Hi it has been a while since I have had a reason to post a thread, but as most of you will know someone asks for something to be done and look at you for a solution.
OK, I have been asked to create a HTML form which will then create a CSV file, then using PHP I have been asked to Create the File, Email as an Attachment, then Delete the file. Within a few days I have been able to do this with a text file, but not successfully with a CSV file as it doesn’t seem to save the data correctly.
I would like to ask if anyone would look at the code I have created and edit it and inform me where I have gone wrong (I can take the critisium as I need to correct my learning style).
I have placed the code into 3 parts, first the simple html code which creates the form and calls the php file, then the create text file and send and finally the delete file.
I look forward to your comments and guidance.
html form name = user.html
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv=“Content-Type” content=“text/html; charset=iso-8859-1” />
<title>Web Form Sample</title>
</head>
<body>
<form method=“post” action=writefile.php>
<p>Enter your email address
<input type=“text” name=“email” size=“50” />
</p>
<p>Please add your name
<input type=“text” name=“name” size=“20” />
</p>
<p>What comments do you have
<textarea rows=“2” name=“comments” cols=“20”></textarea>
</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>
<input type=“submit” value=“Submit” name=“B1” />
<input type=“reset” value=“Reset” name=“B2” />
</p>
</form>
</body>
</html>
php file name = writefile.php
<?php
$ourFileName = “textsample.txt”;
$ourFileHandle = fopen($ourFileName, ‘w’) or die(“can’t open file”);
fclose($ourFileHandle);
$email = $_POST[‘email’];
$name = $_POST[‘name’];
$comments = $_POST[‘comments’];
//the data
$data = "$email | $name | $comments
";
//open the file and choose the mode
$fh = fopen(“textsample.txt”, “a”);
fwrite($fh, $data);
//close the file
fclose($fh);
print “User Submitted”;
//define the receiver of the email
$to = web@somewebsite.co.uk’;
//define the subject of the email
$subject = ‘Email with attachment’;
//create a boundary string. It must be unique
//so we use the MD5 algorithm to generate a random hash
$random_hash = md5(date(‘r’, time()));
//define the headers we want passed. Note that they are separated with \r\
$headers = “From: web@somewebsite.co.uk\r
Reply-To: web@somewebsite.co.uk”;
//add boundary string and mime type specification
$headers .= “\r
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=\“PHP-mixed-”.$random_hash.”\“”;
//read the atachment file contents into a string,
//encode it with MIME base64,
//and split it into smaller chunks
$attachment = chunk_split(base64_encode(file_get_contents(‘textsample.txt’)));
//define the body of the message.
ob_start(); //Turn on output buffering
?>
–PHP-mixed-<?php echo $random_hash; ?>
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=“PHP-alt-<?php echo $random_hash; ?>”
–PHP-alt-<?php echo $random_hash; ?>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=“iso-8859-1”
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Hello sending test!!!
This is a trial text email message.
–PHP-alt-<?php echo $random_hash; ?>
Content-Type: text/html; charset=“iso-8859-1”
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
<h2>Hello World!</h2>
<p>This is something with <b>HTML</b> formatting.</p>
–PHP-alt-<?php echo $random_hash; ?>–
–PHP-mixed-<?php echo $random_hash; ?>
Content-Type: textsample/txt; name=“textsample.txt”
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: attachment
<?php echo $attachment; ?>
–PHP-mixed-<?php echo $random_hash; ?>–
<?php
//copy current buffer contents into $message variable and delete current output buffer
$message = ob_get_clean();
//send the email
$mail_sent = @mail( $to, $subject, $message, $headers );
//if the message is sent successfully print “Mail sent”. Otherwise print “Mail failed”
echo $mail_sent ? “Mail sent” : “Mail failed”;
Final snip of code
$myFile = “textsample.txt”;
unlink($myFile);
?>