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Multiple attachments for MIME email

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 6:06 pm
by jroodman
I have a form mail script that allows me to include a MIME attachment, however, I want to be able to include multiple attachments. I think this can be accomplished using either an array or a loop, however, I'm clueless as to how to accomplish this. I have included the form code and the relevant form mail code. Can anyone please help??

Thanks

<input type="file" name="attachment">
<input type="file" name="attachment2">
<input type="file" name="attachment3">

function mail_it($content, $subject, $email, $recipient) {
global $attachment_chunk, $attachment_name, $attachment_type, $attachment_sent, $bcc;

$ob = "----=_OuterBoundary_000";
$ib = "----=_InnerBoundery_001";

$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$headers .= "From: ".$email."\n";
$headers .= "To: ".$recipient."\n";
$headers .= "Reply-To: ".$email."\n";
if ($bcc) $headers .= "Bcc: ".$bcc."\n";
$headers .= "X-Priority: 1\n";
$headers .= "X-Mailer: DT Formmail".VERSION."\n";
$headers .= "Content-Type: multipart/mixed;\n\tboundary=\"".$ob."\"\n";


$message = "This is a multi-part message in MIME format.\n";
$message .= "\n--".$ob."\n";
$message .= "Content-Type: multipart/alternative;\n\tboundary=\"".$ib."\"\n\n";
$message .= "\n--".$ib."\n";
$message .= "Content-Type: text/plain;\n\tcharset=\"iso-8859-1\"\n";
$message .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable\n\n";
$message .= $content."\n\n";
$message .= "\n--".$ib."--\n";
if ($attachment_name && !$attachment_sent) {
$message .= "\n--".$ob."\n";
$message .= "Content-Type: $attachment_type;\n\tname=\"".$attachment_name."\"\n";
$message .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n";
$message .= "Content-Disposition: attachment;\n\tfilename=\"".$attachment_name."\"\n\n";
$message .= $attachment_chunk;
$message .= "\n\n";
$attachment_sent = 1;
}
$message .= "\n--".$ob."--\n";

mail($recipient, $subject, $message, $headers);

// prepare the content
$content = parse_form($HTTP_POST_VARS, $sort);

// check for an attachment if there is a file upload it
if ($attachment_name) {
if ($attachment_size > 0) {
if (!$attachment_type) $attachment_type = "application/unknown";
$content .= "Attached File: ".$attachment_name."\n";
$fp = fopen($attachment, "r");
$attachment_chunk = fread($fp, filesize($attachment));
$attachment_chunk = base64_encode($attachment_chunk);
$attachment_chunk = chunk_split($attachment_chunk);

Re: Multiple attachments for MIME email

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 7:06 pm
by Chris Corbyn
Don't try generating the attachments yourself. A more scalable solution:

http://swiftmailer.org/

Re: Multiple attachments for MIME email

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 5:19 pm
by jroodman
I'm happy with the form mailer that I am using right now, I just want to extend the capabilities so I am still looking for a little help with multiple attachments. Thanks