Line breaks in mail

[DeuCe]

Hi, i'm using the php mail() function and I cant seem to get line breaks insde of the mails that are sent. here is the code i'm using:

$Message = 'Dear '.$Name.',\n\nWelcome to Clan Gm3K! Before you can login to the site, please activate your account by clicking the link below your details.\n\n----------------------------------------------------------Username: '.$Username.'\nPassword: '.$Password.'\n----------------------------------------------------------\n\nActivate Account:\n<a href='http://gm3k.mfhosting.com/register3.php?name='.$Username.'&pw='.md5($Password).''>http://gm3k.mfhosting.com/register3.php?name='.$Username.'&pw='.md5($Password).'</a>\n\n----------------------------------------------------------Clan Gm3K Management';

mail($Email, "Gm3K Account Validation", nl2br($Message), "From: Clan Gm3K<[e-mail]>");

I dont know what i'm doing wrong. I've tried putting <br> but it dont work. When the mail comes i actually see "\n".

Thanks,
DeuCe 🆒

[devinemke]

$Message = 'Dear ' . $Name . ',' . "\n\n" . 'Welcome to Clan Gm3K! Before you can login to the site, please activate your account by clicking the link below your details.' . "\n" . '----------------------------------------------------------' . "\n" . 'Username: ' . $Username . "\n" . 'Password: ' . $Password . "\n" . 'Activate Account: <a href="http://gm3k.mfhosting.com/register3.php?name=' . $Username . '&pw=' . md5($Password) . '">http://gm3k.mfhosting.com/register3.php?name=' . $Username . '&pw=' . md5($Password) . '</a>' . "\n" . '----------------------------------------------------------' . "\n" . 'Clan Gm3K Management';

[Doug_G]

Try using \r instead of \n maybe

[Weedpacket]

The mail specification requires \r\n to separate header lines, and the strings they appear in need to be double-quoted. So they're both right.

[DeuCe]

Um, the above code did not work(i got a blank page), and since my host does not show php errors for some reason even with the EFORall thingy. So I don't know what the error is. I also tried \r and it did not work.

The mail specification requires \r\n to separate header lines, and the strings they appear in need to be double-quoted. So they're both right.

What exactly do you mean? Can I get an example?

Thanks.

[Weedpacket]

DeuCe wrote:

Can I get an example?

Sure, go over to the mail manual page, where you'll find several examples.

[zzz]

I have the same problem but just can't seem to get the line wrapped... Here's my code:

$message = "This is a multi-part message in MIME format.\n\n" . 
    "--{$mime_boundary}\n" . 
    "Content-Type: text/html; charset=\"iso-8859-1\"\n" . 
    "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit\n\n" . 
    $message . "\n\n"; 
    $message .="Dear ".$name."," . "\n\n" . "Thank you for requesting $subject. more copy..." . "\n";
	$message .="Best Regards," . "\n";
	$message .="Support Team" . "\n";

[Weedpacket]

Did you even read this thread?

[stolzyboy]

if you're using html emails... think about throwing some br's in there