php html email issue

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THe html email is receiving as html source code not as readable text. WHy?

<html>
           <head>
                   <title></title>
           </head>
           <body>
                   <p style="text-align: center; ">
                           <span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="font-size:72px;"><span style="background-color:#00ff00;">A test mail</span></span></span></p>
           </body>
    </html>

What does this have to do with php?

slhck
– slhck

2011-05-04 12:08:27 +00:00
Commented May 4, 2011 at 12:08 — slhck
– slhck, Commented May 4, 2011 at 12:08

Quentin · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-04 12:08:10Z

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Probably because you have sent a plain text email into which you've written HTML. There are no shortage of tutorials on writing HTML formatted emails with PHP out there, but make sure you use one that shows you have to write a multipart MIME email rather then plain HTML.

answered May 4, 2011 at 12:08

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SLaks · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-04 12:09:37Z

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You need to set the Content-Type to text/html.

answered May 4, 2011 at 12:09

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SLaks Over a year ago

@David: That's a separate issue.

Quentin Over a year ago

It is a separate issue in the same sense that preventing SQL injection vulnerabilities are a separate issue to inserting data into a database. You don't ignore the former when explaining how to do the latter (unless you want people to make sites like w3fools about you).

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