I had searched in Google for long time for the script to send an email with file attachment (all types of file pdf files,word files and images etc……). It was hard thing to find out exact script. Here I had source code as well steps to implement email form attachment.
More importantly the mail will reaches inbox, mainly avoids as spam message.
This article shows you how to create a PHP based email form that supports file attachment.
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The whole process consists of two steps
1. create an html form with attachment.
2. Then create php file that process data from the html form.
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The HTML form with file upload box :
The code for an HTML form with a file upload box is given below. User can click on the ‘Browse’ button to select the file from his/her local machine.
<div class="title"> <h1>Mail Demo Page</h1> </div> <div class="mail"> <form action='mail.php' method='post' id='mailForm' enctype='multipart/form-data'> <table> <tr> <td class="label"> Name : </td> <td><input type="text" id="name" name="name" class="form-input" placeholder='User Name'/> <div id="invalid-name" class="error_msg"></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="label"> E-mail : </td> <td><input type="email" id="email" name="email" class="form-input" placeholder='E-Mail'/> <div id="invalid-email" class="error_msg"></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="label"> From E-mail : </td> <td><input type="email" id="femail" name="femail" class="form-input" placeholder='From E-Mail'/> <div id="invalid-femail" class="error_msg"></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="label"> Phone : </td> <td><input type="tel" id="phone" name="phone" class="form-input" placeholder='Phone'/> <div id="invalid-phone" class="error_msg"></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="label"> Image : </td> <td><input type="file" id="image" name="image" class="form-input" placeholder='Image' accept="image/*"> <div id="invalid-image" class="error_msg"></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="label"> Message : </td> <td> <textarea cols="27" rows="5" id="message" name="message" placeholder='Message'></textarea> <div id="invalid-message" class="error_msg"></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <input type="submit" value="Send Mail!" id='submit_btn' name="submit_btn" class="submit_btn"/></td> </tr> </table> </form> </div>
Now add css given in the download file to add styling to the form.
The form will look like this:
Please note that we have added:
Now just follow php part coding. I am using php mail plugin to send an email with attachment.
Step 1:
Create mail.php file and add the following php file (class.phpmailer.php).
require 'class.phpmailer.php';
Step 2:
Now add to email ID.
$to = "Your email ID"; $mail->AddAddress($to);
Step 3:
Now get from email id and name of the user.
$mail->From = $_POST['femail']; $mail->FromName = $_POST['name'];
Step 4:
Now add subject of the mail.
$mail->Subject = "Test Email using PHP";
Step 5:
Now get message from the html form.
$body = "<table>
<tr>
<th colspan='2'>This Sample Mail</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style='font-weight:bold'>Name :</td>
<td>".$_POST['name']."</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style='font-weight:bold'>E-mail : </td>
<td>".$_POST['email']."</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style='font-weight:bold'>Phone : </td>
<td>".$_POST['phone']."</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style='font-weight:bold'>Message : </td>
<td>".$_POST['message']."</td>
</tr>
<table>";
$body = preg_replace('/\\\\/','', $body); //Strip backslashes
$mail->MsgHTML($body);
Step 6:
Finally get the attachment and send it.
$mail->AddAttachment($_FILES['image']['tmp_name'],
$_FILES['image']['name']);
$mail->IsHTML(true); // send as HTML
$mail->Send();
echo 'Message has been sent.';
Here is the full php source code.
<?php
/**
* Simple example script using PHPMailer with exceptions enabled
* @package phpmailer
* @version $Id$
*/
require 'class.phpmailer.php';
try {
$mail = new PHPMailer(true); //New instance, with exceptions enabled
$to = $_POST['email'];
$mail->AddAddress($to);
$mail->From = $_POST['femail'];
$mail->FromName = $_POST['name'];
$mail->Subject = "Test Email using PHP";
$body = "<table>
<tr>
<th colspan='2'>This Sample Mail</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style='font-weight:bold'>Name :</td>
<td>".$_POST['name']."</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style='font-weight:bold'>E-mail : </td>
<td>".$_POST['email']."</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style='font-weight:bold'>Phone : </td>
<td>".$_POST['phone']."</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style='font-weight:bold'>Message : </td>
<td>".$_POST['message']."</td>
</tr>
<table>";
$body = preg_replace('/\\\\/','', $body); //Strip backslashes
$mail->MsgHTML($body);
$mail->IsSMTP(); // tell the class to use SMTP
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // enable SMTP authentication
$mail->Port = 25; // set the SMTP server port
//$mail->Host = "mail.yourdomain.com"; // SMTP server
//$mail->Username = "[email protected]"; // SMTP server username
//$mail->Password = "password"; // SMTP server password
$mail->IsSendmail(); // tell the class to use Sendmail
$mail->AddReplyTo("[email protected]");
$mail->AltBody = "To view the message, please use an HTML compatible email viewer!"; // optional, comment out and test
$mail->WordWrap = 80; // set word wrap
$mail->AddAttachment($_FILES['image']['tmp_name'],
$_FILES['image']['name']);
$mail->IsHTML(true); // send as HTML
$mail->Send();
echo 'Message has been sent.';
} catch (phpmailerException $e) {
echo $e->errorMessage();
}
?>
Hope this code works well for all for sending all type of files (word files,PDF files and images etc………..)
Please refer this cool tutorial on Send an E-Mail with Attachment Using jQuery, Ajax and PHP without Refrshing a Page.
