Sending by email existing multiple files attachments. smarty/php - php

Question

I need to send multiple files attachments existing in database, with this code WORKS TO SEND ONLY ONE FILE (choosing any from loop). But I will need to send more than on file. Please help me in this matter, I really appreciate. Please ask me anything. Thank you.
////////// THE FORM PAGE
<form novalidate="novalidate" action="{$CMS_base_url}admin/employee_view_email.php?id={$id}" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="hidden" id="id" name="id" value="{$id}" />
{if is_array ($cvs) && $cvs != "" }
<table class="table table-hover">
<thead>
<tr>
<th class="col-md-2">Create date</th>
<th class="col-md-7">Document name / Description</th>
<th class="col-md-3">Select All <input type="checkbox" name="all" id="all" value="1" onclick="checkUncheckAll(this);" /></th>
<th class="col-md-3">Download</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
{foreach from=$cvs key=k item=i}
<tr>
<td><em>{$i.createdAt}</em></td>
<td><strong>{$i.title}</a></strong></td>
<td><input type="checkbox" name="txt_existed_cv_attach" id="txt_existed_cv_attach" value="{$i.id}" /></td>
<td>Download</td>
</tr>
{/foreach}
{else}
<tr>
<td>{lang mkey='error' skey='noResult'}</td>
<td>Upload a new document to send by Admin Email {lang mkey='info' skey='fileAttachments'}</td>
<td colspan="2"><input class="btn-u btn-u-dark-blue" type="file" name="txt_cv_attach" id="txt_cv_attach" multiple="multiple"></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
{/if}
</table>
<input type="submit" name="bt_send_atach" value="SEND EMAIL TO ADMIN" class="btn-u btn-u-lg btn-u-dark-blue pull-left" />
</form>
////////// PAGE FOR fetching ('admin/employeeView.tpl') the FORM PAGE
$id = (int)$_GET['id'];
$smarty->assign('id', $id );
$employee = Employee::find_by_id( $id );
require (CMS_LIB_PATH.DS.'class.cv.php');
///... more classes for employee/user to fetching the related page
$cvs = CV::manageEmployeeCV( $id );
if ( is_array($cvs) and !empty($cvs) )
{
$temp = array();
$i=1;
foreach( $cvs as $cv )
{
$showTo = lang('select','cvShowType');
$temp[$i]['id'] = $cv->id;
$temp[$i]['name'] = $cv->originalName;
$temp[$i]['type'] = $cv->fileType;
$temp[$i]['tmp_name'] = CMS_SITE_ROOT.DS.'curriculum_vitae_file'.DS.$cv->fileName;
$temp[$i]['error'] = 0;
$temp[$i]['size'] = $cv->fileSize;
$temp[$i]['title'] = $cv->title;
$temp[$i]['description'] = $cv->description;
$temp[$i]['showTo'] = $showTo[$cv->showTo];
$temp[$i]['defaultCV'] = $cv->defaultCV;
$temp[$i]['createdAt'] = strftime(dateFormat, strtotime($cv->createdAt) );
$temp[$i]['modifyAt'] = strftime(dateFormat, strtotime($cv->modifyAt) );
$temp[$i]['noViews'] = $cv->noViews;
$temp[$i]['employee_id'] = $cv->employeeIDFK;
$i++;
}
$smarty->assign( 'cvs', $temp );
}
$smarty->assign('employee', $employee );
$smarty->assign('lang', $lang);
$smarty->assign( 'message', $session->getMessage() );
$smarty->assign('rendered_page', $smarty->fetch('admin/employeeView.tpl') );
$smarty->display('admin/index.tpl');
$session->unsetMessage();
////////// CLASS.CV.PHP PAGE WITH DATABASE QUERY FOR LINE
public static function getCVByEmployee( $id=0, $employee_id=0 )
{
global $database, $db;
$sql = " SELECT * FROM ". self::$table_name;
$sql .= " WHERE id=".$db->escape_value($id)." AND employeeIDFK=".(int)$employee_id;
$sql .= " LIMIT 1 ";
$result = self::find_by_sql( $sql );
return !empty($result) ? array_shift($result) : false;
}
// .$db->escape_value($id). // Other page with more DATABASE CLASSES
public function escape_value ( $string ){
if( $this->mysqli_real_escape_string ){
if($this->magic_quotes_active){ $string=stripslashes($string); }
$string = mysqli_real_escape_string($this->connection, $string);
}else{
if(!$this->magic_quotes_active){ $string= addslashes($string); }
}
return $string;
}
////////// EMAIL PROCESS PAGE .....admin/employee_view_email.php?id={$id}
$id = (int)$_GET['id'];
$smarty->assign('id', $id );
$employee = Employee::find_by_id( $id );
///... more classes for employee/user data to send my email
include_once CMS_LIB_PATH.DS.'class.cv.php';
$cvFile = $_FILES['txt_cv_attach'];
$cv_already_existed = $_POST['txt_existed_cv_attach'];
if($cv_already_existed != '' )
{
include_once CMS_LIB_PATH.DS.'class.cv.php';
$cvFile = array();
$user_id = $session->getUserID();
$cv_f = CV::getCVByEmployee( $cv_already_existed, $id );
$cvFile['name'] = $cv_f->originalName;
$cvFile['type'] = $cv_f->fileType;
$cvFile['tmp_name'] = CMS_SITE_ROOT.DS.'curriculum_vitae_file'.DS.$cv_f->fileName;
$cvFile['error'] = 0;
$cvFile['size'] = $cv_f->fileSize;
}
else
{
/*
* check for upload file
*/
if( $cvFile['error'] == 4 )
{
$errors[] = lang( 'error', 'noCVFileApplication');
}
if( $cvFile['error'] == 0 )
{
$ext = end(explode(".", basename($cvFile['name']) ));
$ext = strtolower($ext);
if( !in_array($ext, $allowed_files) )
{
$e = lang('error', 'fileNotAllowed');
$e = str_replace('#file_name#', basename($cvFile['name']) , $e );
$errors[] = $e;
}
if($cvFile['size'] > max_upload_cv_size )
{
$errors[] = lang('error', 'max_file_size');
}
}
}
if( $employee)
{
$full_name = $employee->full_name();
$from = array("email" => no_reply_email, "name" => $full_name );
include CMS_LANGUAGE.DS.'emailTemplate.php';
//send email to admin
$to = array("email" => notify_email, "name" => site_name );
$emailTemplate = lang('email_template','notify_candidate_view_email');
$subject = $emailTemplate['subject'];
$body = $emailTemplate['body'];
$body = str_replace( "#full_name#", $full_name , $body );
$body = str_replace( "#firstName#", $employee->firstName , $body );
$body = str_replace( "#middleName#", $employee->middleName, $body );
$body = str_replace( "#surname#", $employee->surname, $body );
$body = str_replace( "#address#", $employee->address, $body );
$body = str_replace( "#cv_title#", $cv_f->originalName, $body );
$body = str_replace( "#cv_type#", $cv_f->fileType, $body );
$body = str_replace( "#user_id#", $user_id , $body );
$emailBody= array('html' => $body, 'plain' => $body );
$mail = sendMail( $from, $to, $subject, $emailBody, $cvFile);
unset( $_SESSION['account'] );
$message = '<div class="alert success">'.lang('success','email_send_to_admin').'</div>';
}
else
{
$message = lang( 'error', 'errorHead' );
$message .= "<ul> <li />";
$message .= join(" <li /> ", $employee->errors );
$message .= "</ul>";
$message = "<div class='alert error'>".$message."</div>";
}
$smarty->assign( 'cvs', $temp );
$smarty->assign('employee', $employee );
$smarty->assign('lang', $lang);
$session->setMessage( $message );
redirect_to( CMS_BASE_URL . 'admin/employee_view.php?id='.$id );
exit;
////////// SEND EMAIL CLASS PAGE
function sendMail( $from='', $to='', $subject='', $message='', $cvFile='', $clFile='' )
{
global $smarty;
if( $cvFile || !empty($cvFile) || is_array($cvFile) )
{
$CV_temp_path = $cvFile['tmp_name'];
$CV_filename = basename($cvFile['name']);
$CV_type = $cvFile['type'];
$CV_size = $cvFile['size'];
}
if( mail_type == 1 )
{
$mail->IsSMTP();
$mail->Host = "ukm3.siteground.biz";
$mail->Port = "465";
$mail->SMTPSecure = "ssl";
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->Username = "admin username";
$mail->Password = "password";
}
try {
$mail->AddAddress($to_email, $to_name);
$mail->SetFrom($from_email, $from_name); //email, name
$mail->Sender=$from_email;
$mail->Subject = $subject;
$mail->AltBody = $plain;
$mail->MsgHTML($html);
if( !empty($cvFile) && is_array($cvFile) && !empty($CV_filename) )
{
$mail->AddAttachment($CV_temp_path, $CV_filename, "base64", $CV_type); // attachment
}
return $mail->Send();
}
catch (phpmailerException $e)
{
echo $e->errorMessage(); //error messages from PHPMailer
die;
}
catch (Exception $e)
{
echo $e->getMessage(); //error messages from anything else!
die;
}
}

Answer 1

It is hard to judge all your code (also because things are included that I don't know), but it looks like here is the problem:
if( !empty($cvFile) && is_array($cvFile) && !empty($CV_filename) )
{
$mail->AddAttachment($CV_temp_path, $CV_filename, "base64", $CV_type); // attachment
}
You want multiple attachment added, not 1.
You give the array $cvFile (poorly named. Name it something like $cvFileArr to make it clear. Now it looks like a single name/path).
SO I expect you need some looping over the values, like this (not tested):
if( !empty($cvFile) && is_array($cvFile) && !empty($CV_filename) ) {
foreach($cvFile as $oneFile){
$mail->AddAttachment($CV_temp_path, $oneFile, "base64", $CV_type); // attachment
}
}
But it is hard to tell exactly. But I expect you need to $mail->AddAttachment for each file you have.