[FIXED] How to do file_get_contents() from directory other than __DIR__?

Issue

I'm sending an email using PHPMailer and this works fine:

$mail->Subject = "My Email Subject";
$mail->msgHTML(file_get_contents('emailcontent.html'), __DIR__);
$mail->send();

The file 'emailcontent.html' is in the current directory and it works.

Now I want to move the 'emailcontent.html' file into subdirectory 'emails/emailcontent.html'.

I tried this ...

$mail->msgHTML(file_get_contents('emailcontent.html'), __DIR__.'/emails/');

... and this ...

$mail->msgHTML(file_get_contents('/emails/emailcontent.html'), __DIR__);

... but neither worked.

What am I doing wrong?

Solution

Thanks to @RiggsFolly for straightening me out ... the problem was an errant /.

This works:

$mail->msgHTML(file_get_contents('emails/emailcontent.html'), __DIR__);

Answered By - AndySummers2020

Answer Checked By - Clifford M. (PHPFixing Volunteer)