PHPMailer & Dompdf Attachment Issues

Question

I cannot seem to get attachments to send through PHPMailer. Here is what I have for the code to send the email :

REVISED Automailer Content:

if(isset($_POST['type']) && $_POST['type'] == 'sendEmail' ){
    require_once 'phpMail/PHPMailerAutoload.php';
    $email = $_POST['email'];
    $uuid = $_POST['uuid'];
    $file_content = file_get_contents(BASE_PATH.'email.php?uuid='.$uuid);
    $pdf_content = file_get_contents(BASE_PATH.'pdf.php?uuid='.$uuid);
    $mail = new PHPMailer;
    $mail->From = ADMIN_EMAIL;
    $mail->FromName = SENDER_NAME;
    $mail->addAddress( $email );               // Name is optional
    $mail->addReplyTo(REPLY_EMAIL, 'Reply Mail');
    $mail->isHTML(true);                                  // Set email format to HTML
    $mail->Subject = 'Email From '.User;
    $mail->Body    = $file_content;
    $mail->AltBody = 'This is the body in plain text for non-HTML mail clients';
    $mail->AddStringAttachment($output, attach.pdf);
    if(!$mail->send()) {
        echo 'Message could not be sent.';
        echo 'Mailer Error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
    } else {
        echo "true";
    }

    exit;
}

REVISED Dompdf Code(pdf.php)

    $html .= //Content Here
$dompdf = new DOMPDF();
$dompdf->load_html($html);
$dompdf->render();
$canvas = $dompdf->get_canvas();
$canvas->page_script('
  if ($PAGE_NUM > 1) {
    $font = Font_Metrics::get_font("helvetica", "bold");
    $current_page = $PAGE_NUM-1;
    $total_pages = $PAGE_COUNT-1;
    $pdf->text(522, 770, "Page: $current_page of $total_pages", $font, 10, array(0,0,0));
  }
');
$output = $dompdf->output();
file_put_contents('Attachment.pdf', $output);

If I remove the code concerning the attachment, the email sends just fine(with email.php in the body). Attachments, however refuse to work...

Well did you save the file on your server before sending it with phpmailer? — Naruto, Mar 29 '16 at 14:30
@Naruto First of all, cool name ;D. Second, I did not want to save the file to the server if I did not have to, If I have to, I want it to only to save to a temporary file, Third, I am pretty fresh to PHPAutoMailer, and am not sure of how to do that :D Best comment would be that I would go with whatever is the best practice, even if it meant I had to save to server. — Steven, Mar 29 '16 at 14:33
`$dompdf->stream()` method is used to open a download dialog on the user browser. So you can't use it for an attachment. Use Naruto method below. — ThinkTank, Mar 29 '16 at 14:34
Well just save it to the server, mail it, and then remove it from the server? I think (not 100% sure), that the file needs to exists before you can mail it. And thx :) — Naruto, Mar 29 '16 at 14:35
@Naruto Pretend that I am a gorilla(or something). Is there a guide/tutorial/anything online that will show me how to save it to the server, and then retrieve it using phpmailer? — Steven, Mar 29 '16 at 14:42
yeah.. It's called google... http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8720897/how-to-save-dompdf-generated-content-to-file — Naruto, Mar 29 '16 at 14:44
@Naruto Ok, that looks simple enough, however, the file that I will be saving will be dynamically generated each and every time.... How would I point to that file in that scenario? — Steven, Mar 29 '16 at 14:46

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 30 '16 at 20:52

Working Code :

Server Code :

if(isset($_POST['type']) && $_POST['type'] == 'sendEmail' ){
    require_once 'phpMail/PHPMailerAutoload.php';
    $email = $_POST['email'];
    $uuid = $_POST['uuid'];
    $file_content = file_get_contents(BASE_PATH.'email.php?uuid='.$uuid);
    $pdf_content = file_get_contents(BASE_PATH.'pdfemail.php?uuid='.$uuid);
    $mail = new PHPMailer;
    $mail->From = ADMIN_EMAIL;
    $mail->FromName = SENDER_NAME;
    $mail->addAddress( $email );               // Name is optional
    $mail->addReplyTo(REPLY_EMAIL, 'Reply Mail');
    $mail->isHTML(true);                                  // Set email format to HTML
    $mail->Subject = 'Project From '.COMPANY_NAME;
    $mail->Body    = $file_content;
    $mail->AltBody = 'This is the body in plain text for non-HTML mail clients';
    $mail->AddAttachment('./attachments/attach.pdf', "Attachment.pdf");
    if(!$mail->send()) {
        echo 'Message could not be sent.';
        echo 'Mailer Error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
    } else {
        echo "true";
    }

    exit;
}

Dompdf File :

$dompdf = new DOMPDF();
$dompdf->load_html($html);
$dompdf->render();
$canvas = $dompdf->get_canvas();
$canvas->page_script('
  if ($PAGE_NUM > 1) {
    $font = Font_Metrics::get_font("helvetica", "bold");
    $current_page = $PAGE_NUM-1;
    $total_pages = $PAGE_COUNT-1;
    $pdf->text(522, 770, "Page: $current_page of $total_pages", $font, 10, array(0,0,0));
  }
');
$output = $dompdf->output();
$file_to_save = './attachments/attach.pdf';
file_put_contents($file_to_save, $output);

PHPMailer & Dompdf Attachment Issues

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