Form to send email attachment

[trillodigital]

Hi,

 

I've created a basic form which uploads a document to my server. How do I generate an email with the uploaded document as an attachment?

 

Here's the HTML:

 

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="form1.php" method="POST">

<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="100000" />

Choose a file to upload: <input name="uploadedfile" type="file" /><br />

<input type="submit" value="Upload File" />

</form>

 

 

Here's the PHP:

 

<?php

$target_path = "uploads/";

 

$target_path = $target_path . basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']);

 

if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name'], $target_path)) {

    echo "The file ".  basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']).

    " has been uploaded";

} else{

    echo "There was an error uploading the file, please try again!";

}

?>

 

Thanks in advance!

 

[Nodral]

Hi

 

Have a look at http://www.phpguru.org/downloads/Rmail/Rmail%20for%20PHP/

 

This is what I use for mailing with attachments.  It also makes setting up an HTML mail and all the mime stuff really easy.

 

Stu

[fatlog]

Hi,

 

Nodrals advice is probably best on this. This can be a little bit of a can of worms.

you have to deal with mime types, setting content type etc...

A few years back I used the following code which is by no means efficient or neat. but it works...

 

$emailAddress = $_POST['toAddress'];
$emailSubject = $_POST['toSubject'];
$emailBody = $_POST['toBody'];
$fromAddress = $_SESSION['email'];
$fromName = $_SESSION['firstName'];
$msg = '';

// end of line depends on system.
// only here in case we move servers to another OS
if (strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS,0,3)=='WIN'))
  $eol="\r\n";
elseif (strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS,0,3)=='MAC'))
  $eol="\r";
else $eol="\n";

# Common Headers
//$headers = 'To: $emailAddress';
$headers = '';
$headers .= 'From: '.$fromName.' <'.$fromAddress.'>'.$eol;
$headers .= 'Reply-To: '.$fromName.' <'.$fromAddress.'>'.$eol;
// these two to set reply address
$headers .= 'Return-Path: '.$fromName.' <'.$fromAddress.'>'.$eol;
//$headers .= "Message-ID: <".$now." TheSystem@".$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].">".$eol;
// These two to help avoid spam-filters
//$headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP v".phpversion().$eol;

# Boundry for marking the split & Multitype Headers
$mime_boundary = md5(time());
$headers .= 'MIME-Version: 1.0'.$eol;
$headers .= "Content-Type: multipart/related; ".
	"boundary=\"".$mime_boundary."\"".$eol;

# Attachment
$docLocation = '';
$docName = '';
// is there an attachment on the users machine?
if(isset($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name']))
{
	if(is_uploaded_file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name']))
	{
		// data passed in
		$fileName = $_FILES['userfile']['name'];
		// use relative path OR ELSE big headaches
		$filePath = $_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'];

		# File for Attachment
		$handle = fopen($filePath, 'rb');
		$fileContents = fread($handle, filesize($filePath));
		// Encode The Data For Transition using base64_encode();
		$fileContents = chunk_split(base64_encode($fileContents));
		$fileType = filetype($filePath);
		fclose($handle);

		$msg = "";
		$msg .= "--".$mime_boundary.$eol;
		// sometimes i have to send MS Word, use 'msword' instead of 'pdf'
		$msg .= "Content-Type: application/msword; ".
			"name=\"".$fileName."\"".$eol;
		$msg .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64".$eol;
		// !! This line needs TWO end of lines !! IMPORTANT !!
		$msg .= "Content-Disposition: attachment; ".
			"filename=\"".$fileName."\"".$eol.$eol;
		$msg .= $fileContents.$eol.$eol;

		// ###### move file to "Uploaded Files" folder ######
		$uploadDir = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].
			'/Projects/Uploaded/'.$_SESSION['userId'].'/';
		$docLocation = $uploadDir.basename($fileName);
		// create the users directory if it does not already exist
		if(!file_exists($uploadDir))
		{
			mkdir($uploadDir);
		}
		// move file
		if(!move_uploaded_file($filePath, $docLocation))
		{
			echo "You're attachment was sent. ".
				"However there was a problem moving the attachment.".
				"<br>Please contact 'projects@updatetech.ie'.<br>";
		}
		$docLocation = "http://dav.updatetechnology.ie/Uploaded/".
			$_SESSION['userId']."/".basename($fileName);
	}
}
// or an attachment on the server
else if(isset($_POST['attachment']))
{
	$docLocation = base64_decode($_POST['attachment']);
	$docName = base64_decode($_POST['docName']);

	# File for Attachment
	$handle = fopen($docLocation, 'rb');
	$fileContents = fread($handle, filesize($docLocation));
	// Encode The Data For Transition using base64_encode();
	$fileContents = chunk_split(base64_encode($fileContents));
	$fileType = filetype($docLocation);
	fclose($handle);

	$msg = "";
	$msg .= "--".$mime_boundary.$eol;
	// sometimes i have to send MS Word, use 'msword' instead of 'pdf'
	$msg .= "Content-Type: application/pdf; name=\"".$docName."\"".$eol;
	$msg .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64".$eol;
	// !! This line needs TWO end of lines !! IMPORTANT !!
	$msg .= "Content-Disposition: attachment; ".
		"filename=\"".$docName."\"".$eol.$eol;
	$msg .= $fileContents.$eol.$eol;

	$docLocation = base64_decode($_POST['urlAttachment']);
}

# Setup for text OR html
$msg .= '';
$msg .= "Content-Type: multipart/alternative".$eol;

# Text Version
date_default_timezone_set('GMT');
$msg .= "--".$mime_boundary.$eol;
$msg .= "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1".$eol;
$msg .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit".$eol;
$msg .= "This is a multi-part message in MIME format.".$eol;
$msg .= $emailBody.$eol.$eol.$eol;
$msg .= "Email sent on: ".date("d/m/y", time()).
	" at ".date("H:i:s", time()).$eol;
//$msg .= "If you are reading this, please update ".
//	"your email-reading-software.".$eol;
//$msg .= "+ + Text Only Email from Genius Jon + +".$eol.$eol;

# HTML Version
$body = '';
$msg .= "--".$mime_boundary.$eol;
$msg .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1".$eol;
$msg .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit".$eol;
$msg .= $body.$eol.$eol;

# Finished
// finish with two eol's for better security. see Injection.
$msg .= "--".$mime_boundary."--".$eol.$eol;

# SEND THE EMAIL
$success = mail($emailAddress, $emailSubject, $msg, $headers) or
	die('<br><h5>Mail not sent. Please Try Again</h5>');
if(!$success)
{
	die('<br><h5>Mail not sent. Please Try Again</h5>');
}