Need help with sending HTML formatted emails

[Big Moxy]

Here is my code for formatting an HTML email. I know that spinning
through the $_POST array as I am isn't very pretty but it's a long
list so for now I'm using this approach. The problem is that despite
setting the Content-type the resulting email arrives in plain text.
Outlook 2003 is my email client and I receive HTML emails without a
problem.

Can someone please advise me on what I'm doing wrong?

$to_address = "[e-mail]";
$from_address = "we*****@mysite.com";
$subject = "Evaluation Request";
$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$headers.= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";
$headers.= "From: $from_address\r\n";
$message = "";
foreach ( $_POST as $key =$value ) {
$message.= "<b>" . $key . "</b>" . " " . ":" . " " . $value . "<br /

>";

};
$_SESSION['sent_message'] = "Thank you for your request! Someone will
be contacting you soon.";
mail($to_address, $subject, $message, $headers);
header = ("location: index.php");

Thank you!
- Tim

[Big Moxy]

On Sep 30, 10:16 pm, Big Moxy <[e-mail]:

Here is my code for formatting an HTML email. I know that spinning
through the $_POST array as I am isn't very pretty but it's a long
list so for now I'm using this approach. The problem is that despite
setting the Content-type the resulting email arrives in plain text.
Outlook 2003 is my email client and I receive HTML emails without a
problem.

Can someone please advise me on what I'm doing wrong?

$to_address = "[e-mail]";
$from_address = "[e-mail]";
$subject = "Evaluation Request";
$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$headers.= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";
$headers.= "From: $from_address\r\n";
$message = "";
foreach ( $_POST as $key =$value ) {
$message.= "<b>" . $key . "</b>" . " " . ":" . " " . $value . "<br />";
};

$_SESSION['sent_message'] = "Thank you for your request! Someone will
be contacting you soon.";
mail($to_address, $subject, $message, $headers);
header = ("location: index.php");

Thank you!
- Tim

NEVER MIND! My emails are taking longer to arrive than expected.
However I received a plain text email after I had changed my code so
that the headers were set before creating the message and just assumed
there still was a problem. However after my post a new email arrived
an it was formatted as expected.

[Tim Roberts]

Big Moxy <bi*****@gmail.comwrote:

>
Here is my code for formatting an HTML email. I know that spinning
through the $_POST array as I am isn't very pretty but it's a long
list so for now I'm using this approach. The problem is that despite
setting the Content-type the resulting email arrives in plain text.

What do you mean by that? Do you mean you see the HTML tags?

>Outlook 2003 is my email client and I receive HTML emails without a
problem.

Most HTML emails come in as Content-Type: multipart/alternative with a
text/html section and a text/plain section. However, what you describe
should work. Have you tried wrapping the HTML with <htmland <bodytags?

$message.= "<b>" . $key . "</b>" . " " . ":" . " " . $value . "<br /

>>";

Why would you do it that way, instead of the much more efficient:
$message.= "<b>$key</b: $value<br/>";
--
Tim Roberts, ti**@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.