[SOLVED] PDF Email Attachment working fine but message doesn't send.

[webmaster1]

Hi All,

 

I'm using a basic chunk of code to send an email with an attached PDF file.

 

The problem is email message isn't being sent.

 

<?php 
$fileatt = "cat_scan.pdf"; // Path to the file 
$fileatt_type = "application/octet-stream"; // File Type 
$fileatt_name = "cat_scan.pdf"; // Filename that will be used for the file as the attachment 

$email_from = "test@email.com"; // Who the email is from 
$email_subject = "Test subject"; // The Subject of the email 
$email_txt = "This is a test email."; // Message that the email has in it 

$email_to = "someone@hotmail.com"; // Who the email is too 

$headers = "From: ".$email_from; 

$file = fopen($fileatt,'rb'); 
$data = fread($file,filesize($fileatt)); 
fclose($file); 

$semi_rand = md5(time()); 
$mime_boundary = "==Multipart_Boundary_x{$semi_rand}x"; 

$headers .= "\nMIME-Version: 1.0\n" . 
"Content-Type: multipart/mixed;\n" . 
" boundary=\"{$mime_boundary}\""; 

$email_message .= "This is a multi-part message in MIME format.\n\n" . 
"--{$mime_boundary}\n" . 
"Content-Type:text/html; charset=\"iso-8859-1\"\n" . 
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit\n\n" . 
$email_message . "\n\n"; 

$data = chunk_split(base64_encode($data)); 

$email_message .= "--{$mime_boundary}\n" . 
"Content-Type: {$fileatt_type};\n" . 
" name=\"{$fileatt_name}\"\n" . 
//"Content-Disposition: attachment;\n" . 
//" filename=\"{$fileatt_name}\"\n" . 
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n\n" . 
$data . "\n\n" . 
"--{$mime_boundary}--\n"; 

$ok = @mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers); 

if($ok) { 
echo "<font face=verdana size=2>The file was successfully sent!</font>"; 
} else { 
die("Sorry but the email could not be sent. Please go back and try again!"); 
} 
?>

 

Can anybody spot whats causing the problem? I can't see where $email_txt is being called on again.

 

 

[gevans]

First of all cahnge this;

 

$ok = @mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers);

 

to this

 

$ok = mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers);

 

and see what error you get back

[webmaster1]

I've removed the @ symbol though it hasn't made a difference.

[gevans]

So you just get

 

Sorry but the email could not be sent. Please go back and try again!

 

on the screen?

[webmaster1]

Nope. It sends fine. "The file was succesfully sent"

 

Everything sends except for the desired message of the email.

 

I can't tell whether it comes from $email_txt or $email_message but I can confirm that neither are sending.

 

 

[gevans]

Ok change this

 

$ok = @mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers);

 

to this;

 

<?php
echo '1: '.$email_to.'<br />';
echo '2: '.$email_subject.'<br />';
echo '3: '.$email_message.'<br />';
echo '4: '.$headers.'<br />';
exit();
$ok = @mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers);
?>

 

And post what's printed on the screen

[webmaster1]

Its longwinded:

 

1: rexusdiablos@hotmail.com
2: Test subject
3: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --==Multipart_Boundary_xc2c0dcfd268b95472ca3f644ca7b73e9x Content-Type:text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --==Multipart_Boundary_xc2c0dcfd268b95472ca3f644ca7b73e9x Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="cat_scan.pdf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 JVBERi0xLjQNJeLjz9MNCjQgMCBvYmogPDwvTGluZWFyaXplZCAxL0wgMTM4MjcyL08gNi9FIDc5 MTE0L04gMS9UIDEzODE1MS9IIFsgNjM2IDE1Nl0+Pg1lbmRvYmoNICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAg IA14cmVmDTQgMTcNMDAwMDAwMDAxNiAwMDAwMCBuDQowMDAwMDAwNzkyIDAwMDAwIG4NCjAwMDAw MDA4NTEgMDAwMDAgbg0KMDAwMDAwMTM2MCAwMDAwMCBuDQowMDAwMDAxNjgyIDAwMDAwIG4NCjAw MDAwMDI3NDIgMDAwMDAgbg0KMDAwMDAwMzcxMiAwMDAwMCBuDQowMDAwMDA0NjQ0IDAwMDAwIG4N 

[i'VE EDITED OUT A COUPLE OF HUNDRED LINES HERE BECAUSE IT WAS EXCEEDING THE CHARACHTER LIMIT TO POST]

NScwMCcpL1RpdGxlKGNhdF9zY2FuKT4+DWVuZG9iag14cmVmDTAgNA0wMDAwMDAwMDAwIDY1NTM1 IGYNCjAwMDAwNzkxMTQgMDAwMDAgbg0KMDAwMDA3OTE2NCAwMDAwMCBuDQowMDAwMTM3OTczIDAw MDAwIG4NCnRyYWlsZXINPDwvU2l6ZSA0Pj4Nc3RhcnR4cmVmDTExNg0lJUVPRg0= --==Multipart_Boundary_xc2c0dcfd268b95472ca3f644ca7b73e9x-- 
4: From: someone@email.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="==Multipart_Boundary_xc2c0dcfd268b95472ca3f644ca7b73e9x"

[gevans]

try this

 

<?php 
$fileatt = "cat_scan.pdf"; // Path to the file 
$fileatt_type = "application/octet-stream"; // File Type 
$fileatt_name = "cat_scan.pdf"; // Filename that will be used for the file as the attachment 

$email_from = "test@email.com"; // Who the email is from 
$email_subject = "Test subject"; // The Subject of the email 
$email_txt = "This is a test email."; // Message that the email has in it 

$email_to = "someone@hotmail.com"; // Who the email is too 

$headers = "From: ".$email_from; 

$file = fopen($fileatt,'rb'); 
$data = fread($file,filesize($fileatt)); 
fclose($file); 

$semi_rand = md5(time()); 
$mime_boundary = "==Multipart_Boundary_x{$semi_rand}x"; 

$headers .= "\nMIME-Version: 1.0\n" . 
"Content-Type: multipart/mixed;\n" . 
" boundary=\"{$mime_boundary}\""; 

$email_message .= "This is a multi-part message in MIME format.\n\n" . 
"--{$mime_boundary}\n" . 
"Content-Type:text/html; charset=\"iso-8859-1\"\n" . 
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit\n\n" . 
$email_message . "\n\n"; 

$data = chunk_split(base64_encode($data)); 

$email_message .= "--{$mime_boundary}\n" . 
"Content-Type: {$fileatt_type};\n" . 
" name=\"{$fileatt_name}\"\n" . 
//"Content-Disposition: attachment;\n" . 
//" filename=\"{$fileatt_name}\"\n" . 
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n\n" . 
$data . "\n\n" . 
"--{$mime_boundary}--\n" . $email_txt; 

$ok = @mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers); 

if($ok) { 
echo "<font face=verdana size=2>The file was successfully sent!</font>"; 
} else { 
die("Sorry but the email could not be sent. Please go back and try again!"); 
} 
?>

[webmaster1]

Same result. Whats did you try?

[gevans]

I tried adding the message to the $email_message variable.

 

I'm sorry this isn't one of my strong points, but check out this tutorial, maybe it can help you

 

tutorial

[webmaster1]

No worries Gevans. I'll try this and a few other scripts.

 

I'll leave this open in case anyone can spot whats wrong with the code I submitted in the first post.

[webmaster1]

That worked perfectly with very little modification required.

 

Thanks G.

 

<?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"; 
?>