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# Attachments

Files can be attached to an e-mail using the createAttachment() method. The default behavior of Zend_Mail is to assume the attachment is a binary object (application/octet-stream), that it should be transferred with base64 encoding, and that it is handled as an attachment. These assumptions can be overridden by passing more parameters to createAttachment():

Example #1 E-Mail Messages with Attachments

1. $mail = new Zend_Mail();
2. // build message...
3. $mail->createAttachment($someBinaryString);
4. $mail->createAttachment($myImage,
5. 'image/gif',
6. Zend_Mime::DISPOSITION_INLINE,
7. Zend_Mime::ENCODING_BASE64);

If you want more control over the MIME part generated for this attachment you can use the return value of createAttachment() to modify its attributes. The createAttachment() method returns a Zend_Mime_Part object:

1. $mail = new Zend_Mail();
3. $at = $mail->createAttachment($myImage);
4. $at->type = 'image/gif';
5. $at->disposition = Zend_Mime::DISPOSITION_INLINE;
6. $at->encoding = Zend_Mime::ENCODING_BASE64;
7. $at->filename = 'test.gif';
9. $mail->send();

An alternative is to create an instance of Zend_Mime_Part and add it with addAttachment():

1. $mail = new Zend_Mail();
3. $at = new Zend_Mime_Part($myImage);
4. $at->type = 'image/gif';
5. $at->disposition = Zend_Mime::DISPOSITION_INLINE;
6. $at->encoding = Zend_Mime::ENCODING_BASE64;
7. $at->filename = 'test.gif';
9. $mail->addAttachment($at);
11. $mail->send();

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