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Is strip_tags necessary for phpmailer?

I'm using phpmailer with the following settings:

$mail->ContentType = 'text/plain'; 
$mail->IsHTML(false);
...
$mail->Body = $_POST['comments'];
$mail->Body = strip_tags($mail->Body);

I noticed strip_tags() cuts off the text if it hits a single greater than / less than sign (i.e if the user put in one of those characters legitimately).

Given that I have content type = 'text/plain' and ishtml = false, is it even necessary to have strip_tags() in there?

Solution

  • No, it is not neccesary. If you set $mail->isHTML(false) and you write HTML in the email, it is sent like text plain so it doesnt interpret it like HTML.

    For example I've just done this:

    $mail->ContentType = 'text/plain';
$mail->isHTML(false);
$mail->Subject = 'Your password';
$mail->Body = '<p>Your password is 123</p> <a href="www.google.com"> Go to google </a>';

    And the mail looks like this:

    <p>Your password is 123</p> <a href="wwww.google.com"> Go to google</a>