PHP unicode email

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I want to send an email with a japanese characters in subject using PHP. I can send by using jap characters in sender but when I use it in subject email does not receive. How can I fix this problem. Please help.

Thanks, Gyp

Appears to be a duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4389676/php-email-header-subject-encoding-problem — abelito, Jul 07 '12 at 16:16

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 07 '12 at 16:23

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Use PHPmailer library, I have never had problem with UTF8 characters while I use that. http://phpmailer.worxware.com/

answered Jul 07 '12 at 16:23

MrRP

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PHPMailer is good tip! Latest version [here](http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmailer/files/phpmailer%20for%20php5_6/PHPMailer%20v5.1/). – Stano Jul 07 '12 at 18:24

Máthé Endre-Botond · Answer 2 · 2012-07-07T17:38:52.567

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First result of google (for "php unicode email")

Here's the code:

$headers['To'] = $to;
$headers['From'] = $from;
$headers['Content-Type'] = "text/plain; charset=utf-8";
$headers['Content-Transfer-Encoding'] = "8bit";
$b64subject = "=?UTF-8?B?" . base64_encode($subject) . "?=";
$headers['Subject'] = $b64subject;

$mail = Mail::factory('sendmail', array('host' => $host, 'port'=>$port));
$retval =  $mail->send($to, $headers, $body);

edited Jul 07 '12 at 17:38

answered Jul 07 '12 at 16:18

Máthé Endre-Botond

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`=&` is outdated. Also, very soon, **this** will be the first result on google for "php unicode mail" – Madara's Ghost Jul 07 '12 at 16:24
@Truth Haha you're right, but I was just pointing out that sometimes it's easier to just google it – Máthé Endre-Botond Jul 07 '12 at 17:38

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