Script not properly formatting text to email

Question

I have a script which submits information which is being entered in a form to my email.

However, currently when I submit information, I receive it in my email like this:

FirstNameHere

First Name:FirstNameHereLast Name:LastNameHere

But I want it to be in my email like this:

First Name: FirstNameHere

Last Name: LastNameHere

Can anyone help me fix this? This is the code that I currently use.

<?php
$to = "myemailhere@domain.com";
$subject = "Form Information";
$fname = $_POST['fname'] ;
$lname = $_POST['lname'] ;
$message = 'First Name:' . $fname . 'Last Name:' . $lname;
$headers = "From: $email";
$sent = mail($to, $subject, $message, $fname, $lname) ;
?>

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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You should add new line character between the inputs. PHP - how to create a newline character?

<?php
$to = "myemailhere@domain.com";
$subject = "Form Information";
$fname = $_POST['fname'] ;
$lname = $_POST['lname'] ;
$message = 'First Name:' . $fname ."\r\n". 'Last Name:' . $lname;
$headers = "From: $email";
$sent = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers) ;
?>

edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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answered Apr 29 '14 at 19:14

ecabuk

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Almost. The first and last name are now properly formatted but the First Name is still showing up on top first, like I had from the start. – user3583175 Apr 29 '14 at 19:18
It's working but now I receive the emails as 'Unknown Sender'. There is no sender email on it aswell. – user3583175 Apr 29 '14 at 19:31
$headers = 'From: <' . $email . '>'; – lulco Apr 29 '14 at 19:39

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 29 '14 at 19:21

I Agree with ecabuk's answer. But You can use HTML Formatting (with css) too.

<?php
$to = "mail@example.com";
$subject = "Demo";
$message="
<html>
<body>
<table>
<tr><td>First Name : </td><td>".$_POST['fname']."</td></tr>
<tr><td>Last Name : </td><td>".$_POST['lname']."</td></tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
";
$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0" . "\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type:text/html;charset=iso-8859-1" . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'From: <$email>' . "\r\n";
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers) or die('Error Occurred');
?>

Script not properly formatting text to email

2 Answers2