Re: How to format text in a mailto:

In message <njgng.83583$A8.42341@clgrps12>, abc <abc@xxxxxxxx> writes
On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 03:06:13 +0200, Rik wrote:
Martin Jay wrote:
In message <vuXmg.76531$S61.45263@edtnps90>, abc <abc@xxxxxxxx> writes
Could someone please help with a mailto action
<a
href='mailto:email@xxxxxxx&subject=$subject&body=$the_message'>mail
me</a>
<? $the_message=
" line 1\n"
." line etc.\n";
Ouch! Using the client's default email program in this way is very
unreliable. Not everyone has a (default) mail program, and not all
mail programs understand 'body=.' :(

It wouldn't be my choice either.

But if you still want to go down that route replace \n at the end of
each line with %0d.

And in general: urlencode()

I tried urlencode () formatting was there also a + sign between each word
which makes reading a bit difficult.

I must be doing something wrong

I think Rik meant rawurlencode(), which is similar to urlencode() but converts spaces to %20 instead.

And I was mistaken when I wrote \n should be replaced with $0d. It should be replaced with %0a. %0d is actually the equivalent of \r, however I doubt it would make any difference as far as most email applications are concerned.

Anyway, I think the form method you're looking into is probably the best way to go, however be aware of the points '427SOHC' made.

I recently set up a simple response form for a friend's website. The results are written to a database instead of being emailed anywhere.
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