"dynamic" Email

[zog953]

Folks,I would like to add something to a website contact page where the user would click a mailto link as they would do to send a normal email. But I would like to know if it is possible to, when the email opens using their chosen email program they open an email that looks like a form, which they can then fill out with their details, etc.Is this possible?Cheers!

[Ingolme]

You could send it from your site using PHP mail() and it wouldn't have to pass through an E-mail program.

[zog953]

You could send it from your site using PHP mail() and it wouldn't have to pass through an E-mail program.

I have not come across PHP mail() before. Could you explain it to me in very simple 'zog' friendly terms...?

[smerny]

First of all, does your server have PHP?if so, http://w3schools.com/php/php_mail.asp

[zog953]

It does have PHP. Thanks for that, I did have a read through that earlier, but being completely new to the concept of PHP I am afraid I was not much more informed...Do you know of any step-by-step tutorials, or examples that I might be able follow?

[smerny]

http://w3schools.com/php/default.aspkeep hitting "next"

[justsomeguy]

You can also get a brief overview and some examples of form processing here:http://w3schools.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=12509And check the examples and comments here:http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

[pizzaguy]

This goes away from the PHP idea and continues with your original idea.http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa767737(VS.85).aspxSo you could probably make a link like this:

<a href="mailto:user@example.com?subject=Message Title&body=Name:________ Address:_______">email</a>