I am confused about emailing ADF/XML files.

[imgrooot]

This is my first time working with ADF. I've been researching and found this link. 

http://adfxml.info/adf_spec.pdf

Apprantly ADF uses XML to format data. 

So say I have a car dealer that wants to receive leads in ADF format like this example. How do I go on about emailing this as an attachment? If I am using a PHPmailer, it requires a physical file to attach. So how do I save the bottom xml info as an attachment? Which file extension do I use?

<?ADF VERSION "1.0"?>
<?XML VERSION “1.0”?>
<adf>
<prospect>
<requestdate>2000-03-30T15:30:20-08:00</requestdate>
<vehicle>
<year>1999</year>
<make>Chevrolet</make>
<model>Blazer</model>
</vehicle>
<customer>
 <contact>
 <name part="full">John Doe</name>
 <phone>393-999-3922</phone>
 </contact>
 </customer>
<vendor>
 <contact>
 <name part="full">Acura of Bellevue</name>
 </contact>
</vendor>
</prospect>
</adf>

 

[chhorn]

I bet the mailer won't care about any file extension, just use the one you expect it to be when the client opens the mail, at least then it would be a file anyway.

[Barand]

If you currently have that data in a string variable only, then file_put_contents()

[kicken]

7 hours ago, imgrooot said:

If I am using a PHPmailer, it requires a physical file

No, it doesn't.

addStringAttachment

$mailer->addStringAttachment($adfData, 'lead.adf');