Send Mail With Attachments Using PHP
Last Updated : Jul 1, 2023
In this tutorial we will show you how to send mail with attachment using php, there are times when you want to send mail with attachments but that process is very hard and there is no surity of delivering of your mail with attachments
But now this process becomes easy and best way to send emails with attachments with the help of PHP and PHP Mailer Library.
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To Send Mail With Attachment It Takes Only Two Steps:-
- Make a HTML file and define markup to send mail data
- Make a PHP file to get data and send mail
Step 1. Make a HTML file and define markup to send mail data
We make a HTML file and save it with a name mail.html
<html> <body> <div id="wrapper"> <form method="post" action="send_mail.php"> <p>Enter Your Name : <input typ="text" name="sender_name"></p> <p>Enter Your Email : <input typ="text" name="sender_email"></p> <p>Enter Recipient Email : <input typ="text" name="reciever_email"></p> <p>Enter Email Subject : <input typ="text" name="subject"></p> <p>Enter Message : <textarea id="text" name="message"></textarea></p> <p>Select File : <input type="file" name="attach_file"></p> <p><input type="submit" name="send_mail" value="Send"></p> </form> </div> </body> </html>
In this step we create a form and add some text field required for sending mail and add file field to uploading attachment for mail and then submit all the data to send_mail.php file which we were going to
create in next step.
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Step 2. Make a PHP file to get data and send mail
We make a PHP file and save it with a name send_mail.php
<?php
if(isset($_POST['send_mail']))
{
$name=$_POST['sender_name'];
$sender_email=$_POST['sender_email'];
$send_to=$_POST['reciever_email'];
$subject=$_POST['subject'];
$message=$_POST['message'];
$attachment=$_FILES["attach_file"]["tmp_name"];
$folder="files/";
$file_name=$_FILES["attach_file"]["name"];
move_uploaded_file($_FILES["attach_file"]["tmp_name"], "$folder".$_FILES["attach_file"]["name"]);
require_once('class.phpmailer.php');
$send_mail = new PHPMailer();
$send_mail->From = $sender_email;
$send_mail->FromName = $name;
$send_mail->Subject = $subject;
$send_mail->Body = $message;
$send_mail->AddAddress($send_to);
$attach_file = $folder."".$file_name;
$send_mail->AddAttachment($attach_file);
return $send_mail->Send();
}
?>
In this step we get all the data required to send mail and then upload the file to directory.
We include class.phpmailer.php required to send mail then we add the details in mail and attach the file and send the mail to recievers email address.
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Thats all, this is how to send mail with attachment using PHP.You can customize this code further as per your requirement. And please feel free to give comments on this tutorial.
I hope this tutorial on send email with attachment in php using phpmailer helps you and the steps and method mentioned above are easy to follow and implement.
About Dikshita
Passionate Electronics and Communication Engineering student with expertise in web development (HTML, CSS, JS,PHP, Bootstrap, React.js) and content writing. Eager problem solver and tech enthusiast, adept at creating engaging web experiences.
