Codeigniter send email with attach file

Question

I am trying to send email on codeigniter with attach file.

I always receive email successfully. However , I never receive with attach file. Below is code and highly

Answer 1

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    $validation_rules = array(
        array('field' => 'name', 'rules' => COMMON_RULES),
        array('field' => 'email', 'rules' => COMMON_RULES),
        array('field' => 'message', 'rules' => COMMON_RULES),
    );

    $this->validation_errors($validation_rules);

    $name = $this->input->post('name');
    $email = $this->input->post('email');
    $message = $this->input->post('message');

    $this->load->library('email');

    //upload file
    $attachment_file = "";
    if (!empty($_FILES) && isset($_FILES["attachment_file"])) {

        $image_name = $_FILES["attachment_file"]['name'];

        $ext = pathinfo($image_name, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);

        $new_name = time() . '_' . $this->get_random_string();

        $config['file_name'] = $new_name . $ext;
        $config['upload_path'] = "uploads/email/";
        $config['allowed_types'] = "*";

        $this->load->library('upload', $config);
        $this->upload->initialize($config);

        if ($this->upload->do_upload('attachment_file')) {

            $finfo = $this->upload->data();
            $attachment_file = base_url() . 'uploads/email/' . $finfo['file_name'];
        } else {

            $error = $this->upload->display_errors();
            $this->msg = $error;
            $this->_sendResponse(5);
        }
    }

    $this->email->from($email, "$name")
            ->to("example@gmail.com")
            ->subject("FeedBack From $name")
            ->message($message)
            ->attach($attachment_file);

    if ($this->email->send()) {

        // temp pass updated.
        $this->msg = "Email send successfully.";
        $this->_sendResponse(1);
    } else {

        $this->msg = "Internal server error/Something went wrong.";
        $this->_sendResponse(0);
    }