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sanjivsen
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PHP mail with attachment

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Hi I am new to php, I have contact form with attachment. I want to use phpmailer. I read all files but I dont understand. Please some body help me.
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Benjamin
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Re: PHP mail with attachment

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:arrow: Moved to PHP - Code
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requinix
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Re: PHP mail with attachment

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It'll be easier to do your work for you if you post whatever code you have so far.
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swhistlesoft
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Re: PHP mail with attachment

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To send an email with attachment youneed to use the multipart/mixed MIME type that specifies that mixed types will be included in the email. Moreover, you want to use multipart/alternative MIME type to send both plain-text and HTML version of the email. Have a look at the example:

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<?php
//define the receiver of the email
$to = 'youraddress@example.com';
//define the subject of the email
$subject = 'Test email with attachment';
//create a boundary string. It must be unique
//so we use the MD5 algorithm to generate a random hash
$random_hash = md5(date('r', time()));
//define the headers we want passed. Note that they are separated with \r\n
$headers = "From: webmaster@example.com\r\nReply-To: webmaster@example.com";
//add boundary string and mime type specification
$headers .= "\r\nContent-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=\"PHP-mixed-".$random_hash."\"";
//read the atachment file contents into a string,
//encode it with MIME base64,
//and split it into smaller chunks
$attachment = chunk_split(base64_encode(file_get_contents('attachment.zip')));
//define the body of the message.
ob_start(); //Turn on output buffering
?>
--PHP-mixed-<?php echo $random_hash; ?> 
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="PHP-alt-<?php echo $random_hash; ?>"
 
--PHP-alt-<?php echo $random_hash; ?> 
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
 
Hello World!!!
This is simple text email message.
 
--PHP-alt-<?php echo $random_hash; ?> 
Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
 
<h2>Hello World!</h2>
<p>This is something with <b>HTML</b> formatting.</p>
 
--PHP-alt-<?php echo $random_hash; ?>--
 
--PHP-mixed-<?php echo $random_hash; ?> 
Content-Type: application/zip; name="attachment.zip" 
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 
Content-Disposition: attachment 
 
<?php echo $attachment; ?>
--PHP-mixed-<?php echo $random_hash; ?>--
 
<?php
//copy current buffer contents into $message variable and delete current output buffer
$message = ob_get_clean();
//send the email
$mail_sent = @mail( $to, $subject, $message, $headers );
//if the message is sent successfully print "Mail sent". Otherwise print "Mail failed"
echo $mail_sent ? "Mail sent" : "Mail failed";
?>
Let me know if you still need anything clarified.
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