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Remove a Single Attachment from an Email

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.DropSingleAttachment method, which removes the attachment at the specified zero-based index. Valid indexes run from 0 through NumAttachments - 1. This example adds two attachments, removes the first, and prints the count before and after.

Background: Attachments are addressed by a zero-based index, so the first is 0, the second 1, and so on. DropSingleAttachment removes just one — use it to prune a specific file (say, an oversized or unwanted attachment) while keeping the rest. Note that after a removal the remaining attachments shift down, so if you are deleting several by index, iterate from the highest index downward to avoid skipping any.

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<?php

use Chilkat2\Email;

// Demonstrates the DropSingleAttachment method, which removes the attachment at the
// specified zero-based index.

$email = new Email();
$email->Subject = 'Drop a single attachment';

$email->AddStringAttachment('a.txt', 'first attachment');
$email->AddStringAttachment('b.txt', 'second attachment');
echo 'NumAttachments before = ', $email->NumAttachments, "\n";

// Remove the attachment at index 0 (the first attachment).
$email->DropSingleAttachment(0);

echo 'NumAttachments after = ', $email->NumAttachments, "\n";