sending email with pre determined attachment

[ckennerdale]

I have a form to email script which uses the mail() function

It successfulyy sends attachmentsi if the form has a 'file' element in which allows the user to select a file from their local hard drive.

what i would like to do is send an email with an attachmnet that I designate- ie like a virtual postcard.

I have sent the mail script the location of the file i want to attach both relative and absolute. But the attachment does not come thorough

does anyone have any expereince with this?

my code is below

<?



// * global variables received from a form or third party application via HTTP POST

global $mail_to, $mail_from, $mail_body_orig1, $mail_title, $file_name;


// * get time from server to give email unique id

$mail_boundary = md5(uniqid(time()));

//* mail header attributes including multipart email type and id


$mail_headers .= &quot;From: $mail_from \n&quot;;
$mail_headers .= &quot;MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n&quot;;
$mail_headers .= &quot;Content-type: multipart/mixed;&quot;;
$mail_headers .= &quot;boundary= \&quot;$mail_boundary\&quot;&quot;;
$mail_headers .= &quot;\r\n\r\n&quot;;

//* mail body attributes

$new_mail_body .= &quot;--$mail_boundary\n&quot;;
$new_mail_body .= &quot;Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii\r\n&quot;;
$new_mail_body .= &quot;Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit\r\n\r\n&quot;;
$new_mail_body .= $mail_body_orig1;
$new_mail_body .= &quot;\r\n&quot;;

// new 23/10/01
$new_mail_body .= $file_name;
$new_mail_body .= &quot;\r\n&quot;;
//

//* mail attachment attributes including MIME type


$new_mail_body .= &quot;--$mail_boundary\n&quot;;
$fp = fopen($file_name, &quot;r&quot;
$file = fread ($fp, filesize ($file_name));
$file = chunk_split(base64_encode($file));

$mime_type = $file_name_type;

$new_mail_body .= &quot;Content-type:$mime_type; name=\&quot;$file_name\&quot;\r\n&quot;;
$new_mail_body .= &quot;Content-transfer-encoding:base64\r\n\r\n&quot;;
$new_mail_body .= $file;
$new_mail_body .= &quot;\r\n\r\n&quot;;

$new_mail_body .= &quot;--$mail_boundary--&quot;;


//* convert variable if required for the mail() function and return

$mail_body = $new_mail_body;
$mail_subject = $mail_title;

return mail($mail_to , $mail_subject, $new_mail_body, $mail_headers);


?> Caspar Kennerdale
Senior Media Developer

http://www.thetuckshop.com

http://developer.thetuckshop.com

 

[Glowball]

I've been meaning to post this FAQ, this email script handles attachments and is very handy!

faq434-1203

 

[ckennerdale]

I actually solved the problem- the asset I was trying to attach (ie the one stored on a server) was not on the same server as the php script (this server did not have php nstalled or the appropriate permissions to to fopen.

So everything was actually working- I just need to move the assets to my server Caspar Kennerdale
Senior Media Developer

http://www.thetuckshop.com

http://developer.thetuckshop.com