[gigafare]

I'm working in an editor whereas writing in HTML for PHP publication works perfect, i got a feature that sends whatever i type to email addresses. However: this doesn't work at all

> No pictures
> Background color completely different
> No <p style...
> No <font style...

What code do i write in for emails?

[mab]

To get HTML email to work, in addition to formatting the message body using HTML, the mail headers need to be correct and the receiving email client software needs to support HTML emails (some don't) and have the HTML support enabled (some people prefer to get plain text emails only and turn this off.)

If you don't mind using a PHP mailer class, the easiest way to accomplish this is to use something like the phpmailer class - http://phpmailer.sourceforge.net/ This also includes a way to send a plain text version to those who cannot view an HTML email or don't want an HTML email.

[gigafare]

The thing is i think it does work (HTML) but it's completely wrong in the inbox from hotmail for instance, supposed to read HTML and other email providers.

You think it's the header not sending enough?
It does look great in the FCKeditor...

[mab]

You think it's the header not sending enough?

Yes, for the email client to process an email as HTML it must include the proper headers, see the following -

PHP Code:

$headers  = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";

$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n"; 

See Example 4 at this link - http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

[gigafare]

Here's what it says in mine:

$contenttype = 'text/html';
$extra = "MIME-Version: 1.0\nContent-Type: $contenttype;charset=iso-8859-1\nX-Priority:3\nX-MSMail-Priority: Normal\nFrom: noreply@".$config['sitename']."\n";

[mab]

The only thing I can see is that the PHP manual states that "\r\n" is the proper seperator between the extra headers. You only have "\n". Try adding the \r to each \n.

[andrew_wazzup]

It isnt just that your email client isnt set up to display html email (for safety reasons) and is so displaying it as just plain text?

Or am i miles off the point?