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Re: sending pdf files to individual email... [message #186435 is a reply to message #186433]

Tue, 29 July 2014 13:36

Jerry Stuckle
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On 7/29/2014 6:40 AM, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
> nag <visitnag(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> <snip>
>> I have a text file with employee_number and employee_name and
>> employee_email id delimited with comma.
>>
>> i have uploaded it into a mysql table called empDetails.
>
> That may not be the best thing to do. For example, if the definitive
> source of the data is somewhere else and it's been exported to you to
> do this task, putting it into a DB just complicates the process and adds
> another point of failure. It does not make the task any easier.
>
> (Of course, there are lots of cases when it *is* the right thing to do --
> it's impossible to say from what you've said.)
>

Actually, I think it's a pretty logical thing to do. Retrieving data
from a SQL database is easier than a .csv file.

>> I have a folder containing pdf files. Each pdf file is named with
>> <employee_number>.pdf
>>
>> Now I want to send the each pdf file to respective employee mail id as
>> an attachment from my mail.
>>
>> Kindly give me a solution.
>
> There are two parts to this: constructing the emails and sending them.
> You probably want something like the PEAR package Mail_Mime[1] for the
> first part. What the best way is to send the emails depends on many
> factors. The PEAR package Mail[2] is more flexible than PHP's built-in
> mail function. You might need it if, for example, you need to send the
> mails using a specific mail system.
>
> [1] http://pear.php.net/package/Mail_Mime
> [1] http://pear.php.net/package/Mail
>

Pear's Mail package hasn't been updated in over 4 years and looks to
have been abandoned. I find PHPMailer to be much superior. It's
available on GitHub.

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		sending pdf files to individual email... By: Nagaraju Kachapuram on Tue, 29 July 2014 05:31
		Re: sending pdf files to individual email... By: J.O. Aho on Tue, 29 July 2014 07:34
		Re: sending pdf files to individual email... By: Ben Bacarisse on Tue, 29 July 2014 10:40
		Re: sending pdf files to individual email... By: Jerry Stuckle on Tue, 29 July 2014 13:36
		Re: sending pdf files to individual email... By: Ben Bacarisse on Tue, 29 July 2014 17:31
		Re: sending pdf files to individual email... By: Jerry Stuckle on Tue, 29 July 2014 18:19
		Re: sending pdf files to individual email... By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Tue, 29 July 2014 18:40
		Re: sending pdf files to individual email... By: Luuk on Wed, 30 July 2014 18:26
		Re: sending pdf files to individual email... By: Denis McMahon on Tue, 29 July 2014 19:53
		Re: sending pdf files to individual email... By: Denis McMahon on Tue, 29 July 2014 19:50
		Re: sending pdf files to individual email... By: Derek Turner on Tue, 29 July 2014 11:11

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