Sending HTML in mail()?

[HDFilmMaker2112]

How would I go about sending HTML through the mail() function?

 

I'm currently using <br/> tags <a> tags and when I run the script and have the email sent to me, all the tags are visible.

 

	/*Generate activation email*/
	$to=$register_email;
	$subject='Activate Your Kynxin Membership';
	$headers='From: support@kynxin.com';
	$message='Thank you for registering for Kynxin.<br/>
	<br/>
	Please visit the following link to activate your account.
	<a href="http://www.kynxin.com/signup/activate.knxn?activate='.$activation_number.'">
                http://www.kynxin.com/signup/activate.knxn?activate='.$activation_number.'</a>
	<br/>
	<br/>
	Thank You,<br/>
	The Kynxin Support Team
	';
	/*Send registration activation email*/
	mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

[Barand]

add another header

 

content-type: text/html

[boompa]

You really should consider using something like PHPMailer. It will make your life easier where this is concerned.

[HDFilmMaker2112]

add another header

 

content-type: text/html

 

Crap, thank you. Can't believe I missed that.

[HDFilmMaker2112]

You really should consider using something like PHPMailer. It will make your life easier where this is concerned.

 

That just seems like it adds so much overhead to something that should be so simple. You have to add another file in, additional processing, etc. I just don't see what advantage that has over the regular mail() function.