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Posted by chris on 04/14/06 16:38
"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
news:tbudnWdrZZJIDKLZnZ2dnUVZ_v6dnZ2d@comcast.com...
> chris wrote:
>> My code
>> <?php
>> $name = "freddie";
>>
>> $message.="Hi Joe,\n";
>> $message.="\t $name has Filled out the form on the Website,\n";
>> $message.="The information from the form is listed below:\n";
>> $message.="more info\n";
>> $message.="more info\n";
>>
>> mail("email address", "subject",$message,"FROM:email address");
>> ?>
>>
>> when this is run the email recieved is formatted :
>> Hi Joe,
>> freddie has Filled out the form on the Website, The information
>> from
>> the form is listed below:
>> more info
>> more info
>>
>>
>>
>> i would expect it to be formatted :
>>
>> Hi Joe,
>> freddie has Filled out the form on the Website,
>> The information from the form is listed below:
>> more info
>> more info
>>
>>
>>
>> Does anyone have any idea why this happens ???
>>
>>
>> --
>
> Chris,
>
> Hmmm, I haven't seen this problem before, although I have used mail() a
> fair amount.
i see it from time to time but havent been able to work out why
> Some thoughts - first of all, what happens if you change the \t to a
> couple of spaces? Does that change things?
i have tried it without the \t also without the commer
> Also, what does the message's source look like? Is it possible your mail
> reader is reformatting and you don't know it?
>
> Finally - did you copy/paste the code, or did you retype it? If the
> latter, did you accidentally correct your "problem" when retyping? :-)
>
> But no - you do NOT want to insert html code into your message -
> especially the header.
i thought about doing it in html but dont want to go down that road
> --
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> Jerry Stuckle
> JDS Computer Training Corp.
> jstucklex@attglobal.net
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