phpMailer Attachment not working - php

Question

this is my first post and I hope that I can get some help regarding adding an attachment field in my phpMailer contact form. I have already added an uploader [browse] bar in the html website but I don't know how to link it with the phpmailer. do I have to declare it at the package which is phpmailer.php or do something with it?
I would really appreciate some help. Below is my desperate attempt.
Snippet from the code:
<?
$body = ob_get_contents();
$to = 'xxx#xxxx.com>';
$email = $email;
$subject = $subject;
$fromaddress = "xxx#xxxx.com";
$fromname = "Online Contact";
require("phpmailer.php"); //<<this is the original pack
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->From = "xxx#xxxx.com";
$mail->FromName = "My Name";
$mail->AddBCC("xxx#xxxx.com","Name 1");
$mail->AddAddress( $email,"Name 2");
$mail->WordWrap = 50;
$mail->IsHTML(true);
$mail->Subject = $subject;
$mail->Body = $body;
$mail->AltBody = "This is the text-only body";
// attachment
$mail->AddAttachment('uploadbar', 'new_file.pdf'); // the name of my html uploader is uploadbar, clicking browse to locate a file
if(!$mail->Send()) {
$recipient = 'xxx#xxxx.com';
$subject = 'Contact form failed';
$content = $body;
mail($recipient, $subject, $content, "From: xxx#xxxx.com\r\nReply-To: $email\r\nX-Mailer: DT_formmail");
exit;
}
?>

Answer 1

Had the same problem, try this
$mail->AddAttachment($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/file-name.pdf');

Answer 2

First, make sure your upload form has enctype='multipart/form-data' as in <form method=post action=file.php enctype='multipart/form-data'>.
then, use this code in your phpmailer handler file
foreach(array_keys($_FILES['files']['name']) as $key) {
$source = $_FILES['files']['tmp_name'][$key];
$filename = $_FILES['files']['name'][$key];
$mail->AddAttachment($source, $filename);
}

Answer 3

Make sure attachment file name should not contain any special character and check the file path also correct.
eg: [file name.pdf] Should be like [filename.pdf]