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PHP

Posted by Samuel Mamulaschwili
Samuel Mamulaschwili
9,935 Points

Run php script after form submisson

Hey guys,

I`ve finished some php tracks and try to code my own project. Right now I submit a simple form to mysql database and store the entries there. Next I want to create a pdf file (with fpdf: www.fpdf.org). I wrote the script that generate the pdf from the databse entries.

I have no idea how the send this pdf file as an email attachment automatically after the database storage. Whats the best way to "trigger" this after I hit the "send" button?

Thanks for helping me out

Sam

1 Answer

Shawn Gregory
Shawn Gregory
Courses Plus Student 40,672 Points

Hello,

Just use the PHPMailer addon to add your attachments. It has the ability to add attachments to your emails that you are sending via the mail() function. Take a look at the following example I got from StackOverflow:

<?php

$email = new PHPMailer();
$email->From      = 'you@example.com';
$email->FromName  = 'Your Name';
$email->Subject   = 'Message Subject';
$email->Body      = $bodytext;
$email->AddAddress( 'destinationaddress@example.com' );

$file_to_attach = 'PATH_OF_YOUR_FILE_HERE';

$email->AddAttachment( $file_to_attach , 'NameOfFile.pdf' );

return $email->Send();

?>

Hope this points you in the right direction.

Cheers!

(Citation: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12301358/send-attachments-with-php-mail , Stack Overflow)