# Php in emails?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-in-emails/155280>\
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**Created:** [July 15, 2005, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-in-emails/155280 "2005-07-15T23:56:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![ya3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@ya3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ya3)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-in-emails/155280/1 "2005-07-15T23:56:51Z")

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Ok… I’ve had an idea.  
When I send out an email, i want to know if and when the recipient opens the email. I was wondering if there was a way to implement PHP into an email. I was thinking to have it record the time and email address of the person (the latter I have no idea how to do) into a MySQL table. That’d be handy 😃

I’m guessing, though, that there’s an existing message-tracking service available…  
I _don’t_ want to use receipts. No user intervention.

Thanks in advance! :cons: