使用PHP发送的电子邮件中的链接断开

Question

I have run into a strange problem trying to send a link with an email using php. This link will simply bring a user to an "Update Password" form. However, when I click the link it brings me to a blank page in my browser called "about:blank". I don't really understand why this is happening... Here is my code: The html for the link is inside the $msg variable.

$to     = $email;

$msg    = "Hello $username, your pin # is $pin. Please remember this pin
                because you will need it on the update password form. <br> 
                Please <a href = \"google.com\">click here</a> to be brought to the update password form.";

$header  = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "
";
$header .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "
";
$header .= 'From: [e-mail]' . "
" .
                'Reply-To: [e-mail]' . "
" .
                'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();    

mail($to,"Forgotten Password",$msg,$header);

I even tried putting google.com as the destination, but it still brings me to that pesky about:blank page. Any ideas?

Answer 1

You need to use a fully qualified URL, protocol and all, in your link.

$msg    = "Hello $username, your pin # is $pin. Please remember this pin
                because you will need it on the update password form. <br> 
                Please <a href = \"http://google.com\">click here</a> to be brought to the update password form.";