Sent attachment received as empty attachment.txt?

[a c s]

Hi there, my problem is as follows:

When emailing a file using PHP 4.0.6, the attachment received is an
empty "attachment.txt " file instead of the actual file I attached.

Any suggestions why this might be? (php from a kindly newbie site enclosed)

Many thanks, Alan.



--------------begin extracted php---------------
<?php
// initialize variables for
// any errors
$errors = "";
$agreement = "no";

if ($HTTP_SERVER_V ARS['REQUEST_METHOD ']=="POST"){


// we'll begin by assigning the To address and message subject
$to="hello@test domain.com";
$subject="Test email";

// get the sender's name and email address
// we'll just plug them a variable to be used later
$from =
stripslashes($H TTP_POST_VARS['fromname'])."<".stripslas hes($HTTP_POST_ VARS['fromemail']).">";

// generate a random string to be used as the boundary marker
$mime_boundary= "==Multipart_Bo undary_x".md5(m t_rand())."x";

// store the file information to variables for easier access
$tmp_name = $HTTP_FILES_VAR S['filename']['tmp_name'];
$type = $HTTP_FILES_VAR S['filename']['type'];
$name = $HTTP_FILES_VAR S['filename']['name'];
$size = $HTTP_FILES_VAR S['filename']['size'];

// here we'll hard code a text messge
// again, in reality, you'll normally get this from the form submission
$message = "Message sent by $from\n";


// if the upload succeeded, the file will exist
if (file_exists($t mp_name)){

// check to make sure that it is an uploaded file and not a
system file
if(is_uploaded_ file($tmp_name) ){

// open the file for a binary read
$file = fopen($tmp_name ,'rb');

// read the file content into a variable
$data = fread($file,fil esize($tmp_name ));

// close the file
fclose($file);

// now we encode it and split it into acceptable length lines
$data = chunk_split(bas e64_encode($dat a));
}

// now we'll build the message headers
$headers = "From: $from\r\n" .
"MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n" .
"Content-Type: multipart/mixed;\r\n" .
" boundary=\"{$mi me_boundary}\"" ;

// next, we'll build the message body
// note that we insert two dashes in front of the
// MIME boundary when we use it
$message = "This is a multi-part message in MIME format.\n\n" .
"--{$mime_boundary }\n" .
"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=\"iso-8859-1\"\n" .
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit\n\n" .
$message . "\n\n";

// now we'll insert a boundary to indicate we're starting the
attachment
// we have to specify the content type, file name, and disposition as
// an attachment, then add the file content and set another
boundary to
// indicate that the end of the file has been reached
$message .= "--{$mime_boundary }\n" .
"Content-Type: {$type};\n" .
" name=\"{$name}\ "\n" .
//"Content-Disposition: attachment;\n" .
//" filename=\"{$fi leatt_name}\"\n " .
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n\n" .
$data . "\n\n" .
"--{$mime_boundary }--\n";

// now we just send the message
if (@mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers))
echo "Your message has been sent.";
else
echo "Failed to send";
}
} else {
?>
<p>Send an e-mail with an attachment:</p>
<form action="<?php echo $HTTP_SERVER_VA RS['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post"
enctype="multip art/form-data" name="form1">
<p>From name: <input type="text" name="fromname" ></p>
<p>From e-mail: <input type="text" name="fromemail "></p>
<p>File: <input type="file" name="filename" ></p>
<p><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit"> </p>
</form>
<?php } ?>
--------------end extracted php---------------

[hoopinfool]

Re: Sent attachment received as empty attachment.txt?

Alan,
Did you ever get this figured out?

Thanks,
Bob