Active button in my email using php

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am trying to put a button in the email created with php so that when the user gets that email, they can click the button to delete a record in the database directly without leaving the email client or email window they are in. is it possible and how do i achieve that? Thanks.

You may send a link (a URL) with the message, when the user clicks it, it will call your script which will delete or do any other thing. — Jose Manuel Abarca Rodríguez, Jun 16 '16 at 15:06
@JoseManuelAbarcaRodríguez: which then fires up a browser and "leaves" the mail client. What OP wants is not possible — Marc B, Jun 16 '16 at 15:07
@MarcB that page may attempt to close itself afterwards. Could that suffice for OP? — John Dvorak, Jun 16 '16 at 15:08

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 16 '16 at 15:07

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The closest you can get I think is putting in a hyperlink to a web page which will automatically trigger the deletion when given the correct parameters. But it will still launch a web browser (and then a server-side script must run to do the deletion or whatever). And therefore you'll probably want to provide some feedback to the user on that page as well.

answered Jun 16 '16 at 15:07

ADyson

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so there must be a redirect. using a link – Good John Jun 17 '16 at 08:18
@GoodJohn exactly. You can't directly include a HTML form in an email. – ADyson Jun 17 '16 at 08:18
We need to actually solve the underlying problem rather than proposing something else that would work. – Keral Patel Jun 29 '20 at 19:50
@KeralPatel nice try, but this particular problem is not actually solvable in the way the OP would have liked. Hence "the closest you can get..." in the answer. A workaround is appropriate when the desired solution is genuinely not achievable. P.S. Did you seriously go and trawl my answers from 4 years ago just to try and make a point in riposte to my comments on your [own answer](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62644025/include-file-outside-from-public-html/62645390#62645390)? Maybe if you spend more time you'll manage to find one where you can actually catch me out :-) – ADyson Jun 29 '20 at 19:56
hehehe feels good to know the real reason. Thank you for elaborating on it. – Keral Patel Jun 29 '20 at 19:59

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 16 '16 at 15:06

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No, this is not possible. At best your email will contain a link that will spawn a new window or tab that will access a page to delete the record.

answered Jun 16 '16 at 15:06

j08691

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Active button in my email using php

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