PHPMailer won't send html message

Question

I have problems with sending html based message with php mailer. Some answers here in stackoverflow says to include $mail->isHTML(true) which i do but no result.. here is the code

require '...';      
$mail = new PHPMailer;        
$mail->isSMTP();
$mail->Host = '...';  
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->Username = '...'; 
$mail->Password = '...';                              
$mail->setFrom("....");
$mail->addAddress("...");                 
$mail->Subject = "...";
$mail->Body    = "<li>abcd</li>";
$mail->isHTML(true); 
if(!$mail->send()) {
    echo 'Message could not be sent.';
    echo 'Mailer Error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
    echo 'Message has been sent';
}

Does anyone know what's wrong?

Thanks!

oo, ok. I did not know that some examples did not refer to that. i will try it end post reply — Iraklis Bekiaris, Jan 22 '16 at 20:17

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 22 '16 at 20:23

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<li>abcd</li> isn't enough and <ul></ul> tags should also be included. You need to use <!DOCTYPE html><head></head><body>...</body></html> as proper and full HTML markup and concatenating $mail->Body.

$mail->Body     = "<!DOCTYPE html>"; // the first one does not contain the dot
$mail->Body    .= "<head></head>";
$mail->Body    .= "<title></title>";
$mail->Body    .= "<body>";
$mail->Body    .= "<ul>";
$mail->Body    .= "<li>abcd</li>";
$mail->Body    .= "</ul>";
$mail->Body    .= "</body>";
$mail->Body    .= "</html>";

You can also substitute <ul></ul> for <ol></ol> depending on the type you want to use.

answered Jan 22 '16 at 20:23

Funk Forty Niner

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Hey fred. Do you know what might be the reason that now that i am senind html message g mail do not show the message unless i press this icon '...' that gmail has in the message. The icon has 'hidden title' content is truncated – Iraklis Bekiaris Jan 22 '16 at 22:56
@IraklisBekiaris that's normal and could be of 1 of 2 reasons. 1) the message is too long, or you have a 2nd message of the same. – Funk Forty Niner Jan 22 '16 at 22:57
You forgot the opening tag – ekerner May 23 '18 at 20:03

PHPMailer won't send html message

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