Formatting HTML using PHP Mail()

Question

I'm am sending an email via the php code below, which sends an email template to the users emails address. However the email sends with all the HTML tags still visible and not in effect.

$fh = fopen('templates/customer.eml','r');

        $emailContents = fread($fh, filesize('templates/customer.eml'));
        $emailContents = str_replace(":name:", $person->first . " " . $person->last, $emailContents);
        $emailContents = str_replace(":meeting_name:", $meeting->name, $emailContents);
        $emailContents = str_replace(":chair:", $chair->first . " " . $chair->last, $emailContents);

        fclose($fh);

        $header = "FROM: [email protected]\r\n";
        $header = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
        $header.="Content-type: text/html; charset: utf8\r\n";
        mail($person->email , "Meeting Request", $emailContents, "FROM: [email protected]");

And below is the email template file that I am using for the content:

<html>
    <head>
        <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
    </head>
    <body>
        <p>
            Dear :name:,<br />
            You have been invited to <em>:meeting_name:</em> chaired by :chair:.
        </p>

        <p>
            Main text of the email will go here<sup>*</sup>.
        </p>
        <p>
            Thankfully
        </p>
        <p>
            User
        </p>
    </body>
</html>

You don't read the $header variable. You are only appending to it. — brunoais
– brunoais, Commented May 9, 2013 at 10:27

michael · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-09 10:26:17Z

1

You're not passing the headers into the mail function. Try:

$header = "FROM: [email protected]\r\n";
$header .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$header .="Content-type: text/html; charset: utf8\r\n";
mail($person->email , "Meeting Request", $emailContents, $header);

Try these headers instead

$header  = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
$header .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=utf8' . "\r\n";
$header .= 'From: [email protected]' . "\r\n";
mail($person->email , "Meeting Request", $emailContents, $header);

edited May 9, 2013 at 10:26

answered May 9, 2013 at 10:20

michael

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Krisso123 Over a year ago

Sorry about that my mistake. I have updated the $header into the mail function. However I now don't receive and an email?

Krisso123 Over a year ago

Thanks for posting that code, it worked :) Really appreciate your help. Thanks

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