CODEWITHSUNDEEP
phpphpmailermpdf
Montiyago
Montiyago

Reputation: 647

getting blank pdf file attachment using phpmailer and mpdf

I'm using mPDF to generate PDF's when a button is clicked and the i save them inside a folder. I am looking for a way to add the PDF to an attachment using PHPmailer. Here is what I've tried:

$dir =  $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);

$pdfexist = $dir."/classes/pdf/feestructure_".$student['rollno'].".pdf";
        $mail = new PHPMailer;
        $mail->isSMTP();
        $mail->From="[email protected]";
        $mail->FromName="xyz";
        $mail->addAddress("[email protected]");
        //echo $email."<br/>";
        $mail->addAddress("[email protected]");
        $mail->addAddress("[email protected]");
        $mail->Subject = 'XYZ';

       $pdfstring = $pdfexist;
       $mail->AddStringAttachment($pdfstring, "feestructure_".$roll.".pdf", $encoding = 'base64', $type = 'application/pdf');

The size of my generated pdf is 13k but its showing 1 k in mail attachment.help me guys.

Here is the output from mpdf:

$mpdf->WriteHTML(file_get_contents("$dir/feestructure_pdf.php?rollno=$rollno"));    
          $pdfname="feestructure_".$rollno.".pdf";   
          $mpdf->Output("classes/pdf/".$pdfname,"F");

Upvotes: 0

Views: 924

Answers (1)

Synchro
Synchro

Reputation: 37710

Your $pdfexists / $pdfstring variable contains a file path, not binary PDF data, so you should be using AddAttachment(), not AddstringAttachment(). AddAttachment attaches files (like your PDF), AddStringAttachment attaches strings, like what you might get back from a web call or a database. 

$mail->AddAttachment($pdfstring, "feestructure_".$roll.".pdf", $encoding = 'base64', $type = 'application/pdf');

Upvotes: 2

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