Adding an PDF attachment when using Zend_Mail

Question

What is the right way to add an attachment when using Zend_Mail? I keep getting the following error when I try to open the attached pdf in the sent mail: \"Cannot extract th

Answer 1

Here is the right way to do it,

$mail = new Zend_Mail();
$mail->setBodyHtml("description");
$mail->setFrom('id', 'name');
$mail->addTo(email, name);
$mail->setSubject(subject);

$content = file_get_contents("path to pdf file"); // e.g. ("attachment/abc.pdf")
$attachment = new Zend_Mime_Part($content);
$attachment->type = 'application/pdf';
$attachment->disposition = Zend_Mime::DISPOSITION_ATTACHMENT;
$attachment->encoding = Zend_Mime::ENCODING_BASE64;
$attachment->filename = 'filename.pdf'; // name of file

$mail->addAttachment($attachment);                  

$mail->send();