HTML in php mail function

Question

I have a contact form on my website so users can send me an email but I have run into a problem.

I want to use an HTML link inside the email and I also want the content the user is sending to me to be formated how they would like it.... let me explain.

If a user sends this:

Hello World!

Isnt it a great Day?

without using headers to enable html, then it says formated like that when it reaches me.

If I use headers (MIME) to enable html, to also include a link in the email (which I would like to do), then it reaches me as:

Hello World!Isnt it a great Day?

How can I include html, and also keep the email formatted properly?

Thanks

And hopefully all this makes sense :S

Well, what hinders you to learn HTML and then make use of the langauge? Which part of HTML in specific don't you understand to express a line break or paragraph? — hakre
– hakre, Commented Jun 17, 2012 at 10:42

Zoltan Toth · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-17 10:55:10Z

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Use nl2br on your message - http://php.net/manual/en/function.nl2br.php

It will replace all newlines with HTML <br>

$message = nl2br($message, false);

The second parameter *is_xhtml* is optional if you want to send an HTML email instead of XHTML

edited Jun 17, 2012 at 10:55

answered Jun 17, 2012 at 10:35

Zoltan Toth

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hakre Over a year ago

you should not use XHTML in emails.

Zoltan Toth Over a year ago

@hakre that's what nl2br returns according to examples in the PHP manual.

hakre Over a year ago

Read close, test yourself, use the parameter that's needed to fix/control this.

Zoltan Toth Over a year ago

@hakre right :) just noticed after sent the message - $is_xhtml has to be set to false

Jonas Schäfer Over a year ago

@hakre you should not use html in mails ;)

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