php to send email attachments

[gilk9]

Hi,

The following code is part of code that works when I plug the actual filename say,  howtodoit.zip , into the two positions highlighted in red.

Instead of the actual filename I want to use a variable containing that filename say,  $filename.

Can you show me how this is achieved.

Thanks,

D

 

$attachment = chunk_split(base64_encode(file_get_contents('howtodoit.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

 

You have an attachment

--PHP-alt-<?php echo $random_hash; ?>

Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

 

<h2>Hello </h2>

<p>You have an attachment! <b>HTML</b>See Attachment</p>

 

--PHP-alt-<?php echo $random_hash; ?>--

 

--PHP-mixed-<?php echo $random_hash; ?>

Content-Type: application/zip; name= "howtodoit.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";

 

}

//end code for sending zipfile by attachment 

[oni-kun]

If you're not understanding how to do the most basics of PHP, I'd recommend you look up some tutorials and understand what that code is before you implement it. There are a variety of resources that could show you how to do so, without you having to do it yourself. As for your problem, replace 'howtodoit.zip' (including quotes) with $filename, make sure there are no quotes around the variable.

 

Of course you have an empty variable now, so at the top somewhere in your script, you can write

$filename = 'randomname.zip';

 

Or to call from url:

 

$filename = $_GET['file']; or similar.

[gilk9]

Thank you for your time.  I do understand the most basics of PHP. I only  ask for help when the most basics dont work for me.

As mentioned b4, if i plug a valid filename in manually in BOTH the RED-marked spaces the code works and the attachment is delivered and uncorrupted.

BUT when I plug in a variable containing a valid filename (residing in the same directory as the code) (and according to your instructions)  I get  the MAIL SENT message but it isnt sent...and I get another message  that it has been saved as dead.letter in a directory which godaddy does not allow access to.

 

To ensure that a valid filename is contained in the variable I have echoed it successfully.

For some reason the coding you suggest and I had already tried, does not do what we both thought it would.

Thanks in anticipation

David