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Multiple Email Attachments PHP
<?php
if(isset($_FILES) && (bool) $_FILES) {
$AllowedExtensions = ["pdf","doc","docx","gif","jpeg","jpg","png","rtf","txt"];
$files = [];
$server_file = [];
foreach($_FILES as $name => $file) {
$file_name = $file["name"];
$file_temp = $file["tmp_name"];
foreach($file_name as $key) {
$path_parts = pathinfo($key);
$extension = strtolower($path_parts["extension"]);
if(!in_array($extension, $AllowedExtensions)) { die("Extension not allowed"); }
$server_file[] = "uploads/{$path_parts["basename"]}";
}
for($i = 0; $i<count($file_temp); $i++) { move_uploaded_file($file_temp[$i], $server_file[$i]); }
}
$to = "<<TO EMAIL>>";
$from = "<<TO EMAIL>>";
$subject ="test attachment";
$message = "this is a test message";
$headers = "From: $from";
$semi_rand = md5(time());
$mime_boundary = "==Multipart_Boundary_x{$semi_rand}x";
$headers .= "\nMIME-Version: 1.0\n" . "Content-Type: multipart/mixed;\n" . " boundary=\"{$mime_boundary}\"";
$message = "This is a multi-part message in MIME format.\n\n" . "--{$mime_boundary}\n" . "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=\"iso-8859-1\"\n" . "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit\n\n" . $message . "\n\n";
$message .= "--{$mime_boundary}\n";
$FfilenameCount = 0;
for($i = 0; $i<count($server_file); $i++) {
$afile = fopen($server_file[$i],"rb");
$data = fread($afile,filesize($server_file[$i]));
fclose($afile);
$data = chunk_split(base64_encode($data));
$name = $file_name[$i];
$message .= "Content-Type: {\"application/octet-stream\"};\n" . " name=\"$name\"\n" .
"Content-Disposition: attachment;\n" . " filename=\"$name\"\n" .
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n\n" . $data . "\n\n";
$message .= "--{$mime_boundary}\n";
}
if(mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)) {
echo "<p>mail sent to $to!</p>";
} else {
echo "<p>mail could not be sent!</p>";
}
}
?>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
</head>
<body>
<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" name="attach[]" multiple />
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
@nemoluong
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This works like a charm. Thank you for this example. However, it is going to upload a file called "noname" w/o an extension.

So how can we check that if there is attachments or not, because sometime, users don't need to attach any files.

Hope you help me on this.....

Best regards,
Luong Tri Khai.

@leotinoco
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At the end attachments are deleted off server automatic? or do they stay in the server?

@mohammed-ghouse
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it is still adding a dummy file if we dont attach any file.

@mohammed-ghouse
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how to send mail without attachment when the file attachment is optional

@YilmazTercan
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nice good. But it was better if you published a simple man!

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