(PHP ActiveX) Send HTML Email with Embedded Image Loaded from Memory

Demonstrates how to compose an HTML email with an embedded image where the image data is loaded directly from memory.

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ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

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

<?php

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

// First load image data into memory.
// This example loads image data from a file.
// However, your application could get the image data from any other source, such as
// from a database.
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.FileAccess')
$fac = new COM("Chilkat.FileAccess");

$imageBytes = $fac->ReadEntireFile('qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg');

// The mailman object is used for sending and receiving email.
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.MailMan')
$mailman = new COM("Chilkat.MailMan");

// Use your SMTP server hostname.  This example uses office365, but it could be any SMTP server..
$mailman->SmtpHost = 'outlook.office365.com';
$mailman->SmtpPort = 587;
$mailman->StartTLS = 1;

// Set the SMTP login/password
$mailman->SmtpUsername = 'OFFICE365-SMTP-LOGIN';
$mailman->SmtpPassword = 'OFFICE365-SMTP-PASSWORD';

// Create a new email object
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Email')
$email = new COM("Chilkat.Email");
$email->Subject = 'HTML Email with Image Loaded from In-Memory Bytes';
$email->From = 'Chilkat Support <my-office365-user@mydomain.com>';
$email->AddTo('Chilkat Support','support@chilkatsoft.com');

$contentIdStarfish = $email->addRelatedData('starfish.jpg',$imageBytes);
if ($email->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print $email->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// The src attribute for the image tag is set to the contentIdStarfish:
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.StringBuilder')
$sbHtml = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$sbHtml->Append('<html><body><p>This is an HTML email with an embedded image.</p>');
$sbHtml->Append('<p><img src=\'cid:CONTENT_ID_STARFISH\' /></p></body></html>');
$numReplacements = $sbHtml->Replace('CONTENT_ID_STARFISH',$contentIdStarfish);

$email->SetHtmlBody($sbHtml->getAsString());

$success = $mailman->SendEmail($email);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $mailman->LastErrorText . "\n";
}
else {
    print 'Mail Sent!' . "\n";
}


?>