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Asked: 2026-06-15T17:37:31+00:00

I am using PHP mailer to send an online form directly to email. I

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I am using PHP mailer to send an online form directly to email. I want to edit the form like this:

$message = '<p>The following request was sent from: '</p>;
$message .= '<p>Name: '.$name.'</p><br />';
$message .= '<p>Phone: '.$phone.'</p><br />';
$message .= '<p>Email: '.$email.'</p><br />';

However, in the email I receive back, I get the <p>, <br />, etc. Not the formatting I want, but the actual HTML. It has always worked for me, then I realized I was using the stock PHP mail function. not sure if PHP mailer has different parameters OR if I just missing small here?

Where would I set the headers for text/html?

    $mail = new PHPMailer();
    $mail -> IsSMTP();
    $mail -> Host = "---";
    $mail -> Port = 25;
    $mail -> SMTPAuth = false;
    $mail -> Username = EMAIL_USER;
    $mail -> Password = EMAIL_PASS;
    $mail -> FromName = $from_name;
    $mail -> From = $from;
    $mail -> Subject = $subject;
    $mail -> Body = $message;
    $mail -> AddAddress("---");

    $result = $mail -> Send();
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  1. Editorial Team

    By default, the PHP mail() function is text/plain.

    In your mail() headers, change the content-type to text/html and try.

    Example:

    <?php 
    $body = "<html>\n"; 
    $body .= "<body style=\"font-family:Verdana, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:12px; color:#666666;\">\n"; 
    $body = $message; 
    $body .= "</body>\n"; 
    $body .= "</html>\n"; 

    $headers  = "From: My site<noreply@example.com>\r\n"; 
    $headers .= "Reply-To: info@example.com\r\n"; 
    $headers .= "Return-Path: info@example.com\r\n"; 
    $headers .= "X-Mailer: Drupal\n"; 
    $headers .= 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\n"; 
    $headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n"; 

    return mail($recipient, $subject, $message, $headers); 
?>

    PHP Mailer:

    You need to set IsHTML(true):

    $mail->IsHTML(true);
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