PHP mailer not working for attachments? - php

Question

I am stucked while giving file upload path, i have a html file input name uploadfile and i am using phpmailer() to send attachement. Please help me i need php developers support. here is my code tell me why i am getting Could not access file error. and my email is not having attachment only message is coming.
<div class="field">
<label for="Browse">File to upload: <span class="required">*</span></label>
<div class="inputs">
<input name="uploadedfile" id="uploadedfile" type="file" style=" height: 37px;" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="100000" />
</div>
</div>
//Form Fields
$name = $_POST["name"];
$email = $_POST["email"];
$phone = $_POST["phone"];
$subject = $_POST["subject"];
$message = $_POST["message"];
$verify = isset($_POST["verify"]) ? $_POST["verify"] : "";
$path = $_FILES["uploadedfile"]["name"];
echo $path;
$encoding = 'base64';
$type = 'application/octet-stream';
$objmail->From = $email;
$objmail->FromName = $name;
$objmail->AddAddress($toAddress, $toName);
$objmail->AddReplyTo($email, $name);
$objmail->Subject = $email_subject;
$objmail->MsgHTML($email_body);
$objmail->AddAttachment($path,$encoding,$type);
if(!$objmail->Send()) {
$error = "Message sending error: ".$objmail->ErrorInfo;
}
}

Answer 1

Two problems:
First:
$path = $_FILES["uploadedfile"]["name"];
$objmail->AddAttachment($path,$encoding,$type);
$path is going to be the name of the file as it was on the CLIENT machine. That has absolutely nothing to do with the temporary file that PHP stores it in, which is listed in ['tmp_name'].
Second:
You don't validate that an upload occurred at all, and are simply assuming it succeeded. At minimum, you need to have
if ($_FILES['uploadedfile']['error'] === UPLOAD_ERR_OK) {
$objmail->AddAttachment(
$_FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name'], // temp location on server
$_FILES['uploadedfile']['name'], // name that appears in email
'base64',
$_FILES['uploadedfile']['type'] // mime type provided by uploader
);
}