Email link doesn't work [closed]

Question

I'm trying to send an email to activate new users account. Here is the code:

    //Email
    $to = $Email;
    $subject = "Activation";
    $signature = "Test";
    $server = "smtp.gmail.com";

    ini_set('SMTP', $server);

    $body = "<a href='http://localhost/etc>Click here to activate</a>";

    mail($to, $subject, $signature, $body);

The problem is that the actual mail is showing <a href='http://localhost/etc>Click here to activate</a> when it should only show "Clik here to activate". Any feedback on how to fix that?

Answer 1

First of all, I would not use single quotes. HTML standard dictates double quotes for attributes, it is just more forgiving than XML. Try this with an XHTML document and you would probably get different results.

Now, as to your problem, since its showing you the entire HTML tag, I would think that means you are getting escaped HTML entities. If you were to view the source you'd probably see <a href=".... Now, I took a look at the documentation for this, and yep, sure enough "Example #4 Sending HTML email". You'll need to set all those headers they show there.

Answer 2

You are missing a ' after the etc

$body = "<a href='http://localhost/etc'>Click here to activate</a>";