php : email sending failed with more than one attachment

Question

I am trying to implement mail functionality in php, its working fine with single attachment, but problem is when I am trying to send more than one attachment, its not working. I am using php mail() function for sending emails, I am trying to attach a PDF and an Image file. If PDF attach then Image won't attach, if Image attach then PDF won't attach. Any thoughts where I'm doing wrong?

$header       .= 'From: test <noreply@test.ae>' . "\r\n";       
$header       .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$file           = '1.png'
$displayname    = '1.png';
$file_size     = filesize($file);
$handle        = fopen($file, "r");
$content       = fread($handle, $file_size);
fclose($handle);
$content       = chunk_split(base64_encode($content));
$uid           = md5(uniqid(time()));
$name          = basename($file);

$filepdf        = '1.pdf'
$displaynamepdf= '1.pdf';
$file_sizepdf  = filesize($filepdf);
$handlepdf     = fopen($filepdf, "r");
$contentpdf    = fread($handlepdf, $file_sizepdf);
fclose($handlepdf);
$contentpdf    = chunk_split(base64_encode($contentpdf));
$name          = basename($file);

$header       .= "Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=\"".$uid."\"\r\n\r\n";
$header       .= "This is a multi-part message in MIME format.\r\n";
$header       .= "--".$uid."\r\n";
$header       .= "Content-type:text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";
$header       .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit\r\n\r\n";
$header       .= $message."\r\n\r\n";
$header       .= "--".$uid."\r\n";
$header       .= "Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name=\"".$displayname."\"\r\n"; // use different content types here
$header       .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\r\n";
$header       .= "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"".$displayname."\"\r\n\r\n";
$header       .= $content."\r\n\r\n";

$header       .= "Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name=\"".$displaynamepdf."\"\r\n"; // use different contentpdf types here
$header       .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\r\n";
$header       .= "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"".$displaynamepdf."\"\r\n\r\n";
$header       .= $contentpdf."\r\n\r\n";
$header       .= "--".$uid."--";

if (mail($to, $subject, "", $header)) {
   return 'sent';
} else {
    return 'not sent';
}

My 2¢: Try to use [PHPMailer](http://phpmailer.worxware.com/) or [swiftmailer](http://swiftmailer.org/). — Mihai Iorga, Mar 15 '13 at 06:38
Yea, use a library if you can - there's a lots of problems that took lots of smart people a lot of time to figure out. I like PHPMailer. The problem can be minor and dependent of your type of SMTP server. A library would handle these problems. — Nick Pickering, Mar 15 '13 at 06:40
Mihai already touches on this point, but php `mail()` is usually inadequate for any real projects. I suggest PHPMailer. It takes 5 minutes to set up and is very powerful. I do not recommend any PEAR mail modules. — None, Mar 15 '13 at 06:45
@Mihai I have never used swiftmailer. Any advantages over PHPMailer? — None, Mar 15 '13 at 06:47
@Mihai i got solution with PHPMailer thanks a lot for your suggestion... — user2172726, Mar 15 '13 at 10:42

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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PHPMailer is the best to use for email.

checkout some below links which will help you in future also:

may this help you.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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answered Mar 15 '13 at 07:04

Tony Stark

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PHPMailer is the best option and easy to implement also thanks for suggestion – user2172726 Mar 15 '13 at 12:06
@user2172726 welcome!!! We are here to help each other.... so thanks to Stack Overflow!!! – Tony Stark Mar 15 '13 at 12:08

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 15 '13 at 06:52

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You have $file and $filepdf both set to '1.png'. Set $filepdf="1.pdf" so that the rest of the header is correct.

answered Mar 15 '13 at 06:52

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MKV · Answer 3 · 2013-03-15T07:20:47.103

Here is the code for multiple attachments in mail function..

I have created the function for multiple attachment . and check this.

/* 
     * Function Name: sentMail
     * Scope        : Sent Mail Function with CC , BCC and Attachment files..
     * Input        : Recipient Name            => $recipientName   // (Required)
     *                Recipient MailId(Many)    => $recipientMailId // (Required & Array Format)
     *                Subject Content           => $subjectContent  // (Required)
     *                Message Content           => $messageContent  // (Required)
     *                Sender MailId             => $senderMailId    // (Required)
     *                Sender Name(Many)         => $senderName      // (Required)
     *                Recipient CC MailId       => $recipientCCMailId   //(Optional & Array Format)
     *                Recipient BCC MailId      => $recipientBCCMailId  //(Optional & Array Format)
     *                Attachment Files          => $attachmentFiles     //(Optional & Array Format)
     * Output       : Sent mail to the Recipient.
     */
    public function sentMail($recipientName,$recipientMailId,$subjectContent,$messageContent,$senderName,$senderMailId,$recipientCCMailId,$recipientBCCMailId,$attachmentFiles)
    {
        try 
        {
            /*Get the Mulitple Recipient CC MailId*/
            if(isset($recipientCCMailId)){
                if(count($recipientCCMailId)>1){
                    $recipientCCMailId = implode(',',$recipientCCMailId);
                }
                else{
                    $recipientCCMailId = $recipientCCMailId[0];
                }
            }

            /*Get the Mulitple Recipient BCC MailId*/
            if(isset($recipientBCCMailId)){
                if(count($recipientBCCMailId)>1){
                    $recipientBCCMailId = implode(',',$recipientBCCMailId);
                }
                else{
                    $recipientBCCMailId = $recipientBCCMailId[0];
                }
            }

            /*** Mail Contents Starts ***/
                $subj = $subjectContent;
                $msg ="";

                /*Get the Mulitple Recipient BCC MailId*/
                if(count($recipientMailId)>1){
                    $recipientMailId = implode(',',$recipientMailId);
                    $msg .="Dear, <b>All</b>\r <br>";
                }
                else{
                    $recipientMailId = $recipientMailId[0];
                    $msg .="Dear, <b>".ucwords($user_name)."</b> \r <br>";
                }
                $msg .=$messageContent."\r <br><br>";
                $msg .="Thank you"."\r\n\n <br>";
                $msg .=$senderName."\r\n\n <br><br>";

                $headers ="";

                /** Get the Mulitple Attachment files and Attachment Process Starts **/
                if(isset($attachmentFiles)){
                    $headers .= "From: ".$senderMailId."\r\n";
                    $headers .= "Cc: ".$recipientCCMailId."\r\n";
                    $headers .= "Bcc: ".$recipientBCCMailId."\r\n";
                    // boundary
                    $semi_rand = md5(time());
                    $mime_boundary = "==Multipart_Boundary_x{$semi_rand}x";

                    // headers for attachment
                    $headers .= "\nMIME-Version: 1.0\n" . "Content-Type: multipart/mixed;\n" . " boundary=\"{$mime_boundary}\"";
                     // multipart boundary
                    $msg .= "--{$mime_boundary}\n" . "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=\"iso-8859-1\"\n" .
                    "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit\n\n" . $msg . "\n\n";

                    // preparing attachments
                    for($i=0;$i<count($attachmentFiles);$i++)
                    {
                        if(is_file($attachmentFiles[$i]))
                        { 
                            $msg .= "--{$mime_boundary}\n";
                            $fp     = @fopen($attachmentFiles[$i],"rb");
                            $data   = @fread($fp,filesize($attachmentFiles[$i]));
                                      @fclose($fp);
                            $data   = chunk_split(base64_encode($data));
                            $msg .= "Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name=\"".basename($attachmentFiles[$i])."\"\n" .
                            "Content-Description: ".basename($attachmentFiles[$i])."\n" .
                            "Content-Disposition: attachment;\n" . " filename=\"".basename($attachmentFiles[$i])."\"; size=".filesize($attachmentFiles[$i]).";\n" .
                            "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n\n" . $data . "\n\n";
                        }
                     }
                    $msg .= "--{$mime_boundary}--";
                }
                /** Attachment Process Ends **/
                else{
                    $headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0" . "\r\n";
                    $headers .= "Content-type:text/html;charset=utf-8" . "\r\n";
                    //$headers .= "Content-type:text/html;charset=iso-8859-1" . "\r\n";
                    $headers .= "From: ".$senderMailId."\r\n";
                    $headers .= "Cc: ".$recipientCCMailId."\r\n";
                    $headers .= "Bcc: ".$recipientBCCMailId."\r\n";
                }
            /*** Mail Contents Ends ***/    
            $sent_mail=mail($recipientMailId,$subj,$msg,$headers); 
            if($sent_mail)
            {
                return true;
            }
            else
            {
                return false;
            }
        }
        catch (Exception $e)
        {
            getConnection('close');
            echo "Caught Exception:",$e->getMessage();
        } 
    }

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 28 '13 at 07:28

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i was facing the same issue. The problem is with mime boundary. Don't add "--".$uid."--"; after every attachment. Adding boundary before content type of attachment is enough.

answered May 28 '13 at 07:28

Navneet Kumar

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php : email sending failed with more than one attachment

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