how to attach multiple files from form to mail in php? - php

Question

I am trying to attach two files at maximum, to send them by mail, but the files are sent by mail as binary code, so when I open the received mail I found the files as binary, here is my code:
$files = array();
if(is_uploaded_file($_FILES['cv']['tmp_name']))
array_push($files, $_FILES['cv']);
if(is_uploaded_file($_FILES['portfolio']['tmp_name']))
array_push($files, $_FILES['portfolio']);
$subject = "Contact Mail";
$headers = 'From: '.$email_fromto."\r\n".
"subject: {$subject}";
$randomVal = md5(time());
$mimeBoundary = "==Multipart_Boundary_x{$randomVal}x";
$headers .= "\nMIME-Version: 1.0\n";
$headers .= "Content-Type: multipart/mixed;\n" ;
$headers .= " boundary=\"{$mimeBoundary}\"";
$message = "This is a multi-part message in MIME format.\n\n" .
"--{$mimeBoundary}\n" .
"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=\"iso-8859-1\"\n" .
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit\n\n" .
"From: $sex $fname $lname.\r\n".
"Message: {$message}";
$email_fromto = "mail#mail.com";
foreach($files as $userfile){
$tmpName = $userfile['tmp_name'];
$fileType = $userfile['type'];
$fileName = $userfile['name'];
if(file($tmpName)){
$file = fopen($tmpName,'rb');
$data = fread($file,filesize($tmpName));
fclose($file);
$data = chunk_split(base64_encode($data));
$message .= "--{$mimeBoundary}\n" .
"Content-Type: {$fileType};\n" .
" name=\"{$fileName}\"\n" .
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n\n" .
$data . "\n\n" .
"--{$mimeBoundary}--\n";
}
}
so where is the error in what I did?

Answer 1

use like this
// generate a random string to be used as the boundary marker
$mime_boundary="==Multipart_Boundary_x".md5(mt_rand())."x";
// now we'll build the message headers
$headers = "From: $from\r\n" .
"MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n" .
"Content-Type: multipart/mixed;\r\n" .
" boundary=\"{$mime_boundary}\"";
// here, we'll start the message body.
// this is the text that will be displayed
// in the e-mail
$message="This is an example"
foreach($_FILES as $userfile){
// store the file information to variables for easier access
$tmp_name = $userfile['tmp_name'];
$type = $userfile['type'];
$name = $userfile['name'];
$size = $userfile['size'];
// if the upload succeded, the file will exist
if (file_exists($tmp_name)){
// check to make sure that it is an uploaded file and not a system file
if(is_uploaded_file($tmp_name)){
// open the file for a binary read
$file = fopen($tmp_name,'rb');
// read the file content into a variable
$data = fread($file,filesize($tmp_name));
// close the file
fclose($file);
// now we encode it and split it into acceptable length lines
$data = chunk_split(base64_encode($data));
}
}
// now we'll insert a boundary to indicate we're starting the attachment
// we have to specify the content type, file name, and disposition as
// an attachment, then add the file content.
// NOTE: we don't set another boundary to indicate that the end of the
// file has been reached here. we only want one boundary between each file
// we'll add the final one after the loop finishes.
$message .= "--{$mime_boundary}\n" .
"Content-Type: {$type};\n" .
" name=\"{$name}\"\n" .
"Content-Disposition: attachment;\n" .
" filename=\"{$fileatt_name}\"\n" .
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n\n" .
$data . "\n\n";
}
// here's our closing mime boundary that indicates the last of the message
$message.="--{$mime_boundary}--\n";
// now we just send the message
if (#mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers))
echo "Mail was Send Sucessfully";
else
echo "Failed to send";