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This function allows it to hide the email address within a link so it is not this easy to be grabbed by spiders.

This function allows it to hide the email address within a link so it is not this easy to be grabbed by spiders.
 
<code class="prettyprint">
function mailto($address, $text)
{
    $address_encode = '';
    for ($x=0; $x < strlen($address); $x++) {
        if(preg_match('!\w!',$address[$x])) {
            $address_encode .= '%' . bin2hex($address[$x]);
        } else {
            $address_encode .= $address[$x];
        }
    }
    $text_encode = '';
    for ($x=0; $x < strlen($text); $x++) {
        $text_encode .= '&#x' . bin2hex($text[$x]).';';
    }
 
    $mailto = "mailto:";
    return '<a href="'.$mailto.$address_encode.'">'.$text_encode.'';
}
 
echo mailto('my@mail.com','Mail me');
</code>

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