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Is there a way I can embed a URL link i.e. <a href='www.google.com'>google</a> in an SMS message send through [myphonenumber]@txt.att.net ? My mail configuration is set to "text/html" but the link shows up as un-clickable plain text in the SMS...
Any Ideas?!!?
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The short answer is, adding hyperlinks into SMS text messages isn't possible. Hyperlinks can only be used in emails and on your business website.
To send an SMS through PHP to Mr. Example, you could simply add [email protected] to any email client, type a message, and hit send. This will send a text message to phone number +1 (385) 555-0168 on the Verizon Wireless Network. For example, I'll send a text message to myself using Gmail.
You can include links in your SMS messages. However, we do not recommend including URL shorteners (like bit.ly or tinyurl) in SMS messages sent to contacts in the U.S. as it may affect the deliverability of your messages and result in hard bounces.
SMS does not support HTML.
Most phones will automatically linkify URLs, however it is not possible to give links the way you are trying to do. Simply send www.google.com and the receiving device will link it for you.
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SMS reader is NOT a webbrowser. Expecting a phone to render an SMS as a web page is pushing things.
Some phones have some smarts and will linkify URLs if they're spotted in there, but that's dependent on the phone.
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No, clickable links are dependent on the phone. Some phones will parse the SMS and make links "clickable", others won't.
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