Adding a link on an email that was executed by a PHP code

Question

I have this form to mail code where users will receive and email from the form that was submitted.

Here's the whole code:

<?php

error_reporting(E_ALL); ini_set('display_errors', 1);

require_once ('database.php');

if (isset($_POST['send'])) {

$reqname = $_POST['reqname'];
$day = $_POST['day'];
$month = $_POST['month'];
$year = $_POST['year'];
$empname = $_POST['empname'];
$position = ($_POST['position']);
$account = $_POST['account'];
$platform = $_POST['platform'];
$processor = $_POST['processor'];
$ram = $_POST['ram'];
$monitor = $_POST['monitor'];
$phone = $_POST['phone'];
$phonetype = $_POST['phonetype'];
$headset = $_POST['headset'];

{
$database->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
$insert_query = "INSERT INTO request (reqname, day, month, year, empname, position, account, platform, processor, ram, monitor, phone, phonetype, headset)
VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)";

$insert = $database->prepare($insert_query);
$insert->execute(array($reqname, $day, $month, $year, $empname, $position, $account, $platform, $processor, $ram, $monitor, $phone, $phonetype, $headset));

$email_from = "PC Request";//<== update the email address
$email_subject = "PC Request for $account";
$email_body = "Here are the specifications:\n\n".
  "Requested by: $reqname\n".
  "Start Date: $month/$day/$year\n".
  "Employee Name: $empname\n".
  "Position: $position\n".
  "Account: $account\n".
  "Platform: $platform\n".
  "Processor: $processor\n".
  "RAM: $ram\n".
  "Monitor: $monitor\n".
  "Phone: $phone\n".
  "Phone Type: $phonetype\n".
  "Headset: $headset\n".
        "Link: $link\n".
    
$to = "email@email.com";//<== update the email address
$headers = "From: $email_from \r\n";
$link = "www.google.com" \r\n";
mail($to,$email_subject,$email_body, $headers);
//done. redirect to thank-you page.
//header('Location: index.php');

echo "<script>alert('Successfully sent!'); window.location='index.php'</script>";
}
}
?>

So is it possible to add like a link on the email body?

As you can see I've tried creating a variable named link then declaring it to the email body, but obviously it didnt work.

New Edited Code:

<?php

error_reporting(E_ALL); ini_set('display_errors', 1);

require_once ('database.php');

if (isset($_POST['send'])) {

$reqname = $_POST['reqname'];
$day = $_POST['day'];
$month = $_POST['month'];
$year = $_POST['year'];
$empname = $_POST['empname'];
$position = ($_POST['position']);
$account = $_POST['account'];
$platform = $_POST['platform'];
$processor = $_POST['processor'];
$ram = $_POST['ram'];
$monitor = $_POST['monitor'];
$phone = $_POST['phone'];
$phonetype = $_POST['phonetype'];
$headset = $_POST['headset'];

{
$database->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
$insert_query = "INSERT INTO request (reqname, day, month, year, empname, position, account, platform, processor, ram, monitor, phone, phonetype, headset)
VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)";

$insert = $database->prepare($insert_query);
$insert->execute(array($reqname, $day, $month, $year, $empname, $position, $account, $platform, $processor, $ram, $monitor, $phone, $phonetype, $headset));

$email_from = "PC Request";//<== update the email address
$email_subject = "PC Request for $account";
$email_body = "Here are the specifications:\n\n".
  "Requested by: $reqname\n".
  "Start Date: $month/$day/$year\n".
  "Employee Name: $empname\n".
  "Position: $position\n".
  "Account: $account\n".
  "Platform: $platform\n".
  "Processor: $processor\n".
  "RAM: $ram\n".
  "Monitor: $monitor\n".
  "Phone: $phone\n".
  "Phone Type: $phonetype\n".
  "Headset: $headset\n".
  <a href='https://google.com'>Google</a>
    
$to = "email@email.com";//<== update the email address
$headers = "From: $email_from \r\n";
$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0" . "\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type:text/html;charset=UTF-8" . "\r\n";
mail($to,$email_subject,$email_body, $headers);
//done. redirect to thank-you page.
//header('Location: index.php');

echo "<script>alert('Successfully sent!'); window.location='index.php'</script>";
}
}
?>

You created the variable *after* you tried to use it. You also created a syntax error, so this won't execute at all and you'll see an error in your PHP logs... — David, Jan 25 '19 at 20:50

Laurens · Answer 1 · 2019-01-25T21:00:46.513

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Just use HTML to create your link:

<a href='https://google.com'>Google</a>

and put it in the body of your mail

And make sure you put the correct content-type in your headers:

$headers .= "Content-Type: text/html;";

edited Jan 25 '19 at 21:00

answered Jan 25 '19 at 20:49

Laurens

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But that code is the body of the mail. – Wade Boar Jan 25 '19 at 20:50
You need to put `Content-type: text/html` in the headers, and make the rest of the message valid HTML. – Barmar Jan 25 '19 at 20:50
@Barmar Hmm where do I put the `Content-type: text/html`? – Wade Boar Jan 25 '19 at 20:53
You put it in `$headers`. – Barmar Jan 25 '19 at 20:55
Try googling how to send html email from php. – Barmar Jan 25 '19 at 20:56
@Barmar Should I do this? $headers = "Content-type: text/html"; lol – Wade Boar Jan 25 '19 at 20:59
@WadeBoar append it to $headers, don't overwrite the headers – Laurens Jan 25 '19 at 21:01
@Laurens Hi, please check my new edited code if it's correct – Wade Boar Jan 25 '19 at 21:04
You need to make the message body valid HTML. Use `
` for line breaks, not `\n`. Otherwise it will show everything on the same line. – Barmar Jan 25 '19 at 21:09

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