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Build a multipart/related MIME Message

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Demonstrates how to construct a multipart/related MIME message containing HTML and a related JPG image.

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<?php

$success = 0;

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

// Start with an empty MIME object...
$mime = new COM("Chilkat.Mime");

// Initialize it as multipart/related.
$mime->NewMultipartRelated();

// Set a top-level MIME header field.
$mime->SetHeaderField('Subject','Test HTML email with JPG image.');

// Generate a Content-ID.  This will contain random data that will allow
// the HTML's "img" tag to reference the image part in the MIME.
$crypt = new COM("Chilkat.Crypt2");
$crypt->EncodingMode = 'hex';

$sbContentId = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$sbContentId->Append('part1.');
$sbContentId->Append($crypt->genRandomBytesENC(4));
$sbContentId->Append('.');
$sbContentId->Append($crypt->genRandomBytesENC(4));
$sbContentId->Append('@chilkatsoft.com');

// Create the HTML body.
$sbHtml = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$sbHtml->Append('<html><head>\r\n');
$sbHtml->Append('<meta http-equiv=\'Content-Type\' content=\'text/html; charset=utf-8\'>\r\n');
$sbHtml->Append('  </head>\r\n');
$sbHtml->Append('  <body bgcolor=\'#FFFFFF\' text=\'#000000\'>\r\n');
$sbHtml->Append('    <p>This is a test.&nbsp; <img src=\'cid:CONTENT_ID\' height=\'20\' width=\'20\'></p>\r\n');
$sbHtml->Append('  </body>\r\n');
$sbHtml->Append('</html>\r\n');
$numReplacements = $sbHtml->Replace('CONTENT_ID',$sbContentId->getAsString());

// Create the HTML MIME part.
$htmlMime = new COM("Chilkat.Mime");
$htmlMime->SetBodyFromHtml($sbHtml->getAsString());
$htmlMime->Encoding = '8bit';
$htmlMime->Charset = 'utf-8';

// Load our JPG image from a file.
$fac = new COM("Chilkat.FileAccess");

$jpgBytes = $fac->ReadEntireFile('qa_data/jpg/starfish20.jpg');

// Create an image/jpeg MIME part.
$jpgMime = new COM("Chilkat.Mime");
$jpgMime->SetBodyFromBinary($jpgBytes);
// Setting the following properties has the effect of adding
// the Content-Type, Content-Transfer-Encoding, and Content-Disposition header fields.
// These header fields could also be set via the SetHeaderField method, in which case
// the values of the affected properties would be updated.
$jpgMime->ContentType = 'image/jpeg';
$jpgMime->Name = 'starfish20.jpg';
$jpgMime->Encoding = 'base64';
$jpgMime->Disposition = 'inline';
$jpgMime->Filename = 'starfish20.jpg';

$sbContentIdHdr = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$sbContentIdHdr->Append('<CONTENT_ID>');
$numReplacements = $sbContentIdHdr->Replace('CONTENT_ID',$sbContentId->getAsString());
$jpgMime->SetHeaderField('Content-ID',$sbContentIdHdr->getAsString());

// Add both parts as children of the multipart/related
$mime->AppendPart($htmlMime);
$mime->AppendPart($jpgMime);
print $mime->getMime() . "\n";

// --------------------------------------------------------------
// --------------------------------------------------------------
// This example builds the following MIME message.  The boundary
// and Content-ID strings contain random data and will be different.  

// Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB"
// Subject: Test HTML email with JPG image.
// 
// --------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB
// Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8"
// Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
// 
// <html><head>
// <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
//   </head>
//   <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
//     <p>This is a test.&nbsp; <img src="cid:part1.E16AE3B4.1505C436@chilkatsoft.com" height="20" width="20"></p>
//   </body>
// </html>
// 
// --------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB
// Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
// Content-Type: image/jpeg; name="starfish20.jpg"
// Content-Disposition: inline; filename="starfish20.jpg"
// Content-ID: <part1.E16AE3B4.1505C436@chilkatsoft.com>
// 
// /9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEASABIAAD//gAmRmlsZSB3cml0dGVuIGJ5IEFkb2JlIFBob3Rvc2hvcD8g
// NC4w/9sAQwAQCwwODAoQDg0OEhEQExgoGhgWFhgxIyUdKDozPTw5Mzg3QEhcTkBEV0U3OFBtUVdf
// YmdoZz5NcXlwZHhcZWdj/9sAQwEREhIYFRgvGhovY0I4QmNjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2Nj
// Y2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2Nj/8IAEQgAFAAUAwERAAIRAQMRAf/EABcAAAMBAAAA
// AAAAAAAAAAAAAAIDBAX/xAAYAQADAQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAgMEAP/aAAwDAQACEAMQAAAB2kZY
// NNEijWKddfTmLgALWH//xAAbEAACAgMBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAgMRAAQSE//aAAgBAQABBQL0XqN+
// pM2aqJGMiqFFCyg7z//EABwRAAICAgMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAERAAIQIQMSUf/aAAgBAwEBPwHqU5aq
// Axx+y1tMQl4elj//xAAcEQEAAQUBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAABEQACEBIhA1H/2gAIAQIBAT8B3Bhqy7Zc
// enyiwmGgDhiOzj//xAAdEAABAwUBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAIREBIhIkFR/9oACAEBAAY/ArZyn+Cg
// xtxWuJaoCnqDuin/xAAcEAABBAMBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABABEhYRAxQVH/2gAIAQEAAT8hkEwPUUR9
// DYfE4nxtRpIkBTsayuALIiuY/9oADAMBAAIAAwAAABDWPTsf/8QAGhEAAwADAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
// AAEREDFBIf/aAAgBAwEBPxC0DVPcWm+Ce4OesrkE6bjH/8QAGBEBAQEBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAREA
// QRD/2gAIAQIBAT8QahMiOc8YgSrnTY3ELclHXn//xAAcEAEBAAIDAQEAAAAAAAAAAAABEQAhMUFx
// EFH/2gAIAQEAAT8Qn3igmSZSj+c4N4zapMy9IjFV98wncN2iuLFsCEbDGxQkI6RO/n//2Q==
// 
// --------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB--
// 

?>