need help with mail()


Posted on 16th Feb 2014 07:03 pm by admin

hi i want to send an email with attaching pdf file using php. i have the following script but the problem with this is when i send an attachment it does to the specified address but that email is empty means there is no attachment as well as message. what i am doing wrong in this script help

Code: <form id="requestcv" name="form1" method="post" action="request2.php">
<div>
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<label>Your Name:</label>
<input type="text" name="name" id="textfield" />
</div>
<div>
<label>Your Email:</label>
<input type="text" name="email" id="textfield2" />
</div>
<div class="actions">
<input class="actions" type="submit" name="request" id="button" value="Request CV" />
</div>
</form>
<p>
<?php
if($_POST['request'])
{
//echo "My cv has been sent to your email address.Please check your email after 15 minutes. Thank you for requesting my CV.";
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$message = "Here is my CV you requested for.Please download attachment and view my cv.Thank you for using my services.";
$to = $email;
$subject = "This is from zafar portfolio";
$random_hash = md5(date('r', time()));

$headers = "From: address@yahoo.comrnReply-To: address@yahoo.com";

$headers .= "rnContent-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="PHP-mixed-".$random_hash.""";

$attachment = chunk_split(base64_encode(file_get_contents("CV.pdf")));

$output = "
--PHP-mixed-$random_hash;
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary='PHP-alt-$random_hash'
--PHP-alt-$random_hash
Content-Type: text/plain; charset='iso-8859-1'
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Hello World!
This is the simple text version of the email message.

--PHP-alt-$random_hash
Content-Type: text/html; charset='iso-8859-1'
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

<h2>Hello World!</h2>
<p>This is the <b>HTML</b> version of the email message.</p>

--PHP-alt-$random_hash--

--PHP-mixed-$random_hash
Content-Type: application/pdf; name=CV.pdf
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: attachment

$attachment
--PHP-mixed-$random_hash--";

//mail($to, $subject, $message, $output, $headers);
if (mail($to, $subject,$message, $output, $headers)) {
echo 'Mail sent';
} else {
echo 'Mail NOT sent';
}


}
?>
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