Email HTML form as PDF

I've spent 10+ hours researching this, and still can't come
up with a good solution.
Q: What's the BEST WAY to translate/convert/import/export
from an HTML form input (PHP processor; i.e. text file) to either
an HTML email or a PDF email?
Online Application
HELP!

You cannot do a form in an HTML email that will be filled out
in the email
body and submitted. The best you can do is to email a PDF
that gets
printed, or email a link to the webpage.
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> It needs to LOOK like a form - rather than a list of
input data.
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> This is a new task for me, so I'm just looking for the
simplest (and least
> expensive) solution. What server side script generates
an HTML email?
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