sending HTML vs Text through mail function

[sd0t1]

can anyone tell me why when I email from the mail function the user gets text and not HTML.

here is the code.

$subject = "You have overtime requests to approve.";

$message =
"<table width='736' height='509' border='1' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' bordercolor='#000000' bgcolor='#26354A'>
<tr>
<th colspan='2' scope='col'><table width='100%' height='509' border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' bgcolor='#D3DCE6'>
<tr>
<th width='230' rowspan='2' align='left' valign='top' bgcolor='#26354A' scope='col'><img src='images/birch.JPG' width='230' height='286' /></th>
<th width='500' height='19' scope='col'>&nbsp;</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height='176' align='left' valign='top'><blockquote>
<p class='style1'>You have a message. </p>
<p class='style1'>Please login to view your requests.</p>
<p class='style2'><a href='login.php'>Click Here to Login </a></p>
</blockquote> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th bgcolor='#26354A' scope='row'>&nbsp;</th>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table></th>
</tr>
</table>";


$to = $row_mgr_email['email'];

mail($to, $subject, $message);

and this is what I get in the email.

<table width='736' height='509' border='1' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' bordercolor='#000000' bgcolor='#26354A'>
<tr>
<th colspan='2' scope='col'><table width='100%' height='509' border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' bgcolor='#D3DCE6'>
<tr>
<th width='230' rowspan='2' align='left' valign='top' bgcolor='#26354A' scope='col'><img src='images/birch.JPG' width='230' height='286' /></th>
<th width='500' height='19' scope='col'>&nbsp;</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height='176' align='left' valign='top'><blockquote>
<p class='style1'>You have a message. </p>
<p class='style1'>Please login to view your requests.</p>
<p class='style2'><a href='login.php'>Click Here to Login </a></p>
</blockquote> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th bgcolor='#26354A' scope='row'>&nbsp;</th>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table></th>
</tr>
</table>

Thanks.

 

[sleipnir214]

HTML mail must be sent as MIME email. Only text can be sent via a plain email.

When I need to do in PHP anything more complicated than sending text messages, I use PHPMailer



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[sleipnir214]

If you don't want to try PHPMailer, take a look at the PHP online manual page for mail()



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[BlindPete]

Some hosting outfits block mailer classes that are out of date or considered vulnerable to spammers. Its happened to me a few times over the years.

Also you should consider some rigorous validation before actually sending the email. Spammers are quite creative in hijacking web forms. This thread is worth reading:

http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2298885

-Pete
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