Php send attachment with name in greek

Question

I am using php mail function to send an email with a pdf attachment, but its name which is written in greek does not show correctly. I have tried many different things but nothing worked.

require_once "/usr/share/pear/Mail.php";
require_once "/usr/share/pear/Mail/mime.php";
$filename= "ΤΠΥ ΗΛ ΚΛΠ greek chars.pdf";

$mailBody = 'lorem ipsum blah blah';

$from = 'test@test.gr';
$to = 'test2@test2.gr';

//email settings from database (it is working correctly)
$smtp = Mail::factory('smtp',array ('host' => $emailSettings['host'],'port'=> $emailSettings['port'],'auth' => $auth,'username' => $emailSettings['username'],'password' => $emailSettings['password']));

$hdrs = array ('From' => $from,
                'To' => $to,
              'Subject' => $emailMessages['subject'],
             'Content-Type'  => 'text/html; charset=UTF-8');
$mime_params = array(
  'text_encoding' => '7bit',
  'text_charset'  => 'utf-8',
  'html_charset'  => 'utf-8',
  'head_charset'  => 'utf-8'
);        
$mime = new Mail_mime();          
$mime->setHTMLBody($mailBody);
$mime->addAttachment($filename, 'application/pdf');

$body = $mime->get($mime_params);
$hdrs = $mime->headers($hdrs);
$mail = $smtp->send($to, $hdrs, $body);

The result I get is Î¤Î%c2 greek chars.pdf. Could anyone figure out what is wrong

Possible duplicate of [PHP MySQL Greek letters showing like ???? marks](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11806319/php-mysql-greek-letters-showing-like-marks) — Script47, Jun 18 '18 at 14:45
Where do you use $filename? Are $filename and $file the same? Is $filename hardcoded or you get it from the database? — Zhorov, Jun 18 '18 at 14:58

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 18 '18 at 15:00

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As per Mail_Mime::addAttachment() documentation, you may specify the encoding of the attachment's name.

https://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.mail.mail-mime.addattachment.php

So, you can modify your addAttachement function as:

$mime->addAttachment($file, 'application/pdf', $filename, true, 'base64', 'attachment', '', '', '', 'utf-8');

answered Jun 18 '18 at 15:00

Pubudu Jayawardana

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Yes I used this in my code and it worked: $mime->addAttachment($file, 'application/pdf', $filename, true, 'base64', 'attachment', 'utf-8', '', '', ''); Thanks – John Padiou Jun 19 '18 at 07:31
@JohnPadiou Glad to help you :) – Pubudu Jayawardana Jun 19 '18 at 07:33

Php send attachment with name in greek

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