Sending email with multiple attachments with <cfmail>!
I get a lot of requests for demonstrations on how to send multiple attachments when sending email with <CFMAIL>. This tutorial will show you how to do just that. Let's begin:
The first I will need to explain is that to send an attachment, you'll need to use the tag <cfmailparam> within your <cfmail> tags.
Ok, let's show an example of you would do a multi-attachment email system...
The first thing we need to so is to create a form where the end user will upload their files, we'll call this page "Mail_Form.cfm":
<!--- Mail_Form.cfm
--->
<html>
<head>
<title>Please
enter your message!</title>
</head>
<body>
<form
action="Send_Email.cfm"
method="post"
enctype="multipart/form-data">
<table width="500"
border="0"
align="center">
<tr>
<td width="500"
colspan="2">Please
enter your email message:</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="250">To:</td>
<td width="250"><input
type="text"
name="to_addr"
value=""></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="250">Subject:</td>
<td width="250"><input
type="text"
name="subject"
value=""></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="250"
valign="top">Message</td>
<td width="250"><textarea
name="message"
rows="5"
cols="35"></textarea></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="250">Attachment
#1:</td>
<td width="250"><input
type="file"
name="attachment_1"
value=""></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="250">Attachment
#2:</td>
<td width="250"><input
type="file"
name="attachment_2"
value=""></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="250">Attachment
#3:</td>
<td width="250"><input
type="file"
name="attachment_3"
value=""></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="250"> </td>
<td width="250"><input
type="submit"
name="Send_ Email"
value="Send Email"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
That will allow the user to upload up to 3 attachments and send out an email to a specified email address. The next thing we need to create is a file called "Send_Email.cfm". This is the file that will do all the work ;) Let's create it!
<!---
Send_Email.cfm --->
<!--- First make sure that the user uploaded
attachments --->
<cfif FORM.attachment_1 neq "">
<!--- first
actually upload the file --->
<cffile action="upload"
filefield="attachment_1"
destination="d:\uploads\"
nameconflict="Makeunique">
<!--- now
create a temporary holder for the attachment later on --->
<cfset
attachment_local_file_1 = "d:\uploads\#file.serverfile#">
</cfif>
Now repeat the same process for the second and third attachment:
<cfif
FORM.attachment_2 neq "">
<!--- first
actually upload the file --->
<cffile action="upload"
filefield="attachment_2"
destination="d:\uploads\"
nameconflict="Makeunique">
<!--- now
create a temporary holder for the attachment later on --->
<cfset
attachment_local_file_2 = "d:\uploads\#file.serverfile#">
</cfif>
<cfif FORM.attachment_3 neq "">
<!--- first
actually upload the file --->
<cffile action="upload"
filefield="attachment_3"
destination="d:\uploads\"
nameconflict="Makeunique">
<!--- now
create a temporary holder for the attachment later on --->
<cfset
attachment_local_file_3 = "d:\uploads\#file.serverfile#">
</cfif>
Ok, you have now upload the files to the
server, now let's send out the email with the attachments:
<cfmail from="me@mysite.com"
to="#form.to_addr#"
subject="#subject#"
server="mail.yoursite.com"
port="25">
#message#
<cfsilent>
<!--- Note that I used the
<CFSILENT> tag, this will kill the white space in this area so your email
is not cluttered with white space. --->
<cfif FORM.attachment_1 neq "">
<cfmailparam file="#attachment_local_file_1#">
</cfif>
<cfif FORM.attachment_2 neq "">
<cfmailparam file="#attachment_local_file_2#">
</cfif>
<cfif FORM.attachment_3 neq "">
<cfmailparam file="#attachment_local_file_3#">
</cfif>
</cfsilent>
</cfmail>
That's pretty much it, this will send out the email and apply as many attachments as you want the email message to send out!
Questions? Comments? Email Me...
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