HTML email shows as text plain

**matheussousuke** · Nov 19 '09, 08:28 PM

This how it appears on the email:

Code:

Responder para: <email@example.com>
tipo de conteúdo: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1


<html><body>



    Por favor siga estas instruções para verificar seu registro:
    <BR>
    1. Clique no link abaixo:
    <BR>
    2. Digite o usuário e o código de confirmação que está localizado abaixo desta
linha.
    <BR>
    <BR>
    Observação: Após verificar seu cadastro você fará login no site usando o nome
usuário e senha  que você cadastrou. 
    <BR>
    O código de confirmação é usado apenas para confirmar o seu cadastro.
    <BR>
    <BR>
    Username: jackbouer3
    <BR>
    Código de confirmação:  662849454704
    <BR>
    <BR>
     <a
href="/anuncieaki/verify_registration.php">/anuncieaki/verify_registration.php</a></body></html>

**matheussousuke** · Nov 19 '09, 08:31 PM

Originally posted by matheussousuke

I'm having trouble with e-mail sending, I mean, the website is suposed to send a confirmation email after sign up, but it gets like text plain instead of HTML

May someone help me, please?

Here's the code

I know the code is a quite long, so I posted the part where I think the error is:
This:

Code:

// *********** START FUNCTION prelim_insert() *************

function prelim_insert()
{ 
    GLOBAL $gbl, $myDB, $HTTP_POST_VARS ;

    $new_user_name = $HTTP_POST_VARS["new_user_name"];
    $email = $HTTP_POST_VARS["email"];
    $password1 = $HTTP_POST_VARS["password1"];


    $query = "SELECT user_name FROM std_users 
              WHERE user_name='$new_user_name'";

    $result = mysql_query($query, $myDB);

    if (mysql_num_rows($result) > 0)
    {   $gbl["register_message"] .= 'Sinto muito, mas este nome de usuário já está sendo usado, por favor digite outro nome.<BR>';
        return false;
    }

    srand((double)microtime()*1000000);

    $the_rand = rand(1, 10000);
    $the_rand2 = rand(1, 10000);
    $the_rand3 = rand(1, 10000);

    $the_rand = ''.$the_rand.''.$the_rand2.''.$the_rand3;

    $query = "INSERT INTO std_temp_users(user_name, password, email, sign_up_date, prelim_rand) VALUES('$new_user_name', '$password1', '$email', ".time().", '$the_rand')";

    $result = mysql_query($query, $myDB);

    if (!$result) 
    {   if ( preg_match("/duplicate entry/i", mysql_error()) )
        {   $gbl["errors"] .= "Por favor digite outro nome de usuário.<BR>
                                Este já está em uso.";
        }

        return false;
    }

    $to = $email;
    $subject = 'Seu cadastro';

    $the_link = cnfg('deDir').'verify_registration.php';

    $message = '<html><body>



    Por favor siga estas instruções para verificar seu registro:
    <BR>
    1. Clique no link abaixo:
    <BR>
    2. Digite o usuário e o código de confirmação que está localizado abaixo desta linha.
    <BR>
    <BR>
    Observação: Após verificar seu cadastro você fará login no site usando o nome usuário e senha  que você cadastrou. 
    <BR>
    O código de confirmação é usado apenas para confirmar o seu cadastro.
    <BR>
    <BR>
    Username: '.$new_user_name.'
    <BR>
    Código de confirmação:  '.$the_rand.'
    <BR>
    <BR>
     ' ;

    $message .= "<a href=\"$the_link\">$the_link</a>";

    $message .= '</body></html>';


    #$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
    #$headers .= "Return-Path: <".cnfg('replyEmail').">\r\n";
    #$headers .= "X-Sender: <".cnfg('replyEmail').">\r\n"; 
    #$headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP\r\n"; // mailer
    $headers .= "De: <".cnfg('replyEmail').">".$gbl['newLine'];
    $headers .= "Responder para: <".cnfg('replyEmail').">".$gbl['newLine'];
    $headers .= "tipo de conteúdo: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1".$gbl['newLine'];


    if ($result) 
    {   if ( mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers) )
        {   return true;
        }
	    else
	    {   echo 'erro ao enviar email<BR>';
		    return false;
	    }
    }
    else 
    {   return false;
    }

} // end function prelim_insert()

// *********** END FUNCTION prelim_insert() *************

**matheussousuke** · Nov 19 '09, 11:06 PM

Somebody there?
Somebody there?

**Dormilich** · Nov 20 '09, 05:08 AM

Originally posted by matheussousuke

Somebody there?

no, we are having our beauty sleep.

anyways, when it comes to HTML mail, I usually use mail libraries like SwiftMailer which are easier to use than trying to get mail() sending the HTML.

**Atli** · Nov 20 '09, 10:39 AM

Hey.

[code=php] $headers .= "tipo de conteúdo: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1".$gbl['newLine'];[/code]
I'm pretty sure this is supposed to be in English.
Have you tried that?

I understand the need to localize things, but it is usually not a good idea to try to localize the actual code. It's best to leave that in English :-)

P.S.
The $HTTP_POST_VARS array was deprecated with PHP 4.1.
If you are coding in PHP 4.1 or higher, you should be using $_POST instead.

**matheussousuke** · Nov 20 '09, 05:12 PM

Originally posted by Atli

Hey.

[code=php] $headers .= "tipo de conteúdo: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1".$gbl['newLine'];[/code]
I'm pretty sure this is supposed to be in English.
Have you tried that?

I understand the need to localize things, but it is usually not a good idea to try to localize the actual code. It's best to leave that in English :-)

P.S.
The $HTTP_POST_VARS array was deprecated with PHP 4.1.
If you are coding in PHP 4.1 or higher, you should be using $_POST instead.

Well, yeah, I know, it's in portuguese, but there's nothing important to be translated to english, what is in portuguese are things like "Here is your confirmation code", u know, nothing to do to the code, but thanks, I'll follow the advice.

Let me see if that works using "$_POST".
thanks again.

**matheussousuke** · Nov 20 '09, 05:26 PM

Originally posted by matheussousuke

Well, yeah, I know, it's in portuguese, but there's nothing important to be translated to english, what is in portuguese are things like "Here is your confirmation code", u know, nothing to do to the code, but thanks, I'll follow the advice.

Let me see if that works using "$_POST".
thanks again.

Post didn't work. =/

**matheussousuke** · Nov 20 '09, 05:26 PM

Originally posted by Dormilich

no, we are having our beauty sleep.

anyways, when it comes to HTML mail, I usually use mail libraries like SwiftMailer which are easier to use than trying to get mail() sending the HTML.

Downloaded it, how do I use it?

**Markus** · Nov 20 '09, 05:36 PM

Originally posted by matheussousuke

Well, yeah, I know, it's in portuguese, but there's nothing important to be translated to english, what is in portuguese are things like "Here is your confirmation code", u know, nothing to do to the code, but thanks, I'll follow the advice.

Let me see if that works using "$_POST".
thanks again.

Headers should be sent in English. That is, the header should be: Content-type: text/html;

**Dormilich** · Nov 20 '09, 05:42 PM

Originally posted by matheussousuke

Downloaded it, how do I use it?

check out SwiftMailer’s documentation, everything is explained there.

**matheussousuke** · Nov 20 '09, 05:49 PM

Originally posted by Atli

Hey.

[code=php] $headers .= "tipo de conteúdo: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1".$gbl['newLine'];[/code]
I'm pretty sure this is supposed to be in English.
Have you tried that?

I understand the need to localize things, but it is usually not a good idea to try to localize the actual code. It's best to leave that in English :-)

P.S.
The $HTTP_POST_VARS array was deprecated with PHP 4.1.
If you are coding in PHP 4.1 or higher, you should be using $_POST instead.

Oh, sorry, didn see u posted a code. Yeah, that should be in english.

**matheussousuke** · Nov 20 '09, 06:03 PM

Originally posted by Atli

Hey.

[code=php] $headers .= "tipo de conteúdo: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1".$gbl['newLine'];[/code]
I'm pretty sure this is supposed to be in English.
Have you tried that?

I understand the need to localize things, but it is usually not a good idea to try to localize the actual code. It's best to leave that in English :-)

P.S.
The $HTTP_POST_VARS array was deprecated with PHP 4.1.
If you are coding in PHP 4.1 or higher, you should be using $_POST instead.

There are $HTTP_COOKIE_VA RS, do I have to change it to $POST_VARS ???

**Dormilich** · Nov 20 '09, 06:17 PM

change $HTTP_COOKIE_VA RS to $_COOKIE

**matheussousuke** · Nov 20 '09, 06:40 PM

headers are in english now, but nothing works.

HTML email shows as text plain

HTML email shows as text plain

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