Re: email confirmation script

Read the manual notes for mail() and find out how to send html messages. www.php.net/mail or better - just send a text message make your link shorter though so the link won't break. olinux --- Anthony Ritter <tony@gonefishingguideservice.com> wrote: > This is what I receive via e-mail after I click > submit using the following > code. As you can see - the html attribute <a href= > shows up and the whole > string in linked. All I was looking for is a link > to the URL and the word - > Click - to be underlined showing the link. > > Additionally, the value (as in key/value) part of > confirmation_ID is > nowhere to be found in the query string. > > Thank you for any assistance. > Tony Ritter > > ..................................... > // This is what I get back via e-mail: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Us> > To: <tony@gonefishingguideservice.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 2:04 PM > Subject: Thank you for registering > > > > Thank you for registering tony > > > > <a > href="http://www.gonefishingguideservice.com/email_verify.php?email=tony@gon > efishingguideservice.com&confirmation_ID=">Click</a> > > --------------------------------------------- > > > /*the .html form which takes a name and an e-mail > address */ > > <html> > <body> > <form action="process_a.php" method="post"> > <p> > Your name:<br> > <input type="text" name="name"><br> > Your e-mail address:<br> > <input type="text" name="email"><br> > <input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit"> > </body> > </form> > </html> > ............... > > > /*process_a.php: which receives the name and email > variables. The script > then tries to then send the note back to the user > with a link - called > CLICK. When the user hits the link to > email_verify.php the email address is > inserted into the database*/ > > <? > $msg = "Thank you for registering $name\n\n"; > $msg .= "<a > href=\"http://www.gonefishingguideservice.com/email_verify.php?email=$email& > confirmation_ID=$confirmation_ID>CLICK</a>"; > $secret_variable = "something_only_you_know"; > $confirmation_ID = md5($email.$secret_variable); > $to="tony@gonefishingguideservice.com"; > $subject="Thank you for registering"; > $mailheaders="From: Us"; > mail($to,$subject,$msg,$mailheaders); > ?> > ............. > > // email_verify.php > > <? > if ($_GET['confirmation_ID'] = > md5($_GET['email'].$secret_variable)) { > // insert the user into the database > } else { > // display an error message > } > ?> > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com