Adding HTML links in an array

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#1

Hi folks,

I have a unique problem where I need to create an array of links i.e.
Page 1
Page 2

and be able to add them to a big concatinated string that will be sent at the bottom of an e-mail such that the e-mail will show up displaying those links amongst other text.

I have the following code:
$promoItems = array(“Item1”, “Item2”, “Item3”, “Item4”, “Item5”);
foreach ($promoItems as $promoValues)
{
$emailstring .= "- " . $promoValues . “n”;
}

This works just fine, but I need those items to be linked to another page.
Is this even possible?
Any help would be greatly appreciated,

  • Michael
#2

[php]$emailstring .= " - <a href="".$promoValues."">".$promoValues."";
[/php]

This perhaps?

#3

Hi Zyppora,
Thank you for your reply.
Unfortunately, that solution displays the entire string of:
A Page
where I only want to display ‘A Page’
Thanks again and for any future help,

  • Michael
#4

That sounds like HTML is disabled in your receiving email application (that, or the mimetype is not set correctly).

#5

The weird thing is that the html file name i.e. http://www.somepage.com still shows up as a link but the text inside the link tags doesn’t.

#6

Have you checked your quotes or tried escaping them?

example = (" A Page ");

-Teh Riddler

#7

[php]
$emailstring .= " - <a href="".$promoValues."">".$promoValues."";
[/php]

The quotes were escaped :wink:

@MShaw087:
Sounds like your mimetype is incorrect (it’s probably text/plain when it should be text/html … or somethin like that).

#8

Hi again,

I checked my e-mail outlook program and it is set to compose messages in html, not plain text. So I don’t think it’s a problem directly with the e-mail program. Could it be soemthing else?
Thanks again,

  • Michael
#9

No, I’m talking about the headers of the email being sent through PHP, not the email program you’re using to receive them.

#10

Thanks for your help. But this leads me to a somewhat unrelated problem.

I have stuck the links and text in seperate arrays and use the following code:

$somelinks = array(“Link 1”, “Link 2”);
$sometext = array(“Text 1”, “Text 2”);
for ($acounter = 0; $acounter < count($sometext); $acounter++)
{
$value1 = $somelinks[$acounter];
$value2 = $sometext[$acounter];
$emailstring .= " - <a href="".$value1."">".$value2.“n”
}

When I click the button to e-mail someone, the browser tries to load the page, but is unable to.
Assuming the arrays $somelinks and $sometext will always have the same number of items, is there anything in the code that should be causing this error?

#11

Sounds like a timeout -> sounds like an infinite loop.

And the only thing I could think of causing your infinite loop is the following:

[php]$sometext = (“Text 1”, “Text 2”);[/php]

Arrays are instantiated like this:

[php]$sometext = array(“Text 1”, “Text 2”);[/php]

#12

Sorry, I forgot to add that to my post. No, I actually have that correct in my program, so it’s something else causing the error.

  • Michael
#13

Do you have any other loops in your script? Or recursive functions perhaps?

#14

Hi again,

I don’t have any other loops or recursive functions. What’s weird is the e-mail button works and doesn’t time out if I were to remove the links and just have the text sent in the e-mail. It’s only when I add the links that the problem is caused.
Thanks again,

  • Michael
#15

I also see you using this:

[php]for (acounter = 0; acounter < count($sometext); acounter++) [/php]

Shouldn’t that be:

[php]for ($acounter = 0; $acounter < count($sometext); $acounter++) [/php]

And if the problem only occurs when you add the links, then the problem is probably in there.

#16

Hi Zyppora,

I think I was in such a rush when I added that post that I made more errors in it than in the actual code itself. Sorry, the actual code is as you have there (i’ll edit my post). Yes, it’s definetly the links. I know that for sure. Just to add more confusion, when testing out the links last week, the browser never timed our when I hit the e-mail button. It only started this week.
Thanks again,

  • Michael
#17

You could try and trace back the bug using Debugging. Better make sure your variables contain what you expect them to contain :wink:

#18

Hi again,

That problem seems to have just sorted itself out. Don’t ask me why it just started working again. I’m still unable to get the links to show up. How do I set up the e-mail so it reads html rather than text. I set the TextOnly property of the mail variable to false. Is there anything else I need to do?

  • Michael
#19

Zyppora can correct if I am wrong, but you will want something similar to below for the headers:

[php]<?
$headers = “From: [email protected] rn”;
$headers.= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 ";
$headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0 ";
?>[/php]

#20

Hi again,

I am using a PHPMailer object to sned the mail. How do I go about setting the header in the way you specified?

  • Michael
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