(PHP ActiveX) Outlook Send HTML Email with Embedded Images and Attachments

This example sends an HTML email with both embedded images and attachments. Other examples exist for:

Sending plain-text email.
Sending HTML email.
Sending HTML email with embedded images.
Sending plain-text email with attachments.

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Note: The php_com_dotnet.dll may need to be enabled inside of php.ini.

<?php

// 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.

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Http')
$http = new COM("Chilkat.Http");

// 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->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 = 1;
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.StringBuilder')
$sbHtmlBody = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine('<html>',$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 embedded image files.
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.BinData')
$jpgStarfish = new COM("Chilkat.BinData");
$jpgStarfish->LoadFile('qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg');
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.BinData')
$jpgHedgeHogs = new COM("Chilkat.BinData");
$jpgHedgeHogs->LoadFile('qa_data/jpg/hedgehogs.jpg');

// Load files that are to be attached (not inline images)
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.BinData')
$attach1 = new COM("Chilkat.BinData");
$attach1->LoadFile('qa_data/pdf/fishing.pdf');
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.BinData')
$attach2 = new COM("Chilkat.BinData");
$attach2->LoadFile('qa_data/msword/sample.docx');

// 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 with
// two embedded images and two attachments.
// 
// The only difference between an embedded inline image and an attachment is that the
// inline image must have a cid that corresponds to the "cid:" found in the "src" attribute
// of an IMG tag within the HTML body of the email.  (The inline image is also marked as "isInline",
// whereas the attachments are not, but I don't know if this actually makes a difference..)
// 

// 	{
// 	  "message": {
// 	    "subject": "Sample HTML Email with Embedded Images and Attachments",
// 	    "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"
// 	       },
// 	       {
// 	         "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment",
// 	         "name": "fishing.pdf",
// 	         "contentType": "application/pdf",
// 	         "size": <theActualSize>,
// 	         "isInline": false,
// 	         "contentBytes": "base64_data_here"
// 	       },
// 	       {
// 	         "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment",
// 	         "name": "sample.docx",
// 	         "contentType": "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document",
// 	         "size": <theActualSize>,
// 	         "isInline": false,
// 	         "contentBytes": "base64_data_here"
// 	       }
// 	    ]
// 	  },
// 	  "saveToSentItems": true
// 	}
// 
// Build the above JSON.
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.JsonObject')
$json = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$json->UpdateString('message.subject','Sample HTML Email with Embedded Images and Attachments');
$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->NumBytes);
$json->UpdateBool('message.attachments[0].isInline',1);
// 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->NumBytes);
$json->UpdateBool('message.attachments[1].isInline',1);
// 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->UpdateString('message.attachments[2].\'@odata.type\'','#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment');
$json->UpdateString('message.attachments[2].name','fishing.pdf');
$json->UpdateString('message.attachments[2].contentType','application/pdf');
$json->UpdateInt('message.attachments[2].size',$attach1->NumBytes);
$json->UpdateBool('message.attachments[2].isInline',0);
$json->UpdateBd('message.attachments[2].contentBytes','base64',$attach1);

$json->UpdateString('message.attachments[3].\'@odata.type\'','#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment');
$json->UpdateString('message.attachments[3].name','sample.docx');
$json->UpdateString('message.attachments[3].contentType','application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document');
$json->UpdateInt('message.attachments[3].size',$attach2->NumBytes);
$json->UpdateBool('message.attachments[3].isInline',0);
$json->UpdateBd('message.attachments[3].contentBytes','base64',$attach2);

$json->UpdateBool('saveToSentItems',1);

// -------------------------------------------------------------
// Important: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.68 or greater.
// -------------------------------------------------------------

// Send the HTTP POST (i.e. send the HTML email)
// resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
$resp = $http->PostJson3('https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/sendMail','application/json',$json);
if ($http->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    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->StatusCode != 202) {
    $json->Load($resp->BodyStr);
    $json->EmitCompact = 0;
    print $json->emit() . "\n";
    print 'Failed, response status code = ' . $resp->StatusCode . "\n";
}
else {
    print 'Outlook HTML Mail Sent.' . "\n";
}


?>