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Q&A PHP variables aren't expanded when inside HTML which is by itself inside PHP

I transfer emails from my Right To Left (RTL) contact form → to my local email box (powered by Roundcube). Emails reach my email box (inbox) just fine but I have a problem were PHP variables aren'...

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PHP variables aren't expanded when inside HTML which is by itself inside PHP

I transfer emails from my Right To Left (RTL) contact form → to my local email box (powered by [Roundcube](https://roundcube.net/)).

Emails reach my email box (inbox) just fine but I have a problem were PHP variables aren't expanded inside the string of the `$message` variable so I get the literal variables instead their values sent via the form → although I have tried various ways to escape them as _PHP in HTML which is by itself in PHP_ (I might have made a mistake somewhere along the way).

## PHP code

```php
<?php
	$name = $_POST['name'];
	$email = $_POST['email'];
	$phone = $_POST['phone'];
	$topic = $_POST['topic'];
	$date = $_POST['date'];
	$time = $_POST['time'];
	$notes = $_POST['notes'];

	$to = 'example@example.com';

	$subject = 'הודעת אימייל חדשה מאת: ' . $name;
	
	$message = '
	<html>
		<body dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;">
			<b>שם: </b> $name <br>
			<b>אימייל: </b> $email <br>
			<b>טלפון: </b> $phone <br>
			<b>פנייה בנושא: </b> $topic <br>
			<b>יום רצוי לפגישה מרחוק (אם יש): </b> $date <br>
			<b>שעה רצויה לפגישה מרחוק (אם יש): </b> $time <br>
			<b>הערות (אם יש): </b> $notes <br>
		</body>
	</html>
	';

	$headers[] = 'MIME-Version: 1.0';
	$headers[] = 'Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8';

	mail($to, $subject, $message, implode("\r\n", $headers));
?>
```

## Current Output

<div dir="rtl" style="padding: 5px; background: #ddd">
<b>שם:</b> $name<br>
<b>אימייל:</b> $email<br>
<b>טלפון:</b> $phone<br>
<b>פנייה בנושא:</b> $topic<br>
<b>יום רצוי לפגישה מרחוק (אם יש):</b> $date<br>
<b>שעה רצויה לפגישה מרחוק (אם יש):</b> $time<br>
<b>הערות (אם יש):</b> $notes<br>
</div>

## Desired output:

<div dir="rtl" style="padding: 5px; background: #ddd">
<b>שם:</b> שם_רלוונטי<br>
<b>אימייל:</b> אימייל_רלוונטי<br>
<b>טלפון:</b> טלפון_רלוונטי<br>
<b>פנייה בנושא:</b> נושא_רלוונטי<br>
<b>יום רצוי לפגישה מרחוק (אם יש):</b> SOME_DATE<br>
<b>שעה רצויה לפגישה מרחוק (אם יש):</b> SOME_HOUR_AND_MINUTE<br>
<b>הערות (אם יש):</b> הערה_רלוונטית<br>
</div>


## My question

As a non PHP programmer I ask how would you suggest to solve that problem?

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