Converting php variables to XML attachment

Hi all,

I have made my own script to generate an xml using the following format:

$xmlsm = "<srs>\n" .
	   "	<affiliate_code>MyAffCode</affiliate_code>\n" .
	   "	<batch_id>".$batchid."</batch_id>\n" .
	   "	<sr>\n" .
	   "	<data>\n" .

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etc etc which is used to then send this using mailto command.

However, the company has requested that it be sent as an attachment, is there any way to send the output as attachment without having to physically create the xml file on disk?

If not, what is the simplest solution here?

Thanks very much.

Andy

 

I think this code can do the job:

    $filetype = “text/xml”;

    $filename = “whatever.xml”;

    $rand = md5(time());

    $mime_boundary = “==Multipart_Boundary_x{$rand}x”;

    $headers .= “\nMIME-Version: 1.0\n” .

                      “Content-Type: multipart/mixed;\n” .

                      ” boundary=\”{$mime_boundary}\”";

    $message = “This message contains an XML attachement\n\n” .

                       “-{$mime_boundary}\n” .

                       “Content-Type: text/plain; charset=\”iso-8859-1\n” .

                        “Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit\n\n” .

    $message .= “\n\n”;

   $data = chunk_split(base64_encode($xmlsm));

    $message .= “–{$mime_boundary}\n” .

                        “Content-Type: {$filetype};\n” .

                       ” name=\”{$filename}\”\n” .

                       “Content-Disposition: attachment;\n” .

                       ” filename=\”{$filename}\”\n” .

                       “Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n\n” .

                        $data . “\n\n” .

                        “-{$mime_boundary}-\n”;

   if(mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)) {
          echo ”The email was sent.“;
    }
    else {
          echo ”There was an error sending the mail.“;
    }

PHP:

 

Hi there, thanks for the response, after implementing it, I get the email but with no attachment, this is what I got:

MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed;
 boundary="==Multipart_Boundary_x105ca9252e8254315c3e737477e2e259x"

This message contains the XML attachement for lead id 23201311172

-==Multipart_Boundary_x105ca9252e8254315c3e737477e2e259x
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit



–==Multipart_Boundary_x105ca9252e8254315c3e737477e2e259x
Content-Type: text/xml;
 name="23201311172.xml"
Content-Disposition: attachment;
 filename="23201311172.xml"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64

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-==Multipart_Boundary_x105ca9252e8254315c3e737477e2e259x-

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Not sure if I did something wrong when I integrated your code but it looked fine.

The code I used was:

$filetype = "text/xml";

    $filename = $leadid.".xml";

    $rand = md5(time());

    $mime_boundary = "==Multipart_Boundary_x{$rand}x";

    $headers .= "From: ME (Andy) testing@mydomain.com>\r\n" .
	
	"\nMIME-Version: 1.0\n" .

                      "Content-Type: multipart/mixed;\n" .

                      " boundary=\"{$mime_boundary}\"";

    $message = "This message contains the XML attachment for lead id ".$leadid."\n\n" .

                       "-{$mime_boundary}\n" .

                       "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=\"iso-8859-1\n" .

                        "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit\n\n" .

    $message .= "\n\n";

   $data = chunk_split(base64_encode($xmlsm));

    $message .= "–{$mime_boundary}\n" .

                        "Content-Type: {$filetype};\n" .

                       " name=\"{$filename}\"\n" .

                       "Content-Disposition: attachment;\n" .

                       " filename=\"{$filename}\"\n" .

                       "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n\n" .

                        $data . "\n\n" .

                        "-{$mime_boundary}-\n";

$emailSubjectx = FilterCChars("New Lead Just In");

$emailTox = "testing@mydomain.com";

mail($emailTox, $emailSubjectx, $message, $headers); 

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Hi again, that script you posted was very close so thanks very much for helping me on the right track.

For anyone with the same problem please try this:

<?php
//define the receiver of the email
$to = 'youraddress@example.com';
//define the subject of the email
$subject = 'Test email with attachment';
//create a boundary string. It must be unique
//so we use the MD5 algorithm to generate a random hash
$random_hash = md5(date('r', time()));
//define the headers we want passed. Note that they are separated with \r\n
$headers = "From: webmaster@example.com\r\nReply-To: webmaster@example.com";
//add boundary string and mime type specification
$headers .= "\r\nContent-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=\"PHP-mixed-".$random_hash."\"";
//read the atachment file contents into a string,
//encode it with MIME base64,
//and split it into smaller chunks
$attachment = chunk_split(base64_encode(file_get_contents('attachment.zip')));
//define the body of the message.
ob_start(); //Turn on output buffering
?>
--PHP-mixed-<?php echo $random_hash; ?> 
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="PHP-alt-<?php echo $random_hash; ?>"

--PHP-alt-<?php echo $random_hash; ?> 
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Hello World!!!
This is simple text email message.

--PHP-alt-<?php echo $random_hash; ?> 
Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

<h2>Hello World!</h2>
<p>This is something with <b>HTML</b> formatting.</p>

--PHP-alt-<?php echo $random_hash; ?>--

--PHP-mixed-<?php echo $random_hash; ?> 
Content-Type: application/zip; name="attachment.zip" 
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 
Content-Disposition: attachment 

<?php echo $attachment; ?>
--PHP-mixed-<?php echo $random_hash; ?>--

<?php
//copy current buffer contents into $message variable and delete current output buffer
$message = ob_get_clean();
//send the email
$mail_sent = @mail( $to, $subject, $message, $headers );
//if the message is sent successfully print "Mail sent". Otherwise print "Mail failed"
echo $mail_sent ? "Mail sent" : "Mail failed";
?> 

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Glad you got it working..
I hadn't tested the script, just wrote and posted it. Should have tested to see if it was working properly..
if I remember, I had this script working in outlook express, I did this for a project long ago..

Good luck with the project.

 

Thanks Webby, one way or another you solved my problem. Thanks