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Asked: 2026-06-06T19:50:02+00:00

I am trying to email a file that exists on my server using PHPMailer.

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I am trying to email a file that exists on my server using PHPMailer. When I run this code, I get “Could not access file” and the email sends without the attachment… what is wrong here??

<html>
<title>Email Sent!</title>
<?php 
        include("menu.php");
        include("sqlconnect.php");
        require_once('../PHPMailer/class.phpmailer.php');

        $path = $_POST['path'];
        $filename = $_POST['filename'];
        $newpath = "Library/WebServer/Documents/Inventory/".$path;

define('GUSER', 'xxxxxxx@gmail.com'); // GMail username
define('GPWD', 'xxxxxxx'); // GMail password


function smtpmailer($to, $from, $from_name, $subject, $body) { 
    global $error;
    $mail = new PHPMailer();  // create a new object
    $mail->IsSMTP(); // enable SMTP
    $mail->SMTPDebug = 0;  // debugging: 1 = errors and messages, 2 = messages only
    $mail->SMTPAuth = true;  // authentication enabled
    $mail->SMTPSecure = 'ssl'; // secure transfer enabled REQUIRED for GMail
    $mail->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com';
    $mail->Port = 465; 
    $mail->Username = GUSER;  
    $mail->Password = GPWD;           
    $mail->SetFrom($from, $from_name);
    $mail->Subject = $subject;
    $mail->Body = $body;
    $mail->AddAddress($to);
    $attachtest = $mail->AddAttachment($newpath);   
    if(!$mail->Send()) {
        $error = 'Mail error: '.$mail->ErrorInfo; 
        return false;
    } else {
        $error = 'Message sent!';
        return true;
    }
}

smtpmailer('xxxxxxx@me.com', 'xxxxxxxx@gmail.com', 'Name', 'test mail message', 'Hello World!');

?>
</html>
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  1. Editorial Team

    Try passing the correct path into your function like this

    function smtpmailer($to, $from, $from_name, $subject, $body, $newpath)

    and calling it like

     smtpmailer('xxxxxxx@me.com', 'xxxxxxxx@gmail.com', 'Name', 'test mail message', 'Hello World!', $newpath);
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