HTML form handling

Hi, I am trying to send the results of a form to my email account and am having difficulty carrying the form variable through if I use an html mime type. Basically, if I send the form using a plain text format, the form results are sucessfully copied to the email, however, if I change to mime type to HTML (becuase I want to include a company logo and make the form a little easier to read by using tabulation and bold text), I only seem to get the HTML, not the php variables that carry the from info. Below is an example of the script for the body of the email, which I am then sending using the mail() function: $body = <html> <body> <table width="85%" border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td width=50%>Applicant 1 Forename:</td> <td> <? $App_1_Forename; ?></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Applicant 1 Surname:</td> <td> <? $App_1_Surname; ?></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Applicant 2 Forename:</td> <td> <? echo $App_2_Forename; ?></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Applicant 2 Surname: </td> <td> <? echo $App_2_Surname; ?></td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>; thanks in advance for any suggestions, Chris