My company is currently trying to streamline our process for submitting forms. I have read that what we are trying to do can be done with PHP or PHPMailer but I seem to have hit a roadblock.
What we are trying to do is open a fillable PDF in browser, complete it, and then click a button at the bottom to email it to a designated recipient.
I currently have a PHP script that allows me to email the blank document using PHPMailer and our server email service.
I have tried using the "AddStringAttachment" feature of PHPMailer:
<?php
require("../PHPMailer_5.2.3/class.phpmailer.php");
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->IsSMTP(); // telling the class to use SMTP
$mail->Host = "xxx.xxx.org"; // SMTP server
$mail->From = "xxx@xxx.org";
$mail->AddAddress("xxx@xxx.org");
$mail->Subject = "Attachment Test";
$mail->Body = "Hi! \n\n This is my first e-mail sent through PHPMailer.";
$mail->WordWrap = 50;
$mail->AddStringAttachment($string,'filename.pdf');
if(!$mail->Send()) {
echo 'Message was not sent.';
echo 'Mailer error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
echo 'Message has been sent.';
}
?>
...but I was unable to find a way to define the string in a way that would send the completed form. Currently, if I put any data into the "$string" field the email fails.
Is this even possible? Or am I just spinning my wheels?