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Convert a MIME Entity to multipart/mixed

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.ConvertToMultipartMixed method, which wraps the current entity in a new outer multipart/mixed, making the original the first child. It takes no arguments.

Note: The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background: This is how you turn an existing single-part message into one that can hold attachments — rather than rebuilding it, you wrap it, and its content becomes the first child of a new multipart/mixed. Message-level and custom headers are carried onto the new outer entity so the message identity is preserved. Afterward, AppendPartFromFile adds attachments beside the original body.

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<?php

use Chilkat2\Mime;

$mime = new Mime();
try {
    $mime->LoadMimeFile('qa_data/message.eml');

    // Wrap the current entity in a new outer multipart/mixed entity.  The original entity becomes the
    // first child, which is what you do to add attachments to an existing single-part message.
    $mime->ConvertToMultipartMixed();

    // Now attachments can be appended alongside the original content.
    $mime->AppendPartFromFile('qa_data/report.pdf');
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

echo 'Number of parts: ', $mime->NumParts, "\n";