Formatting Emails

[fspilot]

Hi,

I have the following code to send an email:

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$pid = $row['pid'];
$password = $row['password'];
$name = $row['name'];
$message = "
Hi," .$name. "<br>
You or someone using you FCA Pilot ID has requested your password your deatils are as follows:
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Pilot ID:" .$pid. "
Password:"   .$password. "
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Regards
FCA Virtual Staff
This is an automatically generated message, please dont reply to this email";
$from = "From:no-reply@fcavirtual.co.uk";
$to = $row['email'];
$subject = "Your Details";
mail($to,$subject,$message,$from);
}


I want to change the color and font etc of the text and also add a picture before the message,
if i add normal HTML then this shows in the email and i dont want it to, i really havent got a clue how to do it, any help would be great!

[swirlee]

You have to send it as HTML mail, which is formatted differently than regular e-mail. There are plenty of tutorials to be Googled, but Zend has one that looks good.

[Martin Pickering]

I don't mean to be rude but you might like to correct the spelling and punctuation before worrying about the color of the text!

Also bear in mind that many people trash HTML messages unread in order to minimize spam and viruses. I do and I'm certainly not alone.

Martin Pickering (UK)