Re: PLEASE HELP...Email attachment corruption

[Justin Patrin <papercrane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ron Herhuth wrote:
> I am dying here.  I'm on a deadline and I can't get
> attachments...specifically PDFs and Word Docs to send without corruption.
> I am using the script below to send the emails, and I have used several of
> the classes on PHP.classes to try but everytime the files show up and the
> error reads "The File is damaged and could not be repaired" when they are
> opened.  When I print the message out to the browser it appears as though
> the entire string is not being sent.  Is there any ini settings that might
> affect this?  I am really in a bind and don't know what to do.  Any
> suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> SCRIPT:
>
> ini_set("sendmail_from","cio.tax@xxxxxxxxxxxx");
>
> $toaddress = "testemail@xxxxxxxxxxxx";
> $fromaddress = "Tatum CIO Tax <cio.tax@xxxxxxxxxxxx>";
> $subject = "Tatum CIO K-1 & State Tax Information";
>
>
>
>
> $headers = "From: $fromaddress\n";
> $headers .= "Reply-To: $fromaddress\n";
> $headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
> $headers .= "Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=\"MIME_BOUNDARY\"\n";
> $headers .= "X-Sender: $fromaddress\n";
> $headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP4\n";
> $headers .= "X-Priority: 3\n";
> $headers .= "Return-Path: $fromaddress\n";
> $headers .= "This is a multi-part message in MIME format.\n";
>
> $message = "--MIME_BOUNDARY\n";
> $message .= "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=\"iso-8859-1\"\n";
> $message .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable\n\n";
> $message .= "\n\n";
>
> // email text message goes here
> $message .= "
> \n
> Attached to this email are the following 3 documents: to you from the
> Tatum CIO Tax
> \n\n
> ";
>
>
> $message .= "\n";
> $message .= "--MIME_BOUNDARY\n";
>
>
> // FILE ATTACHMENT CODE
>
>
>
> $file_url = "Simpletest.pdf";
>
> $fp = fopen($file_url,"r");
> $str = fread($fp, filesize($file_url));
> $str = chunk_split(base64_encode(implode("", file("Simpletest.pdf")))); ;
>
>
> $message .= "Content-Type: application/pdf; name=\"Simpletest.pdf\"\n";
> $message .= "Content-disposition: attachment\n";
> $message .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n";
> $message .= "\n";
> $message .= "$str\n";
> $message .= "\n";
> $message .= "--MIME_BOUNDRY\n";
>
>
>
>
> $message .= "--MIME_BOUNDRY--\n";
>
> // echo "TO: $toaddress <br><br>SUBJECT: $subject<br><br>MESSAGE:
> $message<br><br><br><br>";
>
> mail("ron@xxxxxxxxxxxx",$subject,$message,$headers);

If you're on a deadline I highly suggest grabbing PEAR's Mail_MIME 
package and using it instead of generating your own e-mails.

http://pear.php.net/package/Mail_MIME

--
paperCrane <Justin Patrin>

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