Pull email address from db on mailto: link

[SjrH]

Is it possible to have an email address stored in mysql to be inserted into the To: field when a visitor clicks on a mailto: link? i.e php replaces the xxxx@xxx.xxx in
<a href="mailto:xxxx@xxx.xxx"> with the real email address from mysql?

Thanks

 

[jpadie]

yes.

email addresses are just strings and you can retrieve and echo them to the screen like any other string

$email = "address@domain.com";
echo "<a href=\"mailto:$email\">Email</a>";

 

[BabyJeffy]

You can also add in other email fields like cc and subject:

<a href="mailto:address@domain.com?cc=address2@domain.com&subject=Add subject">Email</a>

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[sleipnir214]

SjrH:
Are you trying to use mailto: links on a website without posting email addresses to that site? If so, you can't do that -- a mailto: link is handled by software on the client side without further interaction with your web server, so the address must be there.

This is different from obfuscating a URL on a site by having [ignore]

http://www.foo.bar/obfuscatedURL/

[/ignore] invisibly mapped to [ignore]

http://www.foo.bar/realURL/

[/ignore], because the web browser must continue to interact with the web server. This puts the web server in a position to manipulate data without the knowledge of the browser. Otherwise it would be like trying obfuscate links to URLs that reside on browsers outside your control.



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[sleipnir214]

If you do want to allow users to email people in your organization without exposing email addresses, you're going to have to provide a web form on your site which submits data to a mailing script on your site.

Just be careful to not use any user-supplied data as part of an address. You could end up with an open mail relay otherwise.



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