PHP Extension

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.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

// 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 CkBinData();
$http = new CkHttp();
$success = $http->QuickGetBd('https://www.chilkatsoft.com/images/starfish.jpg',$bdJpg);
if ($success == false) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$mailman = new CkMailMan();

// Use your SMTP server..
$mailman->put_SmtpHost('smtp.yourserver.com');
$mailman->put_SmtpPort(587);
$mailman->put_StartTLS(true);

// Set the SMTP login/password
$mailman->put_SmtpUsername('my_login');
$mailman->put_SmtpPassword('my_password');

// Create an HTML email.
$email = new CkEmail();
$email->put_Subject('HTML Email with Image');
$email->put_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 == false) {
    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";

?>