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Zulqurnain Jutt
Zulqurnain Jutt

Reputation: 1103

Send pdf in Email Without Saving it on Server Using Codeigniter

I have been trying to send email with attachment of pdf produced by MPDF library in codeigniter from my view, I have successfully converted my file to PDF or i think i did, but i cannot find any way to attach that file to email using given functionality in CodeIgniter.

In Documentation of CodeIgnitor a confusing and incomplete description of attach function is suggesting this:

$this->email->attach($buffer, 'attachment', 'report.pdf', 'application/pdf');

Where $buffer is string report.pdf will be the fileName where of attachment with email,

Now my concern here is can i attach my generated view something like this:

ini_set('memory_limit', '20M');
// load library
$this->load->library('pdf');
$pdf = $this->pdf->load();

// boost the memory limit if it's low ;)
$html = $this->load->view('reports/someReport', array('var' => 123), true);
// render the view into HTML
$pdf->WriteHTML($html);
$this->email->attach($pdf->Output('', 'S'), 'attachment', 'report.pdf', 'application/pdf'); // is this okay or something is wrong here ?

How can i attach it successfully with email and send it

Upvotes: 2

Views: 5819

Answers (1)

Razib Al Mamun
Razib Al Mamun

Reputation: 2711

First, you can save PDF file in your project folder like attach. And then this pdf location set email attachment. Like bellow : : 

<?php
ini_set('memory_limit', '20M');
// load library
$this->load->library('pdf');
$pdf = $this->pdf->load();

// boost the memory limit if it's low ;)
$html = $this->load->view('reports/someReport', array('var' => 123), true);
// render the view into HTML

$pdfFilePath = FCPATH . "attach/pdf_name.pdf";
$pdf->WriteHTML($html);
$pdf->Output($pdfFilePath, "F");

$result = $this->email
            ->from('[email protected]', 'From name')
            ->to('[email protected]')
            ->subject($subject)
            ->message($body)
            ->attach($pdfFilePath)
            ->send();
$this->email->clear($pdfFilePath);
if($result) {
    echo "Send";
    unlink($pdfFilePath); //for delete generated pdf file. 
}
?>

Upvotes: 2

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