Send Email with Attachments

Create and send an email with file attachments.

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<?php

//  The mailman object is used for sending and receiving email.
$mailman = new COM("Chilkat.MailMan2");

//  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
$success = $mailman->UnlockComponent('30-day trial');
if ($success != true) {
    print 'Component unlock failed' . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Set the SMTP server.
$mailman->SmtpHost = 'smtp.chilkatsoft.com';

//  You may need a login/password.  In many cases,
//  authentication is not required when sending local email
//  (i.e. to email addresses having the same domain as the
//  SMTP server), but is required when sending to non-local
//  recipients.
$mailman->SmtpUsername = 'myLogin';
$mailman->SmtpPassword = 'myPassword';

//  Create a new email object
$email = new COM("Chilkat.Email2");

$email->Subject = 'This is a test';
$email->Body = 'This is a test';
$email->From = 'Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>';
$email->AddTo('Somebody1','somebody1@somewhere.com');
$email->AddTo('Somebody2','somebody2@somewhere.com');

//  Add any number of attachments:

//  The AddFileAttachment method can be called any number of times
//  to add 1 or more attachments to an email.  It returns the
//  content type of the attachment added.  This is for informational
//  purposes only.  For example, if a .jpg file is attached,
//  the return string will be "image/jpeg".
//  If AddFileAttachment fails (perhaps by a file-not-found error),
//  a NULL reference is returned:
$contentType = $email->addFileAttachment('c:/temp/something.doc');
if (is_null($contentType)) {
    print $email->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $mailman->SendEmail($email);
if ($success != true) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\n";
}
else {
    print 'Mail Sent!' . "\n";
}

?>