what do i need to modify to send attachments with my phpmailer form?

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i have a working phpmailer contact form on my website, now i want to be able to attach files to the mail and be able to send it but i dont know how to POST the data.

this is the script on my html

  $(document).ready(function (e){
      $("#contactForm").on('submit',(function(e){
          e.preventDefault();
          $('#boton').hide();
          $('#loader-icon').show();
          $.ajax({
              url: "curriculum.php",
              type: "POST",
              dataType:'json',
              data: {
                  "nombre":$('input[name="nombre"]').val(),
                  "fecha":$('input[name="fecha"]').val(),
                  "correo":$('input[name="correo"]').val(),
                  "ocupacion":$('input[name="ocupacion"]').val(),
                  "domicilio":$('input[name="domicilio"]').val(),
                  "telefono":$('input[name="telefono"]').val(),
                  "nacionalidad":$('input[name="nacionalidad"]').val(),
                  "salario":$('input[name="salario"]').val(),
                  "mensaje":$('input[name="mensaje"]').val()},              
              success: function(response){  
                      alert(response.text);
              },
              error: function(){
                alert(response.text);
              } 
          });
      }));
  });

with this script i feed this next php and my emails are sent right now i have manually set the attachment for the mail but obviously i want to remove that line and be able to upload ht file from the web site

<?php
  use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer;
  use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\Exception;

  require 'phpmailer/Exception.php';
  require 'phpmailer/PHPMailer.php';
  require 'phpmailer/SMTP.php';


  $mail = new PHPMailer(true); // Passing `true` enables exceptions
  try {
  //Server settings
  $mail->isSMTP();           // Set mailer to   use SMTP
  $mail->Host = '****'; // Specify main and backup SMTP servers
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;                               // Enable SMTP authentication
$mail->Username = '****';                 // SMTP username
$mail->Password = '****';                           // SMTP password
$mail->SMTPSecure = '****';                            // Enable TLS encryption, `ssl` also accepted
$mail->Port = ****;                                    // TCP port to connect to

//Recipients
$mail->setFrom('noreply@nautilusagency.com');
$mail->addAddress('ontiverosmtz.alberto@gmail.com');

$user_name      = filter_var($_POST["nombre"], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
$user_fecha     = filter_var($_POST["fecha"], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
$user_email     = filter_var($_POST["correo"], FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL);
$user_ocupacion     = filter_var($_POST["ocupacion"], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
$user_domicilio      = filter_var($_POST["domicilio"], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
$user_telefono     = filter_var($_POST["telefono"], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
$user_nacionalidad      = filter_var($_POST["nacionalidad"], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
$user_salario     = filter_var($_POST["salario"], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
$content   = filter_var($_POST["mensaje"], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
$mail->addAttachment('assets/pagina.zip');
//Content

$mail->isHTML(true);                                  // Set email format to HTML
$mail->Subject = utf8_decode($subject);
$mail->Body    = utf8_decode("<style>
body {background: linear-gradient(141deg, #ffffff 0%, #080708a1 51%,                           #000000 75%);}
.contenido
{
color: #428bca;
font-family: serif;
}
.msj1
{
color: #428bca;
}
.empresa
{
color: black;
}
</style>

<body>
<h3 class=msj1> Nombre: $user_name <br> </h3>
<h3 class=msj1> Fecha: $user_fecha <br> </h3>
<h3 class=msj1> Correo: $user_email <br> </h3>
<h3 class=msj1> Ocupacion: $user_ocupacion <br> </h3>
<h3 class=msj1> Domicilio: $user_domicilio <br> </h3>
<h3 class=msj1> Telefono: $user_telefono <br> </h3>
<h3 class=msj1> Nacionalidad: $user_nacionalidad <br> </h3>
<h3 class=msj1> Salario: $user_salario  <br> </h3>
<h3 class=msj1> Mensaje: $content <br> </h3>

</body>");
    $mail->send();
    echo 'Message has been sent';
} catch (Exception $e) {
    echo 'Message could not be sent. Mailer Error: ', $mail->ErrorInfo;
}
?>

Can anyone help me or point me on the right direction?

_What do you need to modify_ Your approach: Start by reading the `phpMailer` documentation. `phpMailer` makes it almost as easy as falling off a log. But you have to read the documentation to know that — RiggsFolly, Dec 12 '18 at 16:26
thank you for your comments, sure i will read the documentation — Warkarian Ragnashark, Dec 12 '18 at 16:39

Martin · Answer 1 · 2018-12-12T20:53:13.643

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The file referenced for attachment needs to be located on the server and reachable with the full address of the file. When you upload the file, via Ajax, to attach -- where is it uploaded to?

Currently you have:

$mail->addAttachment('assets/pagina.zip');

A typical correct and fully qualified file reference would be:

$uploadFileName = 'assets/pagina.zip'; // or wherever you put Ajax uploads.
$mail->addAttachment($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/upload/'.$uploadFileName); 
// example string:   
// /home/accountname/public_html/upload/assets/pagina.zip

This post will also be useful to you, telling you how to upload files via Ajax.
As mentioned by RiggsFolly please read the PHPMailer documentation.
Please look at this example from Synchro.

edited Dec 12 '18 at 20:53

answered Dec 12 '18 at 16:28

Martin

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thank you for your quick answer i will follow yours and RiggsFolly's suggestions – Warkarian Ragnashark Dec 12 '18 at 16:40
More specifically, look at [this example](https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/blob/master/examples/send_file_upload.phps). – Synchro Dec 12 '18 at 16:46
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@Synchro that's a much better, fuller answer – Martin Dec 12 '18 at 20:47
i was able to upload the file and send the emai but now i cant send the rest of my data – Warkarian Ragnashark Dec 13 '18 at 19:36

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 13 '18 at 19:43

i was able to succesfully upload and send the mail with the attachment but now i cant add the rest of the form inputs. This is the way i changed the script to be able to attach the file, but this way i dont know how to post the rest of the information of the other inputs.

the html

$(document).ready(function (e){
    $("#contactForm").on('submit',(function(e){
      e.preventDefault();
      $('#boton').hide();
      $('#file').hide();
      var file_data = $('#file').prop('files')[0];   
      var form_data = new FormData();                  
      form_data.append('file', file_data);                            
      $.ajax({
        url: 'curriculum.php', // point to server-side PHP script 
        dataType: 'text',// what to expect back from the PHP script, if anything
        cache: false,
        contentType: false,
        processData: false,
        data: form_data,                         
        type: 'post',               
        success: function(php_script_response){
          alert(php_script_response); // display response from the PHP script, if any
        }
      });
    }));
  });

on the php i added this code lines

 if ( 0 < $_FILES['file']['error'] ) {
    echo 'Error: ' . $_FILES['file']['error'] . '<br>';
}
else {
    move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'], 'assets/' . $_FILES['file']['name']);
    $file='assets/' . $_FILES['file']['name'];
}

i tried combining the first script i had with this one but i havent figured out how to do it

what do i need to modify to send attachments with my phpmailer form?

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