PHP ActiveX

Send HTML Email with Image Downloaded from URL

Demonstrates how to compose an HTML email with an embedded image where the image data is downloaded from a URL.

Chilkat PHP ActiveX Downloads

PHP ActiveX

<?php

$success = 0;

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

// First download the image we'll be adding to the HTML "img" tag.
$bdJpg = new COM("Chilkat.BinData");
$http = new COM("Chilkat.Http");
$success = $http->QuickGetBd('https://www.chilkatsoft.com/images/starfish.jpg',$bdJpg);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$mailman = new COM("Chilkat.MailMan");

// Use your SMTP server..
$mailman->SmtpHost = 'smtp.yourserver.com';
$mailman->SmtpPort = 587;
$mailman->StartTLS = 1;

// Set the SMTP login/password
$mailman->SmtpUsername = 'my_login';
$mailman->SmtpPassword = 'my_password';

// Create an HTML email.
$email = new COM("Chilkat.Email");
$email->Subject = 'HTML Email with Image';
$email->From = 'Dave <somebody@mydomain.com>';
$email->AddTo('Chilkat','info@chilkatsoft.com');

$html = '<html><body><p>This is an HTML email with an embedded image.</p><p><img src=\'starfish.jpg\' /></p></body></html>';
$email->SetHtmlBody($html);

// Note: The "starfish.jpg" here must match the name in the "img" tag's "src" attribute in the HTML above.
$success = $email->AddRelatedBd2($bdJpg,'starfish.jpg');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $email->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$email->SaveEml('qa_output/out.eml');

// success = mailman.SendEmail(email);
// if (success == ckfalse) {
//     println mailman.LastErrorText;
//     return;
// }
// 
// ignore = mailman.CloseSmtpConnection();

print 'Success.' . "\n";

?>