How to attach pdf file in php mail function

To attach a PDF file to a PHP mail function, you can use the mail() function's additional_headers parameter to specify the attachment. Here's an example:

<?php
$to = '[email protected]';
$subject = 'Test PDF Attachment';
$message = 'This is a test message';

// Set the PDF file path and name
$pdf_file = 'path/to/example.pdf';
$pdf_name = 'example.pdf';

// Set the email headers
$headers = 'From: [email protected]'. "\r\n".
           'Reply-To: [email protected]'. "\r\n".
           'Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8'. "\r\n".
           'Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'. $pdf_name. '"';

// Set the email body
$body = $message;

// Send the email
mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers, $pdf_file);

In this example, we're using the mail() function to send an email to the recipient. We're setting the additional_headers parameter to a string that includes the Content-Type header, which specifies the attachment, and the Content-Disposition header, which specifies the file name and disposition.

The Content-Type header should be set to text/plain for a PDF attachment, and the Content-Disposition header should be set to attachment to indicate that the file is an attachment.

You can also use the mime_content_type() function to specify the MIME type of the attachment:

$headers.= 'Content-Type: application/pdf; name="'. $pdf_name. '"'. "\r\n";

This will set the MIME type of the attachment to application/pdf.

You can also use the fp_fopen() and fp_read() functions to read the PDF file and attach it to the email:

$pdf_file = 'path/to/example.pdf';
$pdf_name = 'example.pdf';

// Open the PDF file
$pdf = fopen($pdf_file, 'rb');

// Read the PDF file
$pdf_content = fread($pdf, filesize($pdf_file));

// Close the PDF file
fclose($pdf);

// Set the email headers
$headers = 'From: [email protected]'. "\r\n".
           'Reply-To: [email protected]'. "\r\n".
           'Content-Type: application/pdf; name="'. $pdf_name. '"'. "\r\n".
           'Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'. $pdf_name. '"';

// Set the email body
$body = $message;

// Send the email
mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers, $pdf_content);

In this example, we're using the fp_fopen() and fp_read() functions to read the PDF file and attach it to the email. We're setting the Content-Type header to application/pdf and the Content-Disposition header to attachment to indicate that the file is an attachment.

Note that you should replace the path/to/example.pdf with the actual path to your PDF file.

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