Create Email with Non-Standard Binary Body

Creates an email where the only body is a binary WAV file. The technique used in the example could be applied to other binary files, such as PDF, MS-WORD docs, Excel docs, etc.

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<?php

$mime = new COM("Chilkat.Mime");

$success = $mime->UnlockComponent('Anything for 30-day trial.');
if ($success == false) {
    print $mime->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $mime->SetBodyFromFile('VoiceMessage.wav');
if ($success == false) {
    print $mime->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  The MIME has this header:
//  Content-Disposition: attachment;
//  	 filename="VoiceMessage.wav"
//  Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
//  Content-Type: audio/x-wav;
//  	name="VoiceMessage.wav"

//  We don't want the content-disposition to be an
//  attachment -- otherwise the email object will self-correct
//  and put it in a multipart/mixed format...
$mime->Disposition = '';
$mime->Filename = '';

$strMime = $mime->getMime();
print $strMime . "\n";

//  Now load it into an email object:
$email = new COM("Chilkat.Email2");
$success = $email->SetFromMimeText($strMime);
if ($success == false) {
    print $email->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Add subject, TO, FROM, etc.
$email->Subject = 'This is a test';
$email->From = 'support@chilkatsoft.com';
$email->AddTo('Matt','matt@chilkatsoft.com');

//  Your email is ready to send.
//  (but for this example, we'll simply save it to a file...)
$success = $email->SaveEml('email.eml');
if ($success == false) {
    print $email->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'OK!' . "\n";

?>