[SOLVED] PHP generates HTML email

[NathanLedet]

I have a script that

$to = you@you.com;
$subject = "subject goes here";
$body = "<p style=color: #0000ff;>text goes here</p>";
$headers = "From: Nate L <me@mysite.com>\r\n" . "X-Mailer: php";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html\r\n"; 
if (mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers)) {
  echo("<p>Message sent</p>");
} else {
  echo("<p>Message delivery failed...</p>");
}

 

When the e-mails come in, the HTML is displayed, but not rendered out. I would appreciate some help with this

[rhodesa]

first thing add a \r\n at the end of this line (i added it here):

$headers = "From: Nate L <me@mysite.com>\r\n" . "X-Mailer: php\r\n";

 

but you will find a lot of email clients don't honor CSS attributes...you have to use "old school" styling:

$body = "<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">text goes here</font></p>";

[br0ken]

By displayed but not rendered do you mean you wish to see the tags rather than them actually being used to style the information?

 

If so use...

 

<?php

    echo htmlspecialchars($var);

?>

[rhodesa]

p.s. - what email client are you using to receive emails?

[NathanLedet]

when the e-mails are coming in, you can see the <p></p> tags..none of the HTML is rendered.  I actually want the text to render out in blue.

 

I'm testing on a few e-mails...my yahoo account is one, the other one is my mac Mail app.

[rhodesa]

first thing add a \r\n at the end of this line (i added it here):

$headers = "From: Nate L <me@mysite.com>\r\n" . "X-Mailer: php\r\n";

 

but you will find a lot of email clients don't honor CSS attributes...you have to use "old school" styling:

$body = "<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">text goes here</font></p>";

 

and you've made these changes from above?

[NathanLedet]

I replied before making the changes.... I just made them and it works! Thanks for your help!!