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imap_mail_compose

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imap_mail_composeErzeugt eine MIME-Nachricht aus Kopf- und Nachrichtenelementen

Beschreibung

imap_mail_compose(array $envelope, array $bodies): string|false

Erzeugt eine MIME-konforme Nachricht aus den in envelope gegebenen Kopfelementen und den Nachrichtenteilen aus bodies.

Parameter-Liste

envelope

Ein assoziatives Array von Kopfzeilenfeldern. Gültige Schlüssel sind: "remail", "return_path", "date", "from", "reply_to", "in_reply_to", "subject", "to", "cc", "bcc" und "message_id", die die jeweiligen Kopfzeilen zum angegebenen String definieren. Um zusätzliche Kopfzeilen zu definieren, kann der Schlüssel "custom_headers" verwendet werden, der ein Array von anderen Kopfzeilen erwartet, z. B. ["User-Agent: Mein Mail-Client"]).

bodies

Ein Array mit dem Textkörper. Das erste Element des Arrays ist der zentrale Teil der Nachricht. Nur wenn er vom Typ TYPEMULTIPART ist, werden die weiteren Elemente verarbeitet. Die verarbeiteten Elemente bilden die Teile des Körpers.

Der Aufbau des Körper-Arrays
Schlüssel Typ Beschreibung
type int Der MIME-Typ. Entweder TYPETEXT (Standard), TYPEMULTIPART, TYPEMESSAGE, TYPEAPPLICATION, TYPEAUDIO, TYPEIMAGE, TYPEMODEL oder TYPEOTHER.
encoding int Das Content-Transfer-Encoding. Entweder ENC7BIT (Standard), ENC8BIT, ENCBINARY, ENCBASE64, ENCQUOTEDPRINTABLE oder ENCOTHER.
charset string Der Zeichensatz-Parameter des MIME-Typs.
type.parameters array Ein assoziatives Array von Content-Type-Parameternamen und deren Werten.
subtype string Der MIME-Subtyp, z. B. 'jpeg' für TYPEIMAGE.
id string Die Content-ID.
description string Die Content-Description.
disposition.type string Die Content-Disposition, z. B. 'attachment'.
disposition array Ein assoziatives Array von Content-Disposition-Parameternamen und deren Werten.
contents.data string Der Inhalt.
lines int Die Größe des Inhalts in Zeilen.
bytes int Die Größe des Inhalts in Bytes.
md5 string Die MD5-Prüfsumme des Inhalts.

Rückgabewerte

Gibt eine MIME-konforme Nachricht als String zurück. Bei einem Fehler wird false zurückgegeben.

Beispiele

Beispiel #1 imap_mail_compose()-Beispiel

<?php

$envelope
["from"]= "joe@example.com";
$envelope["to"] = "foo@example.com";
$envelope["cc"] = "bar@example.com";

$part1["type"] = TYPEMULTIPART;
$part1["subtype"] = "mixed";

$filename = "/tmp/imap.c.gz";
$fp = fopen($filename, "r");
$contents = fread($fp, filesize($filename));
fclose($fp);

$part2["type"] = TYPEAPPLICATION;
$part2["encoding"] = ENCBINARY;
$part2["subtype"] = "octet-stream";
$part2["description"] = basename($filename);
$part2["contents.data"] = $contents;

$part3["type"] = TYPETEXT;
$part3["subtype"] = "plain";
$part3["description"] = "description3";
$part3["contents.data"] = "contents.data3\n\n\n\t";

$body[1] = $part1;
$body[2] = $part2;
$body[3] = $part3;

echo
nl2br(imap_mail_compose($envelope, $body));

?>

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User Contributed Notes 10 notes

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jvandeweghe at kipsu dot com
6 years ago
The custom_headers envelope documentation is misleading. Its not actually an "associative array", its a regular array of headers.

This is wrong:

<?php
$envelope
= [
//...
"custom_headers" => [
"X-SES-CONFIGURATION-SET" => "example",
"X-SES-MESSAGE-TAGS" => "emailType=example"
]
];
?>

This is right:

<?php
$envelope
= [
//...
"custom_headers" => [
"X-SES-CONFIGURATION-SET: example",
"X-SES-MESSAGE-TAGS: emailType=example"
]
];
?>
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2
Los Olvidados
21 years ago
If you wish to send the output of this function, simply use it for the headers argument of imap_mail() or mail(). Keep in mind that those functions set the To: and Subject: headers, so including them in the envelope will create double entries.
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2
thomas dot hebinck at digionline dot de
20 years ago
It is a good idea to set the date header:
$envelope['date']=date('r');
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2
Guido
15 years ago
For some email clients its necessary first to start with the body text and end with the attachment(s). Otherwise all the parts end up in attachments, also the body text (took a while to find this).

So example #1 (above) should be switched over, like:

$body[1] = $part1;
$body[2] = $part3;
$body[3] = $part2;
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prices at dflytech dot com
22 years ago
The documentation above does not mention that you can use the index ["charset"] to set the character set of the messsage part.

Example:

$part1["type"]= "TEXT";
$part1["subtype"]="PLAIN";
$part1["charset"] = "koi8-r";

to send a message in Russian-koi8.

Scott =)
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0
Freman
16 years ago
Since at least PHP 4.3 the $part[] hash can contain the $part['type.parameters'] which expects a hash.

Unfortunately for "hans at lintoo dot dk" there doesn't appear to have ever been $part['parameters.name'] or a $part['dparameters.filename']

So it would appear the corrected code for his function is

<?php
$part
["type"] = TYPEAPPLICATION;
$part["encoding"] = ENCBASE64;
$part["subtype"] = "octet-stream";
$part["description"] = $file_name;
$part['disposition.type'] = 'attachment';
$part['disposition'] = array ('filename' => $file_name);
$part['type.parameters'] = array('name' => $file_name);
$part["contents.data"] = base64_encode(fread($file_handle,$file_size));
?>
While this correctly sets the header

Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="file_name"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: BASE64
Content-Description: file_name
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="file_name"

But this is still not a good idea to blanket set every attachment as a application/octet-stream so please consider using the unix command file, or Fileinfo functions (or even trusting file upload mimetype) and pay attention to the code from "derf dot m at reseaunix dot net"
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trionon at mail dot ru
22 years ago
At least the following items in $part[] hashes are parsed:

type
encoding
charset
subtype
id
description
disposition.type
disposition
contents.data
lines
bytes
md5

Note: $part['disposition'] is a hash:

$part['disposition.type'] = 'attachment';
$part['disposition'] = array ('filename'=>'file.txt');

This will transform in such part header:

Content-disposition: attachment; filename="file.txt"
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coxsterdillon at hotmail dot com
10 years ago
So following on from their example, once you've composed your email with attachment or whatever, you'll probably want to send it.

since imap_mail(...) takes the message as body and re-encodes it, ignoring all the hard work you've done already.

Only real solution I found is to post it yourself:

// open connect to mail server
$socket=socket_create(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,SOL_TCP);
if ($socket===false) {
die('Error: socket_create, '.socket_strerror(socket_last_error()));
}

$server="myserver.com"; // say 10.0.0.1 or whatever your mail sever is
$port=25; // again your mail server port, here generic smtp
if (socket_connect($socket,$server,$port)) {
print "Connection successful\n";
}else {
die('Error: socket_connect, '.socket_strerror(socket_last_error()));
}

// send it...
socket_write($socket,"HELO {$envelope["from"]}\n");
socket_write($socket,"MAIL FROM: {$envelope["from"]}\n");
socket_write($socket,"RCPT TO: {$envelope["to"]}\n");
socket_write($socket,"DATA\n");
socket_write($socket,"$message\n");
socket_write($socket,".\n");
socket_write($socket,"QUIT\n");

// done...
socket_close($socket);

Ofcourse the shell may work for you?

echo "Hello World" | mail -s "Greeting..." -a "attachSomeFile.txt" gspot@gmail.com
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hans at lintoo dot dk
18 years ago
Here is a little something for attaching files... This is already documented in the manual, but my solution involves some changes. This is based on testing and suggestions from others notes on this page.
<?php
//snip
if (count($_FILES) > 0) {
$multipart["type"] = TYPEMULTIPART;
$multipart["subtype"] = "mixed";
$body[] = $multipart; //add multipart stuff
}
//snip
$uploaddir = ini_get("upload_tmp_dir"); //Get tmp upload dir from PHP.ini
foreach ($_FILES as $fieldName => $file) {
for (
$i=0;$i < count($file['tmp_name']);$i++) {
if (
is_uploaded_file($file['tmp_name'][$i])) {
$file_handle = fopen($file["tmp_name"][$i], "rb");
$file_name = $file["name"][$i];
$file_size = filesize($file["tmp_name"][$i]);

$part["type"] = TYPEAPPLICATION;
$part["encoding"] = ENCBASE64;
$part["subtype"] = "octet-stream";
$part["description"] = $file_name;
$part['disposition.type'] = 'attachment';
$part['disposition'] = array ('filename' => $file_name);
$part['dparameters.filename'] = $file_name;
$part['parameters.name'] = $file_name;
$part["contents.data"] = base64_encode(fread($file_handle,$file_size));

$body[] = $part;
unlink($file["tmp_name"][$i]);
}
}
}
//snip
?>
hope someone can use this...
Regards, Hans @ http://lintoo.dk/
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hans at lintoo dot dk
18 years ago
I got a lot of problems with attachments (multipart emails) and the fix directly below this note.
instead just include it in the optional headers argument as previously suggested:

<?php
$mail
= str_replace("\r","",imap_mail_compose($envelope, $body));
imap_mail($_POST["to"],$_POST["subject"],'',$mail);
?>
"Nothing like a fix on a fix".

If you want to copy the message to ie: a sent folder do:
<?php
//take note of the link: $this->mbox, and the constant: self::$imapStream
$envelope["to"] = $_POST["to"]; //included with imap_mail
$envelope["subject"] = $_POST["subject"]; //included with imap_mail
$mail = imap_mail_compose($envelope, $body); //note no problems with \r
imap_append($this->mbox,self::$imapStream."INBOX.Sent",$mail ,"\\Seen");
?>
See imap_append for more info.... Enjoy!
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