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Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 21:26:50 +0200
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On 16-08-2013 21:09, Dave Drekter wrote:
> Ok, don't holler at me, I understand php4 is no longer.  That said, for many reasons it's not possible to upgrade to php5 and use phpMailer - as much as I'd like to. I've searched around and there's no other answer presented. So, here's the problem. I create a text file /tmp2/tmporder2
>
> The code below sends the email fine with the attachment, but the attachment contains 0 bytes, NADA.
>
> <?php
> $path = '/tmp2';
> $filename = 'tmporder2';
> $mailto = 'dave@powerfulhosting.com';
> $from_mail = 'estore order receipt';
>   $from_name = 'bagelworks order';
>   $replyto = '';
>   $subject = 'TESTING EMAIL ATTACHMENT';
>
>      $file = $path.$filename;


$file now contains'/tmp2tmporder2'

>
> Any ideas why the attached file is blank?
>

yes, it cannot find your file, because it's not at the location you 
specified ;)