PHP Extension
PHP Extension
Outlook Send HTML Email with Embedded Images
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This example sends an HTML email with embedded images. Other examples exist for:- Sending plain-text email.
- Sending email with attachments.
- Sending HTML email with embedded images and attachments.
This example applies to: Exchange Online | Office 365 | Hotmail.com | Live.com | MSN.com | Outlook.com | Passport.com
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<?php
include("chilkat.php");
$success = false;
// Important: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.68 or greater.
// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
$http = new CkHttp();
// Use your previously obtained access token here:
// See the following examples for getting an access token:
// Get Microsoft Graph OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).
// Get Microsoft Graph OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD Endpoint).
// Refresh Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).
// Refresh Access Token (Azure AD Endpoint).
$http->put_AuthToken('MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN');
// To send mail, we'll POST to the following endpoint:
//
// POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/sendMail
//
// (The special keyword "me" may be used in place of a principal name.)
//
// This example will send HTML email containing the following HTML body.
// After the
// <html>
// <head>
// <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
// <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
// </head>
// <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
// <font face="Calibri">This is a test <b>HTML email with embedded images</b>.<br>
// <br>
// <img alt="" src="cid:starfish"><br>
// <img alt="" src="cid:hedgehogs"><br>
// </font>
// </body>
// </html>
// Build the HTML body...
$bCrlf = true;
$sbHtmlBody = new CkStringBuilder();
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine('<html>',$bCrlf);
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine('<head>',$bCrlf);
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine('<meta http-equiv=\'Content-Type\' content=\'text/html; charset=utf-8\'>',$bCrlf);
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine('<meta content=\'text/html; charset=utf-8\'>',$bCrlf);
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine('</head>',$bCrlf);
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine('<body bgcolor=\'#FFFFFF\'>',$bCrlf);
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine('<font face=\'Calibri\'>This is a test <b>HTML email with embedded images</b>.<br>',$bCrlf);
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine('<br>',$bCrlf);
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine('<img alt=\'\' src=\'cid:starfish\'><br>',$bCrlf);
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine('<img alt=\'\' src=\'cid:hedgehogs\'><br>',$bCrlf);
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine('</font>',$bCrlf);
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine('</body>',$bCrlf);
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine('</html>',$bCrlf);
// Load the image files.
$jpgStarfish = new CkBinData();
$jpgStarfish->LoadFile('qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg');
$jpgHedgeHogs = new CkBinData();
$jpgHedgeHogs->LoadFile('qa_data/jpg/hedgehogs.jpg');
// The body of the POST request contains JSON that specifies the email subject, body,
// recipients, etc. This example will build the following JSON HTML email:
//
// {
// "message": {
// "subject": "Sample HTML Email with Embedded Images",
// "body": {
// "contentType": "html",
// "content": "The HTML body goes here..."
// },
// "toRecipients": [
// {
// "emailAddress": {
// "name": "Chilkat Software",
// "address": "admin@chilkat.io"
// }
// },
// {
// "emailAddress": {
// "address": "chilkat.support@gmail.com"
// }
// }
// ],
// "ccRecipients": [
// {
// "emailAddress": {
// "name": "Chilkat Blog",
// "address": "admin@cknotes.com"
// }
// }
// ],
// "attachments": [
// {
// "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment",
// "name": "starfish.jpg",
// "contentType": "image/jpeg",
// "size": 6497,
// "isInline": true,
// "contentId": "starfish",
// "contentLocation": null,
// "contentBytes": "base64_data_here"
// },
// {
// "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment",
// "name": "hedgehogs.jpg",
// "contentType": "image/jpeg",
// "size": 48845,
// "isInline": true,
// "contentId": "hedgehogs",
// "contentLocation": null,
// "contentBytes": "base64_data_here"
// }
// ]
// },
// "saveToSentItems": true
// }
//
// Build the above JSON.
$json = new CkJsonObject();
$json->UpdateString('message.subject','Sample HTML Email with Embedded Images');
$json->UpdateString('message.body.contentType','html');
$json->UpdateString('message.body.content',$sbHtmlBody->getAsString());
$json->UpdateString('message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.name','Chilkat Software');
$json->UpdateString('message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.address','admin@chilkat.io');
$json->UpdateString('message.toRecipients[1].emailAddress.address','chilkat.support@gmail.com');
$json->UpdateString('message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.name','Chilkat Blog');
$json->UpdateString('message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.address','admin@cknotes.com');
$json->UpdateString('message.attachments[0].\'@odata.type\'','#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment');
$json->UpdateString('message.attachments[0].name','starfish.jpg');
$json->UpdateString('message.attachments[0].contentType','image/jpeg');
$json->UpdateInt('message.attachments[0].size',$jpgStarfish->get_NumBytes());
$json->UpdateBool('message.attachments[0].isInline',true);
// This contentId must match the "cid:" in the HTML
$json->UpdateString('message.attachments[0].contentId','starfish');
$json->UpdateNull('message.attachments[0].contentLocation');
$json->UpdateBd('message.attachments[0].contentBytes','base64',$jpgStarfish);
$json->UpdateString('message.attachments[1].\'@odata.type\'','#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment');
$json->UpdateString('message.attachments[1].name','hedgehogs.jpg');
$json->UpdateString('message.attachments[1].contentType','image/jpeg');
$json->UpdateInt('message.attachments[1].size',$jpgHedgeHogs->get_NumBytes());
$json->UpdateBool('message.attachments[1].isInline',true);
// This contentId must match the "cid:" in the HTML
$json->UpdateString('message.attachments[1].contentId','hedgehogs');
$json->UpdateNull('message.attachments[1].contentLocation');
$json->UpdateBd('message.attachments[1].contentBytes','base64',$jpgHedgeHogs);
$json->UpdateBool('saveToSentItems',true);
// -------------------------------------------------------------
// Important: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.68 or greater.
// -------------------------------------------------------------
// Send the HTTP POST (i.e. send the HTML email)
$resp = new CkHttpResponse();
$success = $http->HttpJson('POST','https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/sendMail',$json,'application/json',$resp);
if ($success == false) {
print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
exit;
}
// The send succeeded if the response status code = 202.
// In the success case, there is no response body. (We just get the response code to know that it succeeded.)
if ($resp->get_StatusCode() != 202) {
$json->Load($resp->bodyStr());
$json->put_EmitCompact(false);
print $json->emit() . "\n";
print 'Failed, response status code = ' . $resp->get_StatusCode() . "\n";
}
else {
print 'Outlook HTML Mail Sent.' . "\n";
}
?>