PHP ActiveX

Add Email Attachment from FTP

Downloads (into memory) a file from an FTP server and adds it as an attachment to an email.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later.

PHP ActiveX

<?php

$success = 0;

// Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later.

// This example assumes Chilkat Ftp2 to have been previously unlocked.
// See Unlock Ftp2 for sample code.

$ftp = new COM("Chilkat.Ftp2");

$ftp->Hostname = 'www.my-ftp-server.com';
$ftp->Username = 'mFtpLogin';
$ftp->Password = 'myFtpPassword';

// Connect to the FTP server.
$success = $ftp->ConnectOnly();
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Authenticate with the FTP server.
$success = $ftp->LoginAfterConnectOnly();
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Move to the remove directory where our file is located.
$success = $ftp->ChangeRemoteDir('qa_data');
if ($success == 1) {
    $success = $ftp->ChangeRemoteDir('pdf');
}

if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Download...
$pdfData = new COM("Chilkat.BinData");
$success = $ftp->GetFileBd('fishing.pdf',$pdfData);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$ftp->Disconnect();

// Create an email object, and add the PDF as an attachment.
$email = new COM("Chilkat.Email");
$email->Subject = 'Test with PDF attachment.';
$email->Body = 'This is a plain-text body..';

// Add the PDF attachment.  (This method call requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later)
$success = $email->AddAttachmentBd('fishing.pdf',$pdfData,'application/pdf');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $email->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Save the email and examine with a text editor to see the PDF attachment is present..
$email->SaveEml('qa_output/out.eml');

print 'Success.' . "\n";

?>