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"Sending links to people from within my site"

I've been racking my monkey_brain and I can't think of a way to do this that is cross-browser proof - How does someone type an email address into a box on my site and it'll send a link of my choice to that address?

Do what ... the trim($Email) bit???

You don't actually have to do it for the E-mail, as it apparently will work regardless :o)

What trim() does though is cut of any spaces at the beginin and end of a word.

Why do you need to do this. I 'm just wondering.

How very cleaver :o).

Well, probably better if you intend to print the E-mail Address back to the browser then, making the formating neater :o).

Cunning, but the E-mail will still be sent regardless :)

Fait enough Rob, just checking it wasn't something that was a 'to-do' in PHP that I'd missed, lol.

But how about changeing it to:

$recip = trim($email);

So if the user enters a space at the begining or the end for some reason, the person will still get the E-mail :o)

I'll give you the URL for something I'm making when it's done. I've got one more little bit to sort out - then I've got to make it work in Netscape, which is an a**e, but I can do it.

Chris: It's just something I do, sort of a habit!

Cheers, but I already got exactly that from the 'mail' bit in Freeola's manwell. It's coming along nicely, this PHP lark. Cheers again.

Why there $recip = $email; bit???
Why not just stick the $email right in there??

mail($email, $subject, $body, "From: $from");

Send the form to a PHP page, call the imput box "email":


$recip = $email;
$subject = "Monkey_man's dodgy porn links";
$body = "Here's a dodgy porn link for you:

And I never forget to \"escape\" my quotes!";
$from = "Monkey Man ";

mail($recip, $subject, $body, "From: $from");

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