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PHP Build a Simple PHP Application Wrapping Up The Project Sending The Contact Form Email

Ben Attenborough
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Ben Attenborough
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Ben Attenborough
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Adding an attachment

Hi, I've been following the PHP Development course and the stuff about using a HTML form to send an email message has been really useful. However, I am currently working on a project where the client would like users to be able to upload a photo via the form. I am unsure how I should go about doing this. Would I need to upload the picture to the server first before attaching it to the form? Any guidance would be much appreciated!

Thanks,

Ben

2 Answers

Enara L. Otaegi
Enara L. Otaegi
13,107 Points
Enara L. Otaegi
Enara L. Otaegi
13,107 Points

You can find some examples here about how to upload files from a form to the server. If you don't need to resize the photo or check if it's a photo or anything like that you can do something like this.

The form:

<input type="file" name="photo">

The php file:

<?php
$uploads_dir = '/uploads';
if ($_FILES["photo"]["error"] == UPLOAD_ERR_OK) {
    $tmp_name = $_FILES["photo"]["tmp_name"];
    $name = $_FILES["photo"]["name"];
    move_uploaded_file($tmp_name, "$uploads_dir/$name");
}
?>
Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,730 Points
Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,730 Points

You mentioned attaching the file to the form which would go along with what Enara mentioned. However if you want to attach the file to an email, for example the user uploads and file through the form and then that file is sent to the recipient in the email, then I would do what Enara mentioned to upload the file and then use a library like phpmailer ( see tutorial here: http://phpmailer.worxware.com/?pg=tutorial#3 ) to attach the file from that location. hope that helps.