use variable's content as attachment in PHPMailer

Question

I want to do this:

$mail = new PHPMailer;
$mail->AddAttachment('text in file', 'file.txt');

so the attachment can have dynamic content. I can only use real file as attachment now. Obviously, real file is static, I want to generate some content dynamically and attach it to the mail. There must be some way to do it, I guess it's not that obscure feature. Someone knows how?

you mean you want to how to create file then insert dynamic content then attach it? — Aboodred1
– Aboodred1, Commented May 24, 2013 at 0:46
@Aboodred1 I hope there's more elegant solution than putting that content into a file, just for the attachment. See, I don't need the data in file, I just want to send it in a mail as a file, then discard that data. Obviously, I can put it in file, send it and then delete the file, but it just doesn't feel right. — jcen
– jcen, Commented May 24, 2013 at 0:49
possible duplicate of PHPMailer attachment, doing it without a physical file — sanchez
– sanchez, Commented Oct 11, 2013 at 4:08

user557846 · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-24 00:50:30Z

6

$mail->AddStringAttachment($string,$filename,$encoding,$type);

http://phpmailer.worxware.com/?pg=tutorial#3

answered May 24, 2013 at 0:50

user557846

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

1 Comment

jcen Over a year ago

Whoa, didn't see that one. Thanks a lot, that's exactly what I was looking for.

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

use variable's content as attachment in PHPMailer

1 Answer 1

1 Comment

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

1 Comment

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related