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  Email attachment 0bytes using php4 Dave Drekter <powerfulhosting@gmail.com> - 2013-08-16 12:09 -0700
    Re: Email attachment 0bytes using php4 Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2013-08-16 21:26 +0200
      Re: Email attachment 0bytes using php4 Dave Drekter <powerfulhosting@gmail.com> - 2013-08-16 12:37 -0700
    Re: Email attachment 0bytes using php4 Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-08-16 15:32 -0400
    Re: Email attachment 0bytes using php4 "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2013-08-16 14:42 -0500
    Re: Email attachment 0bytes using php4 Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2013-08-16 21:57 +0200
    Re: Email attachment 0bytes using php4 The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2013-08-16 21:50 +0100

#10533 — Email attachment 0bytes using php4

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;
    $file_size = filesize($file);
    $handle = fopen($file, "r");
    $content = fread($handle, $file_size);
    fclose($handle);
    $message=$handle;

    $content = chunk_split(base64_encode($content));
    $uid = md5(uniqid(time()));
    $name = basename($file);
    $header = "From: ".$from_name." <".$from_mail.">\r\n";
    $header .= "Reply-To: ".$replyto."\r\n";
    $header .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
    $header .= "Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=\"".$uid."\"\r\n\r\n";
    $header .= "This is a multi-part message in MIME format.\r\n";
    $header .= "--".$uid."\r\n";
    $header .= "Content-type:text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";
    $header .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit\r\n\r\n";
    $header .= $message."\r\n\r\n";
    $header .= "--".$uid."\r\n";
    $header .= "Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name=\"".$filename."\"\r\n"; // use different content types here
    $header .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\r\n";
    $header .= "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"".$filename."\"\r\n\r\n";
    $header .= $content."\r\n\r\n";
    $header .= "--".$uid."--";
    if (mail($mailto, $subject, "", $header)) {
        echo "mail send ... OK"; // or use booleans here
    } else {
        echo "mail send ... ERROR!";
    }
?>

Any ideas why the attached file is blank? 

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#10534

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 ;)

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#10536

Luuk:  That was it!  I owe you.  I do a lot of marketing/advertising kinda stuff so if you need something rattle my cage.  dave@powerfulhosting.com  Thanks.


On Friday, August 16, 2013 12:26:50 PM UTC-7, Luuk wrote:
> 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 ;)

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#10535

On 8/16/2013 3:09 PM, 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;
>      $file_size = filesize($file);
>      $handle = fopen($file, "r");
>      $content = fread($handle, $file_size);
>      fclose($handle);
>      $message=$handle;
>
>      $content = chunk_split(base64_encode($content));
>      $uid = md5(uniqid(time()));
>      $name = basename($file);
>      $header = "From: ".$from_name." <".$from_mail.">\r\n";
>      $header .= "Reply-To: ".$replyto."\r\n";
>      $header .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
>      $header .= "Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=\"".$uid."\"\r\n\r\n";
>      $header .= "This is a multi-part message in MIME format.\r\n";
>      $header .= "--".$uid."\r\n";
>      $header .= "Content-type:text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";
>      $header .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit\r\n\r\n";
>      $header .= $message."\r\n\r\n";
>      $header .= "--".$uid."\r\n";
>      $header .= "Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name=\"".$filename."\"\r\n"; // use different content types here
>      $header .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\r\n";
>      $header .= "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"".$filename."\"\r\n\r\n";
>      $header .= $content."\r\n\r\n";
>      $header .= "--".$uid."--";
>      if (mail($mailto, $subject, "", $header)) {
>          echo "mail send ... OK"; // or use booleans here
>      } else {
>          echo "mail send ... ERROR!";
>      }
> ?>
>
> Any ideas why the attached file is blank?
>

Without trying your code, I can only guess.  However, a couple of questions:

1. Why are you trying to put your content in the header?  That should go 
in the body.

2. Why are you using \r\n\r\n multiple times in your header?  This will 
insert a blank line, which identifies the beginning of the data.

3. Have you tried looking at the source of the email when it's received, 
and compared it to a working attachment, i.e. from thunderbird?  This is 
the easiest way to see what's not correct.


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==================
Remove the "x" from my email address
Jerry Stuckle
JDS Computer Training Corp.
jstucklex@attglobal.net
==================

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#10537

On Fri, 16 Aug 2013 12:09:36 -0700 (PDT), 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;
No slash here? What's in '/tmp2tmporder2'?

>     $file_size = filesize($file);
>     $handle = fopen($file, "r");
>     $content = fread($handle, $file_size);
>     fclose($handle);
>     $message=$handle;
What's this supposed to do? It looks like you're trying to put the same
text file into the text plain part *and* as a base64 encoded version of
the same thing. Maybe you are, but that just seems like a fantastic way
to add a lot of obscure redundancy.

>
>     $content = chunk_split(base64_encode($content));
>     $uid = md5(uniqid(time()));
>     $name = basename($file);
>     $header = "From: ".$from_name." <".$from_mail.">\r\n";
>     $header .= "Reply-To: ".$replyto."\r\n";
>     $header .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
>     $header .= "Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=\"".$uid."\"\r\n\r\n";
>     $header .= "This is a multi-part message in MIME format.\r\n";
>     $header .= "--".$uid."\r\n";
>     $header .= "Content-type:text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";
>     $header .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit\r\n\r\n";
>     $header .= $message."\r\n\r\n";
>     $header .= "--".$uid."\r\n";
>     $header .= "Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name=\"".$filename."\"\r\n"; // use different content types here
>     $header .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\r\n";
>     $header .= "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"".$filename."\"\r\n\r\n";
>     $header .= $content."\r\n\r\n";
>     $header .= "--".$uid."--";
>     if (mail($mailto, $subject, "", $header)) {
>         echo "mail send ... OK"; // or use booleans here
>     } else {
>         echo "mail send ... ERROR!";
>     }
> ?>
>
> Any ideas why the attached file is blank? 


-- 
Remember, a 12'x12'x18" raised floor can hold over a thousand gallons of
blood before it starts to seep up through the cracks.
              -- Roger Burton West in the Monastery

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#10538

Dave Drekter:

> That said, for many reasons it's not possible to upgrade to php5 and
> use phpMailer - as much as I'd like to.

There are versions of PHPMailer that work under PHP 4:
<http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmailer/files/phpmailer%20for%20php4/>.

However, you may reconsider the reasons for not upgrading to PHP 5.  The
last maintainence relase of PHP 4 is already 5 years old--a lot of bugs
and vulnerabilities have been fixed since then.

-- 
Christoph M. Becker

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#10539

On 16/08/13 20:09, 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 
>

TYhis worked for me. obviusly its not your finalsolution

function mail_html_file($email, $subject,$from,$return_path,$body)
{
   
    $attach=
chunk_split(base64_encode(file_get_contents('../Images/Logo2.gif')));
    $boundary = md5( time() );
   
    $headers = sprintf("From: %s\nMIME-Version: 1.0\nContent-Type:
multipart/related; boundary=\"%s\"",
    $from, $boundary);
   
     $message = sprintf("--%s\nContent-Type: text/html;
charset=\"iso-9959-1\"\nContent-Transfer-Encoding:
quoted-printable\n\n%s\n\n--%s\nContent-Type: Image/gif;
name=\"Logo.gif\"\nContent-ID: <Logo2.gif>\nContent-Transfer-Encoding:
base64\n\n%s\n\n--%s--\n",
     $boundary,$body,$boundary,$attach,$boundary);
     mail($email, $subject, $message, $headers, "-f ".$return_path );
    }
That worked on a linux apache exim mail based system..

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