HTML Formatting of Email

gdifalco

Hi, I have a simple form that mails me the variables when a user hits submit. I want to be able to format the results I get in the resulting email. I basically want to add this HTML code to each variable:
<font face="Arial" size="4"></font>. How would I modify this script?

<?php
$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";

mail("email", "Test Email Submission", "$POST['name'] . "\n" . $POST['address'] . "\n" . $_POST['city']) ;
?>

Thanks for any help!!

sarahk

I'm lazy as anything and use this excellent script.

I also use phplib's template to get the $body and then just strip the html from it to get the plain text. It's a bit of work the first time but when you have to do more than one it cuts the roll out time to nothing.

good luck

gdifalco

sarahk, on that link you sent, I get sent to a mirror site. WHat exactly am I looking for?

--Greg D.

sarahk

the file I've now attached.

There are updated examples just search for: class.html.mime.mail.inc

I haven't checked the references but the website in the authors notes is now an "adult" site so don't be fooled by the techie name.

gdifalco

Thanks, sarahk. I think I realized this is much more difficult than simply modifying my original script, so I might forget the HTML formatting.

--Greg D.

sarahk

No! :eek:

It's worth it.

Just thought, follow that link, select a mirror and it will take you to the page.

the body of an html email can be as simple as:
<html><body><h1>Hello World</h1></body></html>

let the class do all the hard work - really.

ps: if you use my version, I've just realised that I take you up to the <body> tag and put some styles in automatically. Might be better to get the clean one.

here's my code to do the send (once I've got body)

function sendEmail($subject, $body, $to)
{
    include('includes/class.html.mime.mail.inc');
    $mail = new html_mime_mail('X-Mailer: Html Mime Mail Class');
    $text = strip_tags ($body , "a");

$mail->add_html($body, $text);

$mail->set_charset('iso-8859-1', TRUE);

$mail->build_message();
$mail->send($to, $to, 'List Manager', 'webmaster@mysite.com', $subject);
}

acey99

my question is why?

Not all e-mail programs support HTML, but it's also rare that the e-mail program doesn't, I usually use Standard text when using mail()

sarahk

professionalism.

If you send text and html then the email programs can get what they need.

I much prefer to read a nice clean email in verdana or arial to something written in courier or times roman. I can also emphasise what I need to. But then I send my emails to non-programmers and they are affected by appearances.