PHPMailer\PHPMailer

PHPMailer::encodeFile() │ protected │ WP 1.0

Encode a file attachment in requested format. Returns an empty string on failure.

Method of the class: PHPMailer{}

No Hooks.

Return

String.

Usage

// protected - for code of main (parent) or child class
$result = $this->encodeFile( $path, $encoding );
$path(string) (required)
The full path to the file
$encoding(string)
The encoding to use; one of 'base64', '7bit', '8bit', 'binary', 'quoted-printable'
Default: self::ENCODING_BASE64

PHPMailer::encodeFile() code WP 6.3

wp-includes/PHPMailer/PHPMailer.php 
protected function encodeFile($path, $encoding = self::ENCODING_BASE64)
{
    try {
        if (!static::fileIsAccessible($path)) {
            throw new Exception($this->lang('file_open') . $path, self::STOP_CONTINUE);
        }
        $file_buffer = file_get_contents($path);
        if (false === $file_buffer) {
            throw new Exception($this->lang('file_open') . $path, self::STOP_CONTINUE);
        }
        $file_buffer = $this->encodeString($file_buffer, $encoding);

        return $file_buffer;
    } catch (Exception $exc) {
        $this->setError($exc->getMessage());
        $this->edebug($exc->getMessage());
        if ($this->exceptions) {
            throw $exc;
        }

        return '';
    }
}