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PHPMailer::addStringEmbeddedImage( string $string, string $cid, string $name = '', string $encoding = self::ENCODING_BASE64, string $type = '', string $disposition = 'inline' ): bool

Source
wp-includes/PHPMailer/PHPMailer.php:4134
Add an embedded stringified attachment.

Description

This can include images, sounds, and just about any other document type.
If your filename doesn't contain an extension, be sure to set the $type to an appropriate MIME type.

Compatibility

WordPress
core
PHP
7.4–8.6-dev
  • 6.7.7
  • 6.8.8
  • 6.9.7
  • 7.0.4
  • 7.1.0

Present in every tracked release (6.7.7 to 7.1.0), and compiles on PHP 7.4 through 8.6-dev.

Parameters

$stringstring
The attachment binary data
$cidstring
Content ID of the attachment; Use this to reference the content when using an embedded image in HTML
$namestringoptional
A filename for the attachment. If this contains an extension, PHPMailer will attempt to set a MIME type for the attachment.
For example 'file.jpg' would get an 'image/jpeg' MIME type.Default: ''
$encodingstringoptional
File encoding (see $Encoding), defaults to 'base64'Default: self::ENCODING_BASE64
$typestringoptional
MIME type - will be used in preference to any automatically derived typeDefault: ''
$dispositionstringoptional
Disposition to useDefault: 'inline'

Return value

bool
True on successfully adding an attachment

Performance profile

How much work a call to PHPMailer::addStringEmbeddedImage() does, and what it touches: the algorithmic scaling, the Zend instruction count per call across PHP versions, the hooks it hands control to, and the core code that calls it. Measured from the compiled opcodes, not a stopwatch, so every number is identical on any machine running the same PHP version, and every function in core is ranked by cost.

Cost class
Trivial

Touches nothing outside its own arguments.

Scaling
Constant

No loop in the body: the same number of instructions runs whatever you pass in.

Instructions
20–30

Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 53.

Plugin surface
None

Nothing here hands control to plugin code.

Called by
0

Nothing in core calls this; the cost is only what you spend yourself.

What one call costs · 4 distinct outcomes

One number would be a lie: the work depends on which branch runs. These are every distinct cost PHPMailer::addStringEmbeddedImage() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.

WhenInstructionsCalls it makes
!->validateEncoding()20–22->validateEncoding(), ::lang()
->validateEncoding()24–26->validateEncoding()
$type === "" && !empty($name) && !->validateEncoding()26::filenameToType(), ->validateEncoding(), ::lang()
$type === "" && !empty($name) && ->validateEncoding()30::filenameToType(), ->validateEncoding()

Across PHP versions

Compiles the same on PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6-dev: 53 instructions, 20–30 executed per call, 4 branches. The work does not change between versions.

An instruction is not a fixed amount of time, so a matching count is not necessarily the same speed; what it rules out is a difference in the work itself.

Uses · 6

  • static::filenameToType()
  • \PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer::validateEncoding()
  • \PHPMailer\PHPMailer\Exception::__construct()
  • \PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer::lang()
  • \PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer::setError()
  • \PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer::edebug()

Source code

    public function addStringEmbeddedImage(        $string,        $cid,        $name = '',        $encoding = self::ENCODING_BASE64,        $type = '',        $disposition = 'inline'    ) {        try {            //If a MIME type is not specified, try to work it out from the name            if ('' === $type && !empty($name)) {                $type = static::filenameToType($name);            }             if (!$this->validateEncoding($encoding)) {                throw new Exception(self::lang('encoding') . $encoding);            }             //Append to $attachment array            $this->attachment[] = [                0 => $string,                1 => $name,                2 => $name,                3 => $encoding,                4 => $type,                5 => true, //isStringAttachment                6 => $disposition,                7 => $cid,            ];        } catch (Exception $exc) {            $this->setError($exc->getMessage());            $this->edebug($exc->getMessage());            if ($this->exceptions) {                throw $exc;            }             return false;        }         return true;    }

Changelog

Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.

  1. 6.7.7
  2. 6.8.8
  3. 6.9.7
  4. 7.0.4
  5. 7.1.0

Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.

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