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Codeigniter send email with attach file


I am trying to send email on codeigniter with attach file.

I always receive email successfully. However , I never receive with attach file. Below is code and highly appreciate for all comments.

    $ci = get_instance();
    $ci->load->library('email');
    $config['protocol'] = "smtp";
    $config['smtp_host'] = "ssl://smtp.gmail.com";
    $config['smtp_port'] = "465";
    $config['smtp_user'] = "test@gmail.com";
    $config['smtp_pass'] = "test";
    $config['charset'] = "utf-8";
    $config['mailtype'] = "html";
    $config['newline'] = "\r\n";

    $ci->email->initialize($config);

    $ci->email->from('test@test.com', 'Test Email');
    $list = array('test2@gmail.com');
    $ci->email->to($list);
    $this->email->reply_to('my-email@gmail.com', 'Explendid Videos');
    $ci->email->subject('This is an email test');
    $ci->email->message('It is working. Great!');

    $ci->email->attach( '/test/myfile.pdf');
    $ci->email->send();

Solution

  • $this->email->attach()

    Enables you to send an attachment. Put the file path/name in the first parameter. Note: Use a file path, not a URL. For multiple attachments use the function multiple times. For example:

    public function setemail()
    {
    $email="xyz@gmail.com";
    $subject="some text";
    $message="some text";
    $this->sendEmail($email,$subject,$message);
    }
    public function sendEmail($email,$subject,$message)
        {
    
        $config = Array(
          'protocol' => 'smtp',
          'smtp_host' => 'ssl://smtp.googlemail.com',
          'smtp_port' => 465,
          'smtp_user' => 'abc@gmail.com', 
          'smtp_pass' => 'passwrd', 
          'mailtype' => 'html',
          'charset' => 'iso-8859-1',
          'wordwrap' => TRUE
        );
    
    
              $this->load->library('email', $config);
              $this->email->set_newline("\r\n");
              $this->email->from('abc@gmail.com');
              $this->email->to($email);
              $this->email->subject($subject);
              $this->email->message($message);
                $this->email->attach('C:\Users\xyz\Desktop\images\abc.png');
              if($this->email->send())
             {
              echo 'Email send.';
             }
             else
            {
             show_error($this->email->print_debugger());
            }
    
        }