How can PHP be utilized to send form data via email and ensure proper formatting?

To send form data via email using PHP and ensure proper formatting, you can use the PHP `mail()` function to send the email with the form data as the message content. You can also use headers to set the email format as HTML to ensure proper formatting. Additionally, you can sanitize and validate the form data before sending it to prevent any malicious content or errors in the email. 

<?php
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
    $to = "recipient@example.com";
    $subject = "Form Submission";
    
    // Sanitize and validate form data
    $name = htmlspecialchars($_POST["name"]);
    $email = filter_var($_POST["email"], FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL);
    $message = htmlspecialchars($_POST["message"]);

    // Set email headers for proper formatting
    $headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0" . "\r\n";
    $headers .= "Content-type:text/html;charset=UTF-8" . "\r\n";
    $headers .= "From: " . $email . "\r\n";

    // Compose the email message with form data
    $email_message = "<html><body>";
    $email_message .= "<h1>New Form Submission</h1>";
    $email_message .= "<p>Name: " . $name . "</p>";
    $email_message .= "<p>Email: " . $email . "</p>";
    $email_message .= "<p>Message: " . $message . "</p>";
    $email_message .= "</body></html>";

    // Send the email
    mail($to, $subject, $email_message, $headers);

    echo "Email sent successfully!";
}
?>

Keywords

PHP form data email formatting validation

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