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Re: html contact email [message #182044 is a reply to message #182031] Mon, 01 July 2013 00:03 Go to previous message
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On 2013-06-29 9:34 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
> On 6/29/13 6:37 PM, Twayne wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to format php sendmail without it being in a form just
>> a simple email address in an
>> anchor? Thanks,
>
> To send an email with php, you need to invoke a php script with the data
> the script needs to build the email. It doesn't require a "form", but
> you do need some way to get the needed info from the user (forms are
> just an easy way to get data).
>
> Invoking the script could be done by directing to a page, or by having a
> client side script make a background request to the script (like using
> AJAX).
>
> The big difference between a mailto link and a php script request is
> that the mail to link will assume that there is a proper mail client
> configured on the client, and that it will just need information like
> the destination address, and (maybe) subject. It will be assumed that it
> already knows the users email address and how to send the email from the
> client.
>
> The php script on the other hand, likely doesn't need the destination
> address and such, but likely DOES need the information about the user
> (like their email address, and maybe what to send in the email). This
> information will normally come from a form, but it is possible that it
> could come from some other source.
>

Good response, but I think you misdirected it; the OP is someone else I
forget the name right now, not me. Unless my newsreader is glitched,
which is always possible.

Cheers,

Twayne`
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