Sending attachments with mail() function

[austin350s10]

I found the below code so I can attach a file to a email message, but there is a small problem I need some help with.  The script works beautifully except for the fact that when message is received the attached file does not contain a file extension.  I am able to open the attachment but I am receiving the windows dialog box that asks:  "Choose the program you want to open this file".  I intend on only using this script to attach HTML files so I am wondering if there is a way to make the file extension of the attachment read as .html?  That way when the user receives the attachment it will automatically open with there default browser. 

 

 

<?php  
$to = "[email protected]"; 
$from = "[email protected]"; 
$subject = "AHC"; 
$message = "hello world";
$fileatt = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/home-care-information/test.html";

$fileatt_type = "multipart/alternative"; //This is where the problem is I think

$fileatt_name = "Application";

$headers = "From: $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}\"";

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

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

	$message .= "--{$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"; 


$ok = @mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers); 

if ($ok) { echo "<p>Mail sent! Yay PHP!</p>"; } 
else { echo "<p>Mail could not be sent. Sorry!</p>"; } 

?>

[DavidAM]

I have not worked with this in a while, but I think the problem is in

 

$fileatt = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/home-care-information/test.html";
$fileatt_name = "Application";

# ...

$message .= "--{$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"; 

 

[i broke it up a little to make it easier to see]

 

Where you assign the "name=" and "filename=", you are giving it the value "Application", which does not have an extension. I think you want to put the actual filename here (without any path) as a "suggestion" of the name to save as. So, perhaps

 

$destFile = basename($fileatt);

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

 

[austin350s10]

Thank you sooo much.  That was the trick!!