German mutated vowels (ö,ä,ü, etc) are not displayed correctly in the emails, sent over a html/php contact-form even the the UTF-8 declaration is set.
PHP file:
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"; charset="utf-8" />
<?php
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$from = 'From: Website';
$to = 'xxx@gmx.de';
$subject = 'Hi there';
$human = $_POST['human'];
$body = "From: $name
E-Mail: $email
Message:
$message";
if ($_POST['submit']) {
if ($name != '' && $email != '')
In the html file the utf declaration is set as well:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
The special characters looks like this "ü"
For php you need to use the header function to make sure that the HTTP header is set to UTF-8.
Try this link.
In a nutshell:
header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8');
Call this before any data is sent (right after your require and import statements).