Add "E-mail This Page to a Friend"...

sevegunter · 03-12-2005, 08:49 PM

I need to know how to add an "E-mail This Page to a Friend" option to the bottom of every product in my shopping cart database. I have over a 1000 products so doing it manually to each product is out of the question. Any suggestions? Thank you for any help!

An example of a product page: Example

adamquaile · 04-09-2005, 12:06 PM

There is a solution, it requires PHP...

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/web-design-discussion/74942-add-e-mail-this-page-friend.html
Anyway, here goes...

Type this code for your link:

HTML Code:

<?php
$page = $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"];

echo "<a href=\"email.php?page=";
echo $page;
echo "\">Visible link text/img</a>";

?>

Then on your second email page just have something like this:

HTML Code:

<?
if (!isset($page))
{
/*show some error message*/
}
else
{
$subject = "$recipient has suggested a site";
mail($to, $subject, $message, $mailheaders);
}

?>

You also need a form so the user can type in their email, and other things...

Hope this helps, but if it doesn't let me know...

PoorDoggie · 04-09-2005, 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by adamquaile

There is a solution, it requires PHP...

Anyway, here goes...

Type this code for your link:

HTML Code:

<?php
$page = $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"];

echo "<a href=\"email.php?page=";
echo $page;
echo "\">Visible link text/img</a>";

?>

Then on your second email page just have something like this:

HTML Code:

<?
if (!isset($page))
{
/*show some error message*/
}
else
{
$subject = "$recipient has suggested a site";
mail($to, $subject, $message, $mailheaders);
}

?>

You also need a form so the user can type in their email, and other things...

Hope this helps, but if it doesn't let me know...

that won't work, because the page that steve wants to send to a friend is:
http://www.safetyvideodirect.com/pro...atalogID=10009
and already as a query string, therefore won't work.

I can give you a rough script, but it is PHP again!

sorry!

THIS GOES ON THE PRODUCT VIEW PAGE - REGARDLESS OF THE PRODUCT ON DISPLAY

PHP Code:

  <?php

$page = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];

?>

<form method="post" action="email.php">

<!-- this is the hidden box where we put the page details -->

<input type="hidden" name="page" value="<?php echo $page; ?>" />

<!-- this is the box for the sender's name -->

Name: <input type="text" name="name" /><br />

<!-- this is the box for the recipient's email -->

Recipient: <input type="text" name="email" /><br />

<!-- submit button -->

<input type="submit">

</form>

THIS IS ON email.php

PHP Code:

  <?php

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=74942
// get the variables

$page = $_POST['page']; // page

$name = $_POST['name']; // senders name

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=74942
$email = $_POST['email']; // recipeint's email

 
// create a message

$message = 'Your friend $name has reffered a product to you from COMPANY_NAME<br /><br /><a href="$page">Click Here to View</a>';

 
// mail the form

$mail = mail( $email, "An email from COMPANY_NAME", $message );

 
// check it sent

if( !$mail ){

echo "Mail was not sent successfully";

}

?>

bhyraj · 04-09-2005, 11:09 PM

this is right option good job

dabb · 04-09-2005, 11:38 PM

Check out http://www.tafmaster.com/

I've never used it and don't really know much about their service, but I remembered seeing this site a few days ago when I saw your post.

03-12-2005, 08:49 PM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
sevegunter First Time Poster! Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1	Add "E-mail This Page to a Friend"... I need to know how to add an "E-mail This Page to a Friend" option to the bottom of every product in my shopping cart database. I have over a 1000 products so doing it manually to each product is out of the question. Any suggestions? Thank you for any help! An example of a product page: Example

04-09-2005, 12:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
adamquaile New Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 8	Email Solution There is a solution, it requires PHP... ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/web-design-discussion/74942-add-e-mail-this-page-friend.html Anyway, here goes... Type this code for your link: HTML Code: <?php $page = $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; echo "<a href=\"email.php?page="; echo $page; echo "\">Visible link text/img</a>"; ?> Then on your second email page just have something like this: HTML Code: <? if (!isset($page)) { /show some error message/ } else { $subject = "$recipient has suggested a site"; mail($to, $subject, $message, $mailheaders); } ?> You also need a form so the user can type in their email, and other things... Hope this helps, but if it doesn't let me know... __________________ Adam Quaile Dancing Badger Web Design (http://www.dancingbadger.co.uk) For articles, tutorials, tips, tricks etc... on web design, programming, the web, and other similar funky stuff

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