Emailing Directions Option

Best method?

[CSS_Kidd]

I have a site that uses a Google Maps API that is defaulted to show the location of a particular place. It can also generate directions when you input your location and click a submit button. I also have a link that will print just the div where the map and directions are generated (Using JavaScript).

Now I need to have an "email directions" option as well. So if I can print the Generated content of a div, is it also possible to create a "mailto" where it would automatically put that same content in the message's body? And if so what would be the best method to use? PHP? JavaScript? Anything else?

Just a quick note: When the directions are created it doesn't change the page's address. It just produces the results and the address remains the same clean address. So I can't target the address.

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[Seb7]

I personally would link the button to some Ajax JavaScript which sends the map information to a custom php page, which then puts the information in en email and sents it.

If your not familiar with Ajax, then the 'mailto' but could be a hidden form submission button which directs to a php page that does the work.

The easiest, but worse option is use a mailto:[email]?subject=[subject]&body=[body] ..something like that. I haven’t use this method for a long while.