Question

Hi I have a file upload field with name=”file1″ and code in a phpmailer script:

if (isset($_FILES['file1']))
{
$file1_path = $_FILES['file1']['tmp_name'];
$file1_name = $_FILES['file1']['name'];
$file1_type = $_FILES['file1']['type'];
$file1_error = $_FILES['file1']['error'];
$mail->AddAttachment($file1_path);
}

And for some reason, it attached like php45we34 (each time diff, seems that its the temp name path, not the actual file)

Any help?

Answer 1

I suggest you to use function move_uploaded_file before adding attachment.

This is sample code that will move file from temporary location somewhere at your server

$target_path = "uploads/";

$target_path = $target_path . basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']); 

if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name'], $target_path)) {
    echo "The file ".  basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']). 
    " has been uploaded";
} else{
    echo "There was an error uploading the file, please try again!";
}

After that AddAttachment should work fine.

$mail->AddAttachment(basename($target_path . $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']));