sending ical through zend_mail

StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17646307

Question

Can someone guide me in right direction.

I am trying to send my all calendar events to my users using mail. I have a php function which is working as per my expectations. I am trying to implement the same functionality in zend framework using zend_mail.

Here is the function that is working.

function sendIcalEmail($firstname,$lastname,$email,$meeting_date,$meeting_name,$meeting_duration) {

    $from_name = "RK";
    $from_address = "m.ravikant10@gmail.com";
    $subject = "Meeting Booking"; //Doubles as email subject and meeting subject in calendar
    $meeting_description = "Here is a brief description of my meeting\n\n";
    $meeting_location = "My Office"; //Where will your meeting take place


    //Convert MYSQL datetime and construct iCal start, end and issue dates
    $meetingstamp = strtotime($meeting_date . " UTC");    
    $dtstart= gmdate("Ymd\THis\Z",$meetingstamp);
    $dtend= gmdate("Ymd\THis\Z",$meetingstamp+$meeting_duration);
    $todaystamp = gmdate("Ymd\THis\Z");

    //Create unique identifier
    $cal_uid = date('Ymd').'T'.date('His')."-".rand()."@mydomain.com";

    //Create Mime Boundry
    $mime_boundary = "----Meeting Booking----".md5(time());

    //Create Email Headers
    $headers = "From: ".$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 = '';
    $message .= "--$mime_boundary\n";
    $message .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8\n";
    $message .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n\n";

    $message .= "<html>\n";
    $message .= "<body>\n";
    $message .= '<p>Dear '.$firstname.' '.$lastname.',</p>';
    $message .= '<p>Here is my HTML Email / Used for Meeting Description</p>';    
    $message .= "</body>\n";
    $message .= "</html>\n";
    $message .= "--$mime_boundary\n";

    //Create ICAL Content (Google rfc 2445 for details and examples of usage) 
    $ical =    'BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 11.0 MIMEDIR//EN
VERSION:2.0
METHOD:REQUEST
BEGIN:VEVENT
ORGANIZER:MAILTO:'.$from_address.'
DTSTART:'.$dtstart.'
DTEND:'.$dtend.'
LOCATION:'.$meeting_location.'
TRANSP:OPAQUE
SEQUENCE:0
UID:'.$cal_uid.'
DTSTAMP:'.$todaystamp.'
DESCRIPTION:'.$meeting_description.'
SUMMARY:'.$subject.'
PRIORITY:5
CLASS:PUBLIC
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR';   

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

    //SEND MAIL
    //echo $message;die;
    $mail_sent = mail( $email, $subject, $message, $headers );

    if($mail_sent)     {
        return true;
    } else {
        return false;
    }   

}

I tried to change zend headers and message body but its not working. As in the function there are multiple headers being send in message body. 

//Create email
        $email = new Zend_Mail('UTF-8');
        $email->setFrom($senderEmail, $senderName);
        $email->addTo($toEmail, $toName);
        $email->setSubject($subject);

        $timestamp  = date('Ymd').'T'.date('His');
        $uid        = date('Ymd').'T'.date('His') . "-" . rand() . '@domain.com';
        $dtCreated  = date('Ymd').'T'.date('His');
        $dtStart    = date('Ymd', strtotime($start)) . 'T' . date('His', strtotime($start));
        $dtEnd      = date('Ymd', strtotime($end)) . 'T' . date('His', strtotime($end));
        $eventSubject       = 'adding calendar events';
        $eventDescription   = $description;


        $ical = <<<ICALENDAR_DATA
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//Product/Platform/Name//EN
VERSION:2.0
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:REQUEST
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:{$dtStart}
DTEND:{$dtEnd}
DTSTAMP:{$timestamp}
UID:{$uid}
SUMMARY:{$eventSubject}
DESCRIPTION:{$eventDescription}
CREATED:{$dtCreated}
LAST-MODIFIED:{$dtCreated}
LOCATION:{$location}
SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:CONFIRMED
TRANSP:OPAQUE
ORGANIZER:MAILTO:xyz@gmail.com
BEGIN:VALARM
ACTION:DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:My cal request
TRIGGER:-P0DT0H10M0S
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR
ICALENDAR_DATA;

            //$email->addHeader('Content-class', 'urn:content-classes:calendarmessage');
    //$email->addHeader('Content-Type', 'text/calendar; method=REQUEST; charset="UTF-8"');
    //$email->addHeader('Content-Transfer-Encoding', '7bit');

        $attach = new Zend_Mime_Part($ical);
        $attach->type       = 'text/calendar';
        $attach->disposition= Zend_Mime::DISPOSITION_INLINE;
        $attach->encoding   = Zend_Mime::ENCODING_8BIT;
        $attach->filename   = 'calendar.ics'; 

        $email->addAttachment($attach);
        $email->setBodyText('name');
            $email->send($transport);
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Solution

Could you post your current attempt using Zend_Mail? The snippet you provided has nothing to do with your Zend_Mail problem.

Update: I tested your code and everything seems to work. Make sure the contents of ther $ical var are exactly the same. The code I used to test:

    $email = new Zend_Mail('UTF-8');
    $email->setFrom('someone@somewhere.com', 'Someone');
    $email->addTo('someone@somewhere.com', 'Someone');
    $email->setSubject($subject);

    $ical = '{valid ical content}';

    $attach = new Zend_Mime_Part($ical);
    $attach->type = 'text/calendar';
    $attach->disposition = Zend_Mime::DISPOSITION_INLINE;
    $attach->encoding = Zend_Mime::ENCODING_8BIT;
    $attach->filename = 'calendar.ics'; 

    $email->addAttachment($attach);
    $email->setBodyText('Test body');
    $email->send();
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