PHPMailer attachment issue:
When I do a var_dump($_FILES), it displays all the correct content within the array, and also moves the uploaded file to my attachments folder, so this part works perfectly in my form. I added the form attribute enctype="multipart/form-data" to encode the form data over the server.
So, my issue is trying to display the $_files['attachment'] pathfile name to the page using echo $file after the form submitted. This is not working and I dont know why?
To give a background of my file structure:
- main directory folder: mailer-for-php
- folder within: attachments
- folder within: images
- directory folder within: vendor (with associated composer files and PHPMailer
- sendmail-v2.php
Here is my PHP code:
<?php
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
$name = $_POST['name'];
$subject = $_POST['subject'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
//var_dump($_FILES);
if (isset($_FILES['attachment']['name']) && $_FILES['attachment']['name'] !="") {
$file = "attachments/" . basename($_FILES['attachment']['name']);
move_uploaded_file($_FILES['attachment']['tmp_name'], $file);
} else{
$file = " ";
echo $file;
}
} // end of post submit
?>
HTML form code:
<form method="post" action="sendmail-v2.php" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="text" class="form-control" name="name" placeholder="name">
<input type="text" class="form-control" name="subject" placeholder="subject">
<input type="email" class="form-control" name="email" placeholder="email">
<textarea class="form-control" name="message" placeholder="enter message here" rows="3"></textarea>
<input type="file" name="attachment" class="file-input form-control d-block mb-4" id="attachment-file">
<!-- display pathfile selected to user -->
<!-- <script type="text/javascript">
document.getElementById('attachment-file').onchange = function () {
alert('Selected file: ' + this.value);
};
</script> -->
<input class="btn btn-primary" type="submit" name="submit" value="send email">
</form>