id="txtBody" ></textarea></td></tr>
  69. <tr><td><input type="submit" value="Send Mail" onclick="sendRequest();" /></td></tr>
  70. </form>
  71. </body>
  72. </html>
Now you need the send_mail.php to send the actual mail
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Now save this as send_mail.php-
PHP Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) 
  1. <?
  2. $name = $_GET['name'];
  3. $email_id = $_GET['id'];
  4. $body = $_GET['body'];
  5. $subject = "This is the subject";
  6.  
  7. if(mail($email_id,$subject,$body))
  8. {
  9. 	echo "Done";
  10. }
  11. else{ echo "Failed";}
  12.  
  13. ?>
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Why not let the browser handle it:

php Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) 
  1. <?php 
  2.   echo '<a href="mailto:' . $row_master_view['email'] . '">' . $row_master_view['email'] . '</a>';
  3. ?>
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yes, its cool too, but the process by ajax will be done in the backend.
page won't refresh while sending the mail.
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Originally Posted by network18 View Post
yes, its cool too, but the process by ajax will be done in the backend.
page won't refresh while sending the mail.
Reread the first post and the title.

The OP wants a mailto link, not a PHP mail() function.
AJAX is not a programming language, scripting language or any other sort of language.
It is acheived by using JavaScript http functions.
So, AJAX = JavaScript.
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Originally Posted by pritaeas View Post
Why not let the browser handle it:

php Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) 
  1. <?php 
  2.   echo '<a href="mailto:' . $row_master_view['email'] . '">' . $row_master_view['email'] . '</a>';
  3. ?>
Exactly what I was after. Thankyou very much!
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