How to include an href link in a string?

Question

Below is PHP code related to sending mails, This code is functioning well except the link is not displayed. Its like a normal text. Also break tags are displayed as it in the code. I think the Error is in the message string. Can I know how to fix this issue.

 if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
    $from = "#"; // sender
    $to=$email;
    $subject="Email verification";
    $message='Hi, <br/> <br/> We need to make sure you are human. Please verify your email and get started using your Website account. <br/> <br/> <a href="'.$base_url.'activation/'.$activation.'">'.$base_url.'activation/'.$activation.'</a>';

     $message = wordwrap($message,50);
    mail($to,$subject,$message,"From: $from\n");

You have to send a header `Content-Type` with `text/html`. So that clients know that they have to read the email as HTML. `mail()`s 4th paramter gives you the possbility to send headers. — TiMESPLiNTER, Oct 03 '14 at 14:29

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 03 '14 at 14:30

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You're sending your email as plain text, not in HTML. As a result the HTML is just displayed and not rendered.

$from    = "#"; // sender
$to      = $email;
$subject = "Email verification";
$message = 'Hi, <br/> <br/> We need to make sure you are human. Please verify your email and get started using your Website account. <br/> <br/> <a href="'.$base_url.'activation/'.$activation.'">'.$base_url.'activation/'.$activation.'</a>';
$msg     = wordwrap($message,50);
$headers = "From: " . $from . "\r\n";
$headers .= "Reply-To: ". $from . "\r\n";
$headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1\r\n";

mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);

answered Oct 03 '14 at 14:30

John Conde

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I was just gonna get ready to type one up, but you've got it covered ;) OP's in good hands. – Funk Forty Niner Oct 03 '14 at 14:31
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Who downvoted this? It's correct. – Funk Forty Niner Oct 03 '14 at 14:33
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Probably someone trying to be funny. I'll upvote. – Daan Oct 03 '14 at 14:33
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...yeah, let's call it "dark humour" @Daan - only funny for some. – Funk Forty Niner Oct 03 '14 at 14:34
Thank you so much. It worked..! still learning :) – cmit Oct 03 '14 at 15:12

How to include an href link in a string?

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