imap_mail_compose

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hans at lintoo dot dk
26-Sep-2005 02:30


Here is a little something for attaching files... This is already documented in the manual, but my solution involves some changes. This is based on testing and suggestions from others notes on this page.

<?php

//snip

if (count($_FILES) > 0) {

    $multipart["type"] = TYPEMULTIPART;

    $multipart["subtype"] = "mixed";

    $body[] = $multipart; //add multipart stuff

}

//snip

$uploaddir = ini_get("upload_tmp_dir"); //Get tmp upload dir from PHP.ini

foreach ($_FILES as $fieldName => $file) {

    for ($i=0;$i < count($file['tmp_name']);$i++) {

        if (is_uploaded_file($file['tmp_name'][$i])) {

            $file_handle = fopen($file["tmp_name"][$i], "rb");

            $file_name = $file["name"][$i];

            $file_size = filesize($file["tmp_name"][$i]);

            

            $part["type"] = TYPEAPPLICATION;

            $part["encoding"] = ENCBASE64;

            $part["subtype"] = "octet-stream";

            $part["description"] = $file_name;

            $part['disposition.type'] = 'attachment';

            $part['disposition'] = array ('filename' => $file_name);

            $part['dparameters.filename'] = $file_name;

            $part['parameters.name'] = $file_name;

            $part["contents.data"] = base64_encode(fread($file_handle,$file_size));

            

            $body[] = $part;

            unlink($file["tmp_name"][$i]);

        }

    }

}

//snip

?>

hope someone can use this...

Regards, Hans @ http://lintoo.dk/

hans at lintoo dot dk
23-Sep-2005 09:29


I got a lot of problems with attachments (multipart emails) and the fix directly below this note.

instead just include it in the optional headers argument as previously suggested:



<?php

$mail = str_replace("\r","",imap_mail_compose($envelope, $body));

imap_mail($_POST["to"],$_POST["subject"],'',$mail);

?>

"Nothing like a fix on a fix". 



If you want to copy the message to ie: a sent folder do:

<?php

//take note of the link: $this->mbox, and the constant: self::$imapStream

$envelope["to"]  = $_POST["to"]; //included with imap_mail

$envelope["subject"]  = $_POST["subject"]; //included with imap_mail

$mail = imap_mail_compose($envelope, $body); //note no problems with \r

imap_append($this->mbox,self::$imapStream."INBOX.Sent",$mail ,"\\Seen");

?>

See imap_append for more info.... Enjoy!

thomas dot hebinck at digionline dot de
07-Sep-2003 07:26


imap_mail_compose() uses \r\n at the end of each header (which is RFC conform) - but imap_mail() and mail() just use \n when adding their headers. So you get mixed up EOLs.



When your email client gets trouble finding the beginning of your body, try this (took me half a day):



$mail=imap_mail_compose($env,$body);

list($t_header,$t_body)=split("\r\n\r\n",$mail,2);

$t_header=str_replace("\r",'',$t_header);

$result=imap_mail($to,$subject,$t_body,$t_header);

thomas dot hebinck at digionline dot de
06-Sep-2003 08:28


It is a good idea to set the date header:

$envelope['date']=date('r');

thomas dot hebinck at digionline dot de
06-Sep-2003 08:26


imap_mail_compose modifies $envelope! Subsequent calls with the same $envelope may not work depending on the contents of the header. The best way (at least it works) I found, is:



$temp_env=unserialize(serialize($envelope));

$mail=imap_mail_compose($temp_env,$body);



(just $temp_env=$envelope does not work either)

as1 at powersite dot com dot ar
22-Apr-2003 02:49


How can I do if I have multi mime headers?

By example:



Content-Type: multipart/related;

                   type="multipart/alternative";

or:



Content-Type: multipart/mixed;

                   type="multipart/alternative";



or both methods: nested and multi mime headers:



Content-Type: multipart/mixed;

        boundary="147147"



--147147

Content-Type: multipart/related;

        type="multipart/alternative";

        boundary="247247"



These headers are used when you need attach files and

insert files in a body into mime mails.

Los Olvidados
24-Jan-2003 06:16


If you wish to send the output of this function, simply use it for the headers argument of imap_mail() or mail().  Keep in mind that those functions set the To: and Subject: headers, so including them in the envelope will create double entries.

derf dot m at reseaunix dot net
19-Jun-2002 12:25


class ImapCompose

{

    var $DATA;

    var $MIME;

    var $TYPE;

    var $BASENAME;

    

    function ImapCompose()

    {}

    

    function LECTURE_FICHIER($filename,$mime,$filetmp)

    {

        $filetmp = "/tmp/".$filetmp;

        $fp=fopen($filetmp,"r");

        $this->DATA     = fread($fp,filesize($filetmp));

        fclose($fp);

        //unlink($filetmp);



        $mime = explode("/",$mime);

        $this->BASENAME = basename($filename);

        $this->TYPE        = $mime[1]; 

        

        switch($mime[0])

        {

            case "image":    

                        $this->MIME = TYPEIMAGE;

                        break;

                        

            case "text":

                        $this->MIME = TYPETEXT;

                        break;

                        

            case "audio":

                        $this->MIME = TYPEAUDIO;

                        break;

                        

            case "autre":

            default:

                        $this->MIME = TYPEAPPLICATION;

                        break;

        }    

    }



    function LECTURE_FILE_MAIL($file,$data,$mime,$type)

    {

        $this->BASENAME = $file;

        $this->MIME        = $mime;

        $this->DATA     = $data;    

        $this->TYPE        = $type;

    }

    

    function ATTACHER_FICHIER()

    {

        $part["type"]        =$this->MIME."<br>";

        $part["encoding"]    =ENCBINARY."<br>";

        $part["subtype"]     =$this->TYPE."<br>";

        $part["description"]=$this->BASENAME."<br>";

        $part["contents.data"]=$this->DATA."<br>";

        return $part;

    }

        

    function ATTACHER_MSG($msg)

    {

        $part["type"]=TEXT;

        $part["subtype"]="plain";

        $part["description"]="message mode texte";

        $part["contents.data"]="$msg\n\n\n\t";



        return $part;

    }



    function ENVELLOPE_MAIL($from,$to,$cc,$sujet="")

    {

        $envelope["from"]=$from;

        $envelope["to"]=$to;

        $envelope["cc"]=$cc;

        

        if($sujet != "")

            $envelope["subject"]=$sujet;

        

        return $envelope;

    }

    

    function ENETE_MAIL()

    {

        $part["type"]=TYPEMULTIPART;

        $part["subtype"]="mixed";        

        return $part;

    }

}    

?>

prices at dflytech dot com
03-Feb-2002 04:32


In regards to my earlier note about "charset", this feature seems to have been added in the 4.1.X series  I have not actually checked 4.1.0, but it is in 4.1.1 and not it 4.0.6.

trionon at mail dot ru
29-Jan-2002 03:03


At least the following items in $part[] hashes are parsed:



type

encoding

charset

subtype

id

description

disposition.type

disposition

contents.data

lines

bytes

md5



Note: $part['disposition'] is a hash:



$part['disposition.type'] = 'attachment';

$part['disposition'] = array ('filename'=>'file.txt');



This will transform in such part header:



Content-disposition: attachment; filename="file.txt"

vlad ( at php dot net)
16-Jan-2002 10:18


... and the headers (elements of the envelope) are case-sensitive and are listed below:



remail

return_path

date

from

reply_to

in_reply_to

subject

to

cc

bcc

message_id

custom_headers



If you can't find a header you need in this list, you can use 'custom_headers'. It is just an array of lines to be appended to the header without any formatting, like this:



$envelope["custom_headers"] = Array("User-Agent: My Mail Client", "My-Header: My Value");



TODO: This should really migrate from a note to documentation

prices at dflytech dot com
08-Jan-2002 01:22


The documentation above does not mention that you can use the index ["charset"] to set the character set of the messsage part.



Example:



$part1["type"]= "TEXT";

$part1["subtype"]="PLAIN";

$part1["charset"] = "koi8-r";



to send a message in Russian-koi8.



Scott  =)

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