phpmailerHow can I send a UTF-8 encoded email using PHPMailer?

Sending a UTF-8 encoded email using PHPMailer is easy. First, you need to create a new instance of the PHPMailer class:

$mail = new PHPMailer;

Then, you need to set the encoding to UTF-8:

$mail->CharSet = 'UTF-8';

You can then set the other parameters, such as the sender and recipient address, subject and body of the email:

$mail->setFrom('[email protected]', 'Sender Name');
$mail->addAddress('[email protected]', 'Recipient Name');
$mail->Subject = 'UTF-8 encoded email';
$mail->Body = 'This is a UTF-8 encoded email.';

Finally, you can send the email:

if(!$mail->send()) {
    echo 'Message could not be sent.';
    echo 'Mailer Error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
    echo 'Message has been sent';
}

Output example

Message has been sent

Code parts explanation

• $mail = new PHPMailer; - creates a new instance of the PHPMailer class.
• $mail->CharSet = 'UTF-8'; - sets the encoding to UTF-8.
• $mail->setFrom('[email protected]', 'Sender Name'); - sets the sender address and name.
• $mail->addAddress('[email protected]', 'Recipient Name'); - sets the recipient address and name.
• $mail->Subject = 'UTF-8 encoded email'; - sets the email subject.
• $mail->Body = 'This is a UTF-8 encoded email.'; - sets the email body.
• if(!$mail->send()) { - checks if the email was sent successfully.
• echo 'Message could not be sent.'; - prints an error message if the email was not sent.
• echo 'Mailer Error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo; - prints the error message.
• echo 'Message has been sent'; - prints a success message if the email was sent successfully.

Relevant links

• PHPMailer Documentation

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