PHP ActiveX

Rename Email Attachments After Adding

Demonstrates how to rename email attachments after adding but before sending. PHP ActiveX

<?php

$success = 0;

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

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

$mailman->SmtpHost = 'smtp.my-mail-server.com';
$mailman->SmtpUsername = 'MY_SMTP_USERNAME';
$mailman->SmtpPassword = 'MY_SMTP_PASSWORD';
$mailman->SmtpSsl = 1;
$mailman->SmtpPort = 465;

$email = new COM("Chilkat.Email");

$email->Subject = 'This is a test';
$email->Body = 'This is a test';
$email->From = 'Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>';
$success = $email->AddTo('Chilkat Admin','admin@chilkatsoft.com');
// To add more recipients, call AddTo, AddCC, or AddBcc once per recipient.

// Add some attachments.
// The AddFileAttachment method returns the value of the content-type it chose for the attachment.
$contentType = $email->addFileAttachment('qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg');
if ($email->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print $email->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$contentType = $email->addFileAttachment('qa_data/pdf/fishing.pdf');
if ($email->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print $email->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// If we save the email to a .eml, we can examine in a text editor.
$success = $email->SaveEml('qa_output/e1.eml');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $email->LastErrorText . "\n";
    print 'Failed to save .eml' . "\n";
    exit;
}

// We see the following in the e1.eml
// Notice that Chilkat replaced the full path with just the filename.
// The full local path is not part of the email that gets sent..

// ...
// --------------020807050607070004010609
// Content-Type: image/jpeg; name="starfish.jpg"
// Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
// Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="starfish.jpg"
// 
// ...
// --------------020807050607070004010609
// Content-Type: application/pdf; name="fishing.pdf"
// Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
// Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="fishing.pdf"
// ...

// Before sending, each filename can be changed within the email object.
// For example:
$success = $email->SetAttachmentFilename(0,'orange_starfish.jpg');
$success = $email->SetAttachmentFilename(1,'tuna_fishing.pdf');

// Look at the new MIME source of the email in a  text editor...
$success = $email->SaveEml('qa_output/e2.eml');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $email->LastErrorText . "\n";
    print 'Failed to save .eml' . "\n";
    exit;
}

// You'll see this:

// ...
// --------------020807050607070004010609
// Content-Type: image/jpeg; name="orange_starfish.jpg"
// Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
// Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="orange_starfish.jpg"
// 
// ...
// --------------020807050607070004010609
// Content-Type: application/pdf; name="tuna_fishing.pdf"
// Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
// Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="tuna_fishing.pdf"
// ...

// Send the email with the updated filenames..
$success = $mailman->SendEmail($email);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $mailman->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $mailman->CloseSmtpConnection();
if ($success != 1) {
    print 'Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.' . "\n";
}

print 'Mail with attachments sent!' . "\n";

?>