Attachment not sent with Email - php

Question

I am developing a small E-mail app using PHP, For sending out emails I use PHPMailer, All the functionalities work apart form one "Attachments". Attachments just don't go through with the sent email. I tried many different ways to fix it but the one I have now I belief is not far off a working order....
I will post small parts of code that deal with the Attachment process....
HTML Code:
<form action="php/smtp_saved.php" method="post">
<input type="file" name="attach" id="attach" />
</form>
PHP Code:
if ($_POST['action'] == 'Send') {
if (preg_match('<,>', $email['recipient'])) {
$address = explode(',', $email['recipient']);
if (sizeof($address) < 19) {
foreach ($address as $recipient) {
$save = new saveSaved();
$save->save($_SESSION['user'], $email['recipient'], gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime ('+1 hour')), $_SESSION['delete'],$email['HTML']);
require_once('../PHPMailer/PHPMailerAutoload.php');
require_once('../PHPMailer/class.smtp.php');
$mail = new PHPMailer;
$mail->isSMTP(); // Set mailer to use SMTP
$mail->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com'; // Specify main and backup server
$mail->Port = '465';
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // Enable SMTP authentication
$mail->Username = $_SESSION['user']; // SMTP username
$mail->Password = $_SESSION['pass']; // SMTP password
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'ssl'; // Enable encryption, 'ssl' also accepted
$mail->From = $_SESSION['user'];
$mail->FromName = 'OneTwoTrade';
//$mail->addAddress($email['recipient']); // Add a recipient
//$mail->addAddress('ellen#example.com'); // Name is optional
$mail->addAddress(trim($recipient));
if (preg_match('<,>', $email['cc'])) {
$cc = explode(',', $email['cc']);
if (sizeof($cc) < 9) {
foreach ($cc as $carbonC) {
$mail->addCC($carbonC);
}
} else {
exit ('Max 10 Recipients Per Email');
}
} else {
$mail->addCC($email['cc']);
}
//$mail->addBCC('bcc#example.com');
$mail->WordWrap = 50; // Set word wrap to 50 characters
if(is_uploaded_file($_FILES['attach']['tmp_name'])) {
$file = $_FILES['attach']['name'];
$mail->AddAttachment($file);
}
/*
if(isset($_FILES['uploaded_file']) && $_FILES['uploaded_file']['error'] == UPLOAD_ERR_OK){
$mail->addAttachment($_FILES['uploaded_file']['tmp_name'],
$_FILES['uploaded_file']['name']);
}
*/
// Add attachments
//$mail->addAttachment('/tmp/image.jpg', 'new.jpg'); // Optional name
$mail->isHTML(true); // Set email format to HTML
$mail->Subject = $email['subject'];
$mail->Body = $email['HTML'];
//$mail->AltBody = 'This is the body in plain text for non-HTML mail clients';
//$mail->SMTPDebug =1;
if (!$mail->send()) {
header("Location: ../saved_emails.php?error2");
//echo 'Message could not be sent.';
//echo 'Mailer Error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
exit;
}
}
}
}
Can someone help me to spot a mistake or direct to a decent source of information....?

Answer 1

When attaching a file via a form add enctype="multipart/form-data" attribute to the form tag. I think the problem occurs because of this.
<form action="php/smtp_saved.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" name="attach" id="attach" />
</form>
After a little search, I have found this: Both temp_name and name keys for the attached file are used in AddAttachment() function:
if(isset($_FILES['attach']) && $_FILES['attach']['error'] == UPLOAD_ERR_OK) {
$mail->AddAttachment($_FILES['attach']['tmp_name'], $_FILES['attach']['name']);
}

Answer 2

$file = $_FILES['attach']['name']; should be $file = $_FILES['attach']['tmp_name'];. The actual file data is in $_FILES['attach']['tmp_name']. $_FILES['attach']['name'] is just the name given to the uploaded file on the client side.

Answer 3

OK guys Want to thx all of you who tried to help me and pushed me to the solution, I managed to fix it this is what I had to do...
if(is_uploaded_file($_FILES['attach']['tmp_name'])) {
$file = $_FILES['attach']['tmp_name'];
$name = $_FILES['attach']['name'];
$mail->AddAttachment($file, $name);
}
:)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
Works like a charm, just checked the PHPMailer Documentation and the AddAttachment Method needs two parameters,