This CODE!!

[RON_ron]

I'm not a PHP guy. Please explain what doses this piece of code mean. I'm trying to figureout how to send an attachment by generating a PDF in PHP.

 

$pdfdoc = $pdf->Output("", "S"); // what's this?

$attachment = chunk_split(base64_encode($pdfdoc)); //what's this?

 

[trq]

Without knowing what the $pdf object is we really can't help much (its a 3rd party library of some sort).

[RON_ron]

Thanks for your reply!

 

How do I write the code to a server side script get an image?

[Gayner]

Thanks for your reply!

 

How do I write the code to a server side script get an image?

 

LOL Bro u need to show us ur whole code.

[RON_ron]

<?php
require("/fpd/fpdf.php");
$pdf = new FPDF();
$pdf->AddPage();
$pdf->SetFont("Arial","B",14);
$pdf->Cell(40,10, "this is a <strong class="highlight">pdf</strong> example");
$to = "abc@gmail.com"; 
$from = "BBQ"; 
$subject = "<strong class="highlight">send</strong> <strong class="highlight">email</strong> with <strong class="highlight">pdf</strong> attachment"; 
$message = "<p>Please see the attachment.</p>";
$separator = md5(time());
$eol = PHP_EOL;
$filename = "example.pdf";
$pdfdoc = $pdf->Output("", "S");
$attachment = chunk_split(base64_encode($pdfdoc));
$headers  = "From: ".$from.$eol;
$headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0".$eol; 
$headers .= "Content-Type: multipart/mixed; 
boundary=\"".$separator."\"".$eol.$eol; 
$headers .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit".$eol;
$headers .= "This is a MIME encoded message.".$eol.$eol;
$headers .= "--".$separator.$eol;
$headers .= "Content-Type: application/octet-stream; 
name=\"".$filename."\"".$eol; 
$headers .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64".$eol;
$headers .= "Content-Disposition: attachment".$eol.$eol;
$headers .= $attachment.$eol.$eol;
$headers .= "--".$separator."--";
mail($to, $subject, "", $headers);
mail($to, $subject, "", $headers);
?>

[Prismatic]

As per fpdf.org

 

Output

string Output([string name, string dest])

 

Description

 

Send the document to a given destination: browser, file or string. In the case of browser, the plug-in may be used (if present) or a download ("Save as" dialog box) may be forced.

The method first calls Close() if necessary to terminate the document.

Parameters

 

name

The name of the file. If not specified, the document will be sent to the browser (destination I) with the name doc.pdf.

dest

Destination where to send the document. It can take one of the following values:

I: send the file inline to the browser. The plug-in is used if available. The name given by name is used when one selects the "Save as" option on the link generating the PDF.

D: send to the browser and force a file download with the name given by name.

F: save to a local file with the name given by name (may include a path).

S: return the document as a string. name is ignored.