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Posted by Vic Mercier
Vic Mercier
3,276 Points

Which technologies do I need to do a button that can send email to a person .

You could create two forms to get the email address and the other to get the messsage that I want to send.After , you will need a button .

But what code do I need to put in my listener? //Listener button.addEventListener("click", () => { //Code that I don't know }); Are there courses on Treehouse where we can learn that?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points

Browsers can't send mail. So you have two choices:

  1. you can use a "mailto: address" link to bring up the user's mailer (maybe, depends on browser)
  2. you can send the form back to the server and have server code send the mail
Vic Mercier
Vic Mercier
3,276 Points

Check the link to have a better understanding: https://www.henrikac.com/contact.php

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points

That link is an example of choice 2. The form is sent back to the server and the server code (contained in "send_mail.php") sends the mail.

Vic Mercier
Vic Mercier
3,276 Points

Would you be able to create the example 2.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points

I'm not sure what you mean, but I'm not a PHP developer.