Question

I sent email confirmation massage using php mail() function but it’s not processing html tags . have any idea why?

   $content="Dear $name, <br /><br />Thank you for registering at NAME. Before we can activate your account one last step must be taken to confirm your email address .";
            $content.="<br /><br />Please note - you must complete this last step. You will only need to visit this URL once to confirm your email address.<br /><br />To complete your registration,";
            $content.=" please visit this URL:<br /><a href='$link1' target='_blank'> $link1 </a><br /><br /><br />";
            $content.="If you are still having problems signing up please contact a member of our support staff at&nbsp;<a href='mailto:[e-mail]'>email</a> or contact our <a href='$link2'>customer care</a>. <br /><br />";
            $content.="All the best,<br />NAME<br />";
            mail($custArray['email'],"Please Confirm Your Email",$content);

Answer 1

You need to specify in the header that this is an html email so it will be interpreted as html rather than plain text.

http://php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

$headers  = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";

$content="Dear $name, <br /><br />Thank you for registering at NAME. Before we can activate your account one last step must be taken to confirm your email address .";
$content.="<br /><br />Please note - you must complete this last step. You will only need to visit this URL once to confirm your email address.<br /><br />To complete your registration,";
$content.=" please visit this URL:<br /><a href='$link1' target='_blank'> $link1 </a><br /><br /><br />";
$content.="If you are still having problems signing up please contact a member of our support staff at&nbsp;<a href='mailto:[e-mail]'>email</a> or contact our <a href='$link2'>customer care</a>. <br /><br />";
$content.="All the best,<br />NAME<br />";
mail($custArray['email'],"Please Confirm Your Email",$content, $headers);