Send attachments with PHP Mail()?

Question

I need to send a pdf with mail, is it possible?

$to = \"xxx\";
$subject = \"Subject\" ;
$message = \'Example message with html\';
$header         


        

Answer 1

None of the above answers worked for me due to their specified attachment format (application/octet-stream). Use application/pdf for best results with PDF files.

The PDF is attached.
"; // email body
$pdfLocation = "./your-pdf.pdf"; // file location
$pdfName     = "pdf-file.pdf"; // pdf file name recipient will get
$filetype    = "application/pdf"; // type

// creates headers and mime boundary
$eol = PHP_EOL;
$semi_rand     = md5(time());
$mime_boundary = "==Multipart_Boundary_$semi_rand";
$headers       = "From: $from$eolMIME-Version: 1.0$eol" .
    "Content-Type: multipart/mixed;$eol boundary=\"$mime_boundary\"";

// add html message body
$message = "--$mime_boundary$eol" .
    "Content-Type: text/html; charset=\"iso-8859-1\"$eol" .
    "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit$eol$eol$body$eol";

// fetches pdf
$file = fopen($pdfLocation, 'rb');
$data = fread($file, filesize($pdfLocation));
fclose($file);
$pdf = chunk_split(base64_encode($data));

// attaches pdf to email
$message .= "--$mime_boundary$eol" .
    "Content-Type: $filetype;$eol name=\"$pdfName\"$eol" .
    "Content-Disposition: attachment;$eol filename=\"$pdfName\"$eol" .
    "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64$eol$eol$pdf$eol--$mime_boundary--";

// Sends the email
if(mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)) {
    echo "The email was sent.";
}
else {
    echo "There was an error sending the mail.";
}