How to attach PDF to email using PHP mail function

Question

I am sending an email using PHP mail function, but I would like to add a specified PDF file as a file attachment to the email. How would I do that?

Here is my curren

Answer 1

You should consider using a PHP mail library such as PHPMailer which would make the procedure to send mail much simpler and better.

Here's an example of how to use PHPMailer, it's really simple!

AddReplyTo("name@yourdomain.com","First Last");

$mail->SetFrom('name@yourdomain.com', 'First Last');

$mail->AddReplyTo("name@yourdomain.com","First Last");

$address = "whoto@otherdomain.com";
$mail->AddAddress($address, "John Doe");

$mail->Subject    = "PHPMailer Test Subject via mail(), basic";

$mail->AltBody    = "To view the message, please use an HTML compatible email viewer!"; // optional, comment out and test

$mail->MsgHTML($body);

$mail->AddAttachment("images/phpmailer.gif");      // attachment
$mail->AddAttachment("images/phpmailer_mini.gif"); // attachment

if(!$mail->Send()) {
  echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
  echo "Message sent!";
}

?>

An alternative to PHPMailer is http://swiftmailer.org/