PHP Send UTF-8 mail without PEAR::Mail PEAR::Mail_Mime

Question

I would like to be able to send e-mails with PHP mail() containing the 8-bit characters åäö. They will be used in the subject, the message and in the \"From:\"-header. How c

Answer 1

$headers = array('From' => $from,
    'To' => "<$to>",
    'Subject' => $subject);

if ($is_html) {
    $headers['Content-type'] = "text/html; charset=UTF-8";
} else {
    $headers['Content-type'] = "text/plain; charset=UTF-8";
}

This works for me