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HTML Emails sent with PHP mail() are displayed in plain text?

gergy008

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gergy008 Member

gergy008

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Ok, I am using the following code to send an email with PHP, And the email is in HTML. Yet PHP keeps sending it in plain text. How do I go about it?

 

Thanks in advance!!

 

	$topic="Some subject";
	$detail="<html><body><a href="">Some HTML email code</a></body></html>";
	$recipent=$_POST["email"]; //This is working, I have tested this already, It does send to the recipent.
	$headers="From: #####.co.uk <support@#####.co.uk>\n\r";
	$headers.="Content-Type: text/html";
	$sent=mail($recipent, $topic, $detail, $headers);

gergy008 Member

gergy008

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use css to style the text but the css has to be in the message too

 

when using css in a message remember to escape all the quotes example color=\"#ff0000\" etc

 

Sorry, I must refine this a bit better.

 

Whatever code I try, The reciepent recieves plain text, In HTML form. The recipent actually sees the HTML tags.

 

Say I use this code:

<a href="http://www.google.co.uk/">Google</a>

in my email, That what the reciepent sees. Not Google or Google. Just <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/">Google</a>

 

Just added an example:

dzffno.jpg

shadiadiph Advanced Member

shadiadiph

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This is what i use

$to = "[email protected]";
$subject = "Subject";
$MsgHeader = "From: websitename <[email protected]> \n";
$MsgHeader .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
$MsgHeader .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1";
$MsgBody = "

<html>
<head>
<style type=\"text/css\">
table.logo{
width: 100%;
height: auto;
text-align: left;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; 
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; 
}
table.main{
width: 100%;
height: auto;
}
table.main td{
width: auto;
height: auto;
text-align: left;
font-size: 13px; 
font-family: tahoma, arial;
font-weight: normal;
color: #333;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; 
padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px; 
}
table.footer{
width: 100%;
height: auto;
}
table.footer td{
width: auto;
height: auto;
text-align: left;
font-size: 10px; 
font-family: tahoma, arial;
font-weight: normal;
color: #336699;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; 
padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px; 
}	
</style>
<title>HTML message</title>

</head>
<body>
<table class=\"logo\">
<tr><td><img src=\"http://www.website.com/pix/logo.png\"></td></tr>
</table>
<table class=\"main\">
<tr><td> </td></tr>
<tr><td> </td></tr>
<tr><td>Dear John,</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td></tr>
<tr><td>Welcome</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td></tr>
<tr><td>Thank you for</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td></tr>
<tr><td>username: user</td></tr>
<tr><td>password: pass</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td></tr>
<tr><td>Text 2</td></tr>

<tr><td><a href=\"http://www.website.com\">website.com</a></td></tr>
<tr><td> </td></tr>
<tr><td>Regards</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td></tr>
<tr><td>Website Team</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td></tr>
<tr><td>Additional Message</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td></tr>
<tr><td> </td></tr>
</table>
<table class=\"footer\">
<tr><td>Disclaimer </td></tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>";
mail($to, $subject, $MsgBody, $MsgHeader);

gergy008 Member

gergy008

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This is what i use

$to = "[email protected]";
$subject = "Subject";
$MsgHeader = "From: websitename <[email protected]> \n";
$MsgHeader .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
$MsgHeader .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1";
$MsgBody = "

<html>
<head>
<style type=\"text/css\">
table.logo{
width: 100%;
height: auto;
text-align: left;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; 
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; 
}
table.main{
width: 100%;
height: auto;
}
table.main td{
width: auto;
height: auto;
text-align: left;
font-size: 13px; 
font-family: tahoma, arial;
font-weight: normal;
color: #333;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; 
padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px; 
}
table.footer{
width: 100%;
height: auto;
}
table.footer td{
width: auto;
height: auto;
text-align: left;
font-size: 10px; 
font-family: tahoma, arial;
font-weight: normal;
color: #336699;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; 
padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px; 
}	
</style>
<title>HTML message</title>

</head>
<body>
<table class=\"logo\">
<tr><td><img src=\"http://www.website.com/pix/logo.png\"></td></tr>
</table>
<table class=\"main\">
<tr><td> </td></tr>
<tr><td> </td></tr>
<tr><td>Dear John,</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td></tr>
<tr><td>Welcome</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td></tr>
<tr><td>Thank you for</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td></tr>
<tr><td>username: user</td></tr>
<tr><td>password: pass</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td></tr>
<tr><td>Text 2</td></tr>

<tr><td><a href=\"http://www.website.com\">website.com</a></td></tr>
<tr><td> </td></tr>
<tr><td>Regards</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td></tr>
<tr><td>Website Team</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td></tr>
<tr><td>Additional Message</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td></tr>
<tr><td> </td></tr>
</table>
<table class=\"footer\">
<tr><td>Disclaimer </td></tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>";
mail($to, $subject, $MsgBody, $MsgHeader);

 

In your headers, You used \n, Is it because I am using \r\n??

gergy008 Member

gergy008

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i doubt it no char encoding or mime type

 

Well I am now using your headers and now I get the email in HTML... But nothing is in it...

 

Code:

 

$subject="Some subject";
	$detail="
<html>
<body bgcolor=\"#000000\" style=\"text-align:center\">
  <font color=\"#FFFFFF\" face=\"Myriad Pro, Century Gothic, Arial, serif\">Epic fail.</font>
</body>
</html>";
	$recipent=$_POST["email"];
	$headers = "From: #####.co.uk <support@#####.co.uk>\n";
	$headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
	$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1";
	$sent=mail($recipent, $subject, $detail, $headers);

shadiadiph Advanced Member

shadiadiph

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i just tried this as a test and got it fine

 

not sure if a font like Myriad Pro will work with email as I have never heard of it

 

<?php
$to = "[email protected]";
$subject = "Subject";
$MsgHeader = "From: websitename <[email protected]> \n";
$MsgHeader .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
$MsgHeader .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1";
$MsgBody = "
<html>
<head>
<style type=\"text/css\">
.messagetext{ 
width: 100%; 
height: auto; 
text-align: left; 
color: #fff;
font-size: 13px;  
font-family: tahoma, arial;
background: #000; 
margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;  
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; 
}
</style>
<title>HTML message</title>
</head>
<body>
<span class=\"messagetext\">Epic Fail</span>
</body>
</html>";
$send = mail($to, $subject, $MsgBody, $MsgHeader);

if ($send==true){
echo "sent";
}
else
{
echo "not sent";
}

?>

shadiadiph Advanced Member

shadiadiph

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or use it like this just to style the body

 

<?php
$to = "[email protected]";
$subject = "Subject";
$MsgHeader = "From: websitename <[email protected]> \n";
$MsgHeader .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
$MsgHeader .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1";
$MsgBody = "
<html>
<head>
<style type=\"text/css\">
body{ 
width: 100%; 
height: auto; 
text-align: center; 
color: #fff;
font-size: 13px;  
font-family: tahoma, arial;
background: #000; 
margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;  
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; 
}
</style>
<title>HTML message</title>
</head>
<body>
Epic Fail
</body>
</html>";
$send = mail($to, $subject, $MsgBody, $MsgHeader);

if ($send==true){
echo "sent";
}
else
{
echo "not sent";
}

?>

riwan Newbie

riwan

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$headers="From: #####.co.uk <support@#####.co.uk>\n\r";

shouldn't you use below ?

$headers="From: #####.co.uk <support@#####.co.uk>\r\n";

 

Other errors I noted is this

$detail="<html><body><a href="">Some HTML email code</a></body></html>";

should be this

$detail="<html><body><a href=\"\">Some HTML email code</a></body></html>";

 

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