php send mail how to send mail with file attachment

Question

I'm working on file attachment here mail function is working fine I'm getting all fields through mail accept file upload field is not coming. I have tried using Content-Type: multipart/mixed and some other methods but unable to achieve the desired output. I have servey and find the different answer and tried but still facing the same issue. Can anyone suggest to me according to my script how should I get the file attachment.

HTML

<input id="file-upload" name="upload" type="file" required>

PHP mail function

<?php
// Receiver mail id 
$mail_to = 'yourmail@gmail.com';

// Mail Subject 
$subject = 'title';

if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {

    if ( isset($_POST['name']) ) {
        $name = $_POST['name'];
    }

    if (isset($_POST['phone'])) {
        $phone = $_POST['phone'];
    }

    if (isset($_POST['company'])) {
        $company = $_POST['company'];
    }

    if(isset($_POST['message'])) {
        $message = $_POST['message'];
    }
    if(isset($_POST['industry'])) {
        $industry = $_POST['industry'];
    }
    if(isset($_POST['job'])) {
        $job = $_POST['job'];
    }
    if(isset($_POST['upload'])) {
        $upload = $_POST['upload'];
    }

    // Message body

      $msg = '<html><body><p>';

        $msg .= '<b> Name : </b>' . $name . '<br/>';

    if($_POST["phone"] != "") {
       $msg .= '<b> Phone : </b>' . $phone . '<br/>';
    }

    if($_POST["company"] != "") {
       $msg .= '<b> Company : </b>' . $company . '<br/>';
    }

    if($_POST["message"] != "") {
        $msg .= '<b> Message : </b>' . $message . '<br/>';
    }

    if($_POST["industry"] != "") {
        $msg .= '<b> Industry : </b>' . $industry . '<br/>';
    }

    if($_POST["job"] != "") {
        $msg .= '<b> Job Role : </b>' . $job . '<br/>';
    }

    if($_POST["upload"] != "") {
        $msg .= '<b> Upload : </b>' . $upload . '<br/>';
    }

    $msg .= '</p>';
    $msg .= '</body></html>';

        // Mail headers
    $headers  = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
    $headers .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1\r\n";
    $headers .= 'From: yourmail@gmail.com' . "\r\n";

    if( mail( $mail_to, $subject, $msg, $headers )) {
        echo "Thank You!";
    } else {
        die("Error!");
    }
}
?>

I had tried like this here only file coming other fields not coming in the mail. what I'm missing here.

<?php
// Receiver mail id 
$mail_to = 'yourmail@gmail.com';

// Mail Subject 
$subject = 'project';
$path = 'assets/file';
$filename = 'myfile';

if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {


    if ( isset($_POST['name']) ) {
        $name = $_POST['name'];
    }

    if (isset($_POST['phone'])) {
        $phone = $_POST['phone'];
    }

    if (isset($_POST['company'])) {
        $company = $_POST['company'];
    }

    if(isset($_POST['message'])) {
        $message = $_POST['message'];
    }
    if(isset($_POST['industry'])) {
        $industry = $_POST['industry'];
    }
    if(isset($_POST['job'])) {
        $job = $_POST['job'];
    }
    if(isset($_POST['upload'])) {
        $upload = $_POST['upload'];
    }

    // Message body

    $msg = '<html><body><p>';

    $msg .= '<b> Name : </b>' . $name . '<br/>';

    if($_POST["phone"] != "") {
       $msg .= '<b> Phone : </b>' . $phone . '<br/>';
    }

    if($_POST["company"] != "") {
       $msg .= '<b> Company : </b>' . $company . '<br/>';
    }

    if($_POST["message"] != "") {
        $msg .= '<b> Message : </b>' . $message . '<br/>';
    }

    if($_POST["industry"] != "") {
        $msg .= '<b> Industry : </b>' . $industry . '<br/>';
    }

    if($_POST["job"] != "") {
        $msg .= '<b> Job Role : </b>' . $job . '<br/>';
    }

    if($_POST["upload"] != "") {
        $msg .= '<b> Upload : </b>' . $upload . '<br/>';
    }

    $msg .= '</p>';
    $msg .= '</body></html>';

    $file = $path.$filename;
    $content = file_get_contents( $file);
    $content = chunk_split(base64_encode($content));
    $uid = md5(uniqid(time()));
    $uploadname = basename($file);


    $replyto = 'test';
    $headers = "From: ".$subject." <".'yourmail@gmail.com'.">\r\n";
    $headers .= "Reply-To: ".$replyto."\r\n";
    $headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
    $headers .= "Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=\"".$uid."\"\r\n\r\n";

    $msg = "--".$uid."\r\n";
    $msg .= "Content-type:text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";
    $msg .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit\r\n\r\n";
    $msg .= $msg."\r\n\r\n";
    $msg .= "--".$uid."\r\n";
    $msg .= "Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name=\"".$filename."\"\r\n";
    $msg .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\r\n";
    $msg .= "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"".$filename."\"\r\n\r\n";
    $msg .= $content."\r\n\r\n";
    $msg .= "--".$uid."--";


    if( mail( $mail_to, $subject, $msg, $headers )) {
        echo "Thank You!";
    } else {
        die("Error!");
    }
}
 ?>

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 01 '19 at 07:20

You can send like this.

        $file_type = 'pdf';
        $file_name = 'invoice.pdf';
        $encoded_content = chunk_split(base64_encode($document));

        $boundary = md5("random"); // define boundary with a md5 hashed value

        //header
        $headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n"; // Defining the MIME version
        $headers .= "From: Fr. Muller\r\n"; // Sender Email
        $headers .= "Content-Type: multipart/mixed;\r\n"; // Defining Content-Type
        $headers .= "boundary = $boundary\r\n"; //Defining the Boundary

        //plain text
        $body .= "--$boundary\r\n";
        $body .= "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1\r\n";
        $body .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\r\n\r\n";

        //attachment
        $body .= "--$boundary\r\n";
        $body .="Content-Type: $file_type; name=".$file_name."\r\n";
        $body .="Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=".$file_name."\r\n";
        $body .="Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\r\n";
        $body .="X-Attachment-Id: ".rand(1000, 99999)."\r\n\r\n";
        $body .= $encoded_content; // Attaching the encoded file with email

        mail($to_email, $subject, $body, $headers);

Anbazhagan IND · Answer 2 · 2019-09-01T07:27:40.703

you have to use the $_FILES tag to get the uploaded file instead of post tag

$_FILES["upload"]["tmp_name"]

below link help you on the same

https://www.w3schools.com/php/php_file_upload.asp

for sending the attachment you can use the PHPMailer

use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer;
use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\Exception;

$email = new PHPMailer();
$email->SetFrom('you@example.com', 'Your Name'); //Name is optional
$email->Subject   = $subject;
$email->Body      =  $msg;
$email->AddAddress( $mail_to );

$file_to_attach = $_FILES["upload"]["tmp_name"]

$email->AddAttachment( $file_to_attach , 'NameOfFile.pdf' );

return $email->Send();

Send attachments with PHP Mail()?

you're using PHPMailer i'm working on php send mail function. Can you please suggest according to my script. — Husna, Sep 01 '19 at 08:00

php send mail how to send mail with file attachment

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