Create invite meeting with php mail()

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Anthony
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Joined: Thu Feb 15, 2018 10:16 am

Create invite meeting with php mail()

Post by Anthony »

Hello,

I would like to send an invitation to a meeting in php.

I managed to create a .ics file that can be integrated into Zimbra, but I do not know how to create the invitation as it can be done in Zimbra.

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<?php

$from_name = "webmaster";        
$from_address = "webmaster@example.com";        
$to_name = "Anthony";        
$to_address = "antho@test.com";        
$startTime = "15/02/2018 18:00:00";        
$endTime = "15/02/2018 19:00:00";        
$subject = "My Test Subject";        
$description = "My Awesome Description";        
$location = "Joe's House";
sendIcalEvent($from_name, $from_address, $to_name, $to_address, $startTime, $endTime, $subject, $description, $location);


function sendIcalEvent($from_name, $from_address, $to_name, $to_address, $startTime, $endTime, $subject, $description, $location)
{
    $domain = 'exchangecore.com';

    //Create Email Headers
    $mime_boundary = "----Meeting Booking----".MD5(TIME());

    $headers = "From: ".$from_name." <".$from_address.">\n";
    $headers .= "Reply-To: ".$from_name." <".$from_address.">\n";
    $headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
    $headers .= "Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=\"$mime_boundary\"\n";
    $headers .= "Content-class: urn:content-classes:calendarmessage\n";
    
    //Create Email Body (HTML)
    $message = "--$mime_boundary\r\n";
    $message .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8\n";
    $message .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable\n\n";
    $message .= "<html>\n";
    $message .= "<body>\n";
    $message .= '<p>Dear '.$to_name.',</p>';
    $message .= '<p>'.$description.'</p>';
    $message .= "</body>\n";
    $message .= "</html>\n";
    $message .= "--$mime_boundary\r\n";

    $ical = 'BEGIN:VCALENDAR' . "\r\n" .
    'PRODID:Zimbra-Calendar-Provider' . "\r\n" .
    'VERSION:2.0' . "\r\n" .
    'METHOD:PUBLISH' . "\r\n" .
    'BEGIN:VTIMEZONE' . "\r\n" .
    'TZID:Europe//Berlin' . "\r\n" .
    'BEGIN:STANDARD' . "\r\n" .
    'DTSTART:16010101T030000' . "\r\n" .
    'TZOFFSETTO:+0200' . "\r\n" .
    'TZOFFSETFROM:+0100' . "\r\n" .
    'RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;WKST=MO;INTERVAL=1;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU' . "\r\n" .
    'TZNAME:CEST' . "\r\n" .
    'END:STANDARD' . "\r\n" .
    'BEGIN:DAYLIGHT' . "\r\n" .
    'DTSTART:16010101T020000' . "\r\n" .
    'TZOFFSETTO:+0200' . "\r\n" .
    'TZOFFSETFROM:+0100' . "\r\n" .
    'RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;WKST=MO;INTERVAL=1;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU' . "\r\n" .
    'TZNAME:CEST' . "\r\n" .
    'END:DAYLIGHT' . "\r\n" .
    'END:VTIMEZONE' . "\r\n" .	
    'BEGIN:VEVENT' . "\r\n" .
	'UID:'.date("Ymd\TGis", strtotime($startTime)).rand()."@".$domain."\r\n" .
    'SUMMARY:' . $subject . "\r\n" .
    'LOCATION:' . $location . "\r\n" .
    'ATTENDEE;CN="'.$to_name.'";ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP=TRUE:MAILTO:'.$to_address. "\r\n" .
    'ORGANIZER;CN="'.$from_name.'":MAILTO:'.$from_address. "\r\n" .
    'DTSTART;TZID="Europe/Berlin":20180215T210000' . "\r\n" .
    'DTEND;TZID="Europe/Berlin":20180215T213000' . "\r\n" .
    'STATUS:CONFIRMED'. "\r\n" .
    'CLASS:PUBLIC'. "\r\n" .
    'TRANSP:OPAQUE'. "\r\n" .
    'LAST-MODIFIED:' . date("Ymd\TGis") . "\r\n" .
    'DTSTAMP:'.date("Ymd\TGis"). "\r\n" .
    'SEQUENCE:1'. "\r\n" .
    'BEGIN:VALARM' . "\r\n" .
    'TRIGGER;RELATED=START:-PT5M' . "\r\n" .
    'DESCRIPTION:Reminder' . "\r\n" .
    'END:VALARM' . "\r\n" .
    'END:VEVENT'. "\r\n" .
    'END:VCALENDAR'. "\r\n";

    $message .= 'Content-Type: text/calendar; charset=utf-8; method=REQUEST; name=meeting.ics'."\n";
    $message .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable\n\n";
    $message .= $ical;

    $mailsent = mail($to_address, $subject, $message, $headers);

    return ($mailsent)?(true):(false);
}

?>

Thanks in advance,

Regards,
bulletxt
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Re: Create invite meeting with php mail()

Post by bulletxt »

Please use PHP Mailer instead of native php mail function.

Follow simple instructions here: https://blog.webnersolutions.com/how-to ... -phpmailer

If you have issues let me know
memon.salman
Posts: 1
Joined: Tue May 18, 2021 10:25 am

Re: Create invite meeting with php mail()

Post by memon.salman »

Hi Bulltxt,
I am trying to achieve the same sending invite function php mailer using smtp but i am having a lot more troubles. Do you have any simple code of a page i use.

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<?php
session_start(); 
include("../ot-config/config.php");

// Import PHPMailer classes into the global namespace
// These must be at the top of your script, not inside a function

use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer;
use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\SMTP;
use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\Exception;

// Load Composer's autoloader
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

// Instantiation and passing `true` enables exceptions

try {

		$Email = "memon.salman@gmail.com";

		//Be very careful with this string. You may need to add CLRF (\r\n) line breaks depending on how your server handles line endings.
		/*$ical_content = 'BEGIN:VCALENDAR
		PRODID:-//Mailer//NONSGML v1.0//EN
		VERSION:2.0
		CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
		METHOD:REQUEST
		BEGIN:VEVENT
		DTSTART:'.$date.'T'.$startTime.'00Z
		DTEND:'.$date.'T'.$endTime.'00Z
		DTSTAMP:' . gmdate('Ymd').'T'. gmdate('His') . 'Z
		ORGANIZER;CN="'.$organizer.'":mailto:'.$organizer_email.'
		UID:' . md5(uniqid(mt_rand(), true)) . '@example.com
		ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP=TRUE;CN="'.$participant_name_1.'";X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:'.$participant_email_1.'
		ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP=TRUE;CN="'.$participant_name_2.'";X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:'.$participant_email_2.'
		CREATED:' . gmdate('Ymd').'T'. gmdate('His') . 'Z
		DESCRIPTION:'.$desc.'
		LAST-MODIFIED:' . gmdate('Ymd').'T'. gmdate('His') . 'Z
		SUMMARY:'.$subject.'
		LOCATION:'.$location.'
		END:VEVENT
		END:VCALENDAR';*/
		$ical_content = 'BEGIN:VCALENDAR
		RODID:-//Mailer//NONSGML v1.0//EN
		VERSION:2.0
		CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
		METHOD:REQUEST
		UID:http://www.icalmaker.com/event/d8fefcc9-a576-4432-8b20-40e90889affd
		DTSTAMP:20170203T045941Z
		DTSTART:20170214T060000Z
		DTEND:20170214T100000Z
		SUMMARY:Party in Daawat
		LOCATION:Hotel Daawat, Ground Floor, Phase 5, Sector 59, Near Post Office, Mohali 160059.
		DESCRIPTION:Dinner
		END:VEVENT
		END:VCALENDAR';
	
		$mail = new PHPMailer(true);
		$mail->isSMTP();
		$mail->Host = 'smtp.hostinger.com';
		$mail->Port = 587;                               
		$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
		$mail->CharSet = 'UTF-8';
		$mail->Username   = 'support@saflec.exhibitv.live';                     // SMTP username
		$mail->Password   = 'A5^(5*(q9v~ti';
		$mail->setFrom('support@saflec.exhibitv.live', ''.SITE_NAME.'');
		$mail->addAddress($Email);

		// Content
		$mail->isHTML(true);                                  // Set email format to HTML
		$mail->Subject = ''.SITE_NAME.' Meeting Email';
		$mail->ContentType = 'text/calendar'; 
		$mail->Body = 'Testing testing 321'; 
		$mail->AltBody = $ical_content;
		$mail->Ical = $ical_content;
		$mail->addStringAttachment($ical_content, 'ical.ics', 'base64', 'application/ics; name="ical.ics"'); //This seems to be important for Gmail


		//Send
		$mail->send();
		//if(!empty($ical_content)){
			//$mail->addStringAttachment($ical_content,'ical.ics','base64','text/calendar');
		/*}
		else {
			echo "error";
		}*/
		
}
catch(PDOException $error)  
{
	$message = $error->getMessage();  
}
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