[SOLVED] attaching .pdf files

[wmguk]

Hey,

 

I've got a mail script that attaches a PDF with the order...

 

<?php
$name = $_GET['company'];
$email = $_GET['email'];
$order_id = $_GET['id'];

//define the receiver of the email 
$to = '[email protected]'; 
//define the subject of the email 
$subject = 'Online Order'; 
//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 
$headers = "From: " . "$name" . "<" . "$email" . ">"; 
//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
$attachment = chunk_split(base64_encode(file_get_contents('$order_id.pdf'))); 
//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="<?php echo $order_id; ?>.pdf"  
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"; 
?> 

 

I get "mail sent" on the page and I receive the email with the pdf attachment, however its corrupted when it gets to me...

 

I think it is this line:

 

$attachment = chunk_split(base64_encode(file_get_contents('$order_id.pdf')));

 

I think its that because i think im setting the attachment to $order_id.pdf and not 14.pdf

 

if i set it to 14.pdf it works...

 

 

Any thoughts on what is stopping this working?

[kittrellbj]

The single-quotes might be the culprit.  Try $pdf = $order_id . ".pdf"; before the statement and then $pdf (without quotes) where you have '$order_id.pdf'.

[wmguk]

excellent!!!!

 

thank you