Hi,
Is there a way I can attach a pdf to the email that is sent out to the person who completes my form?
I have tried doing it as a simple <img src="domain.com/thefile.pdf"> but that doesn't seem to attach it in a way that is handled as an attachment by mail programs.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Are you asking about attaching the file the user submitted/uploaded or a completely unrelated file that you just want the Machform to send back to the user?
The auto response email won't attach any files (not even the one submitted with the form)
What you could do (which would be the nearest and easiest way) is to include a link in the body of the auto reply message to the file, the user would then just open the email, click the link and it would open the PDF in their Adobe reader, rather than opening the file attachment, it would simply be the file sitting on your web server.
Not sure if I have addressed the question or whether it's more complex a task you want to complete.
Thanks for your reply. Yes, you've got it spot on. I currently have a set up where people click a link in the confirmation email, but was hoping it my be possible to attach to the pdf to that email. Thanks anyway
It is very bad to hear that.
But I have one tip.
If I use the Upload file field in the form and make hardcoded predefined file in there and also not able for submitter to change it - this will do the job.
Can you please give a hint where to start it?
p.s. I have some sort of knowledge of php...
I had a support communication with the team and I want to give to all of you easy way how to do it.
In the helper_functions.php just before this line
$mail->Body = $email_content;
add this line:
$mail->AddAttachment('./data/form_'.$form_id.'/files/'.'filename.ext');
where $form_id is the id of the form. You can use this parameter so all the forms can have some file to attach. If you want to separate the names of the files for each form you can use switch command.
switch($form_id){
case 1 ...
...
}
You can also avoid sending attachment to the emails to notification if it is on.
if (!$target_is_admin) ...
I love what you have here...but can we take it a step further?
We have a form with 4 check boxes on it where the visitor can select which PDF file(s) they want. I want to be able to attach the PDF files they chose to the email response automatically.
Thank you!
When I add this line:
$mail->AddAttachment('./data/form_'.$form_id.'/files/'.'filename.ext');
I don't visibaly notice anything changing in the form. Any Ideas?
How do I put the form ID in there? Mine is form id 11. And I don't understand how not to send the attachment to the admin.
Thanks.
You can add a condition into the code which attach the file.
So, if your current code is something like this:
$mail->AddAttachment('my_file.pdf');
you can change it to become:
if($target_is_admin == false){
$mail->AddAttachment('my_file.pdf');
}
That should prevent the file being sent to admin.
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