Email image attachment with php

Could somene please help with the following: Below is part of a submission form that deals with images. Upto 3 Images May Be Sent.<br><p></p> photo1<input type="file" name="picture" size="25"><br> photo2<input type="file" name="picture" size="25"><br> photo3<input type="file" name="picture" size="25"><br> **************************************************************************** ****************** This bit of code deals with the email notification of text entered from the form that handles text input not shown above. How can physical images like "jpg" be attached and sent together with the text notification ??? mail("$email_address", "Your Profile setup", "$first_name Thank you for your interest! Your Profile Has Been Successfully Entered Onto This Website We Hope You Enjoy Every Visit!!! sve.com") ; mail("enquiry@sve.com","New Customer Profile", "Ref No:$ref, First name:$first_name, Last name:$last_name, Post address:$post_address ,Phone No:$phone_no , Email:$email_address"); **************************************************************************** ******************** This bit of code i understand is able to attach and send images. Alternatively, Tryed using the above bit of the html code to select images and setting this script with appropriate variables However having trouble making it work. Any corrections that could be pointed ???? <? // ************************************ // E-mail functions (binary attachment) // ************************************ $dest_email="enquiry@sve.com"; $title="Mail Attach"; $message_to_send="Testing Mail Attachment" $from="$email_address"; $type="jpg"; $filename="$picture_name"; $path="$picture_path"; $type="$picture_type"; m_attach_bin($dest_email, $title, $message_to_send, $from, $type); m_attach_file_bin($filename, $path, $type); m_attach_send_bin($type); function m_attach_bin( $to_fname, $subject_ftext, $message, $from, $type ) { static $hold_to=""; static $hold_subject=""; static $hold_from=""; static $hold_message=""; static $boundary="-----------------kjbsdf9873987348735"; static $MIME="MIME-Version: 1.0\nContent-Type: multipart/mixed;\n\tboundary=\"$boundary\"\n\nThis is a multi-part message in MIME format.\n\n"; static $startMsg="\n--$boundary\nContent-Type: text/plain;\n\tcharset=\"iso-8859-1\"\nContent-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n\n"; static $ending="\n--$boundary--"; if ( $to_fname=="" ) /* send it! */ { $hold_message=$hold_message . $ending; return( mail( $hold_to, $hold_subject, $hold_message, $hold_from ) ); } elseif ( $message=="" ) /* we must be attaching a file */ $hold_message=$hold_message . "\n--$boundary\nContent-Type: image/".$type.";\n\tname=\"$to_fname\"\nContent-Transfer-Encoding: base64\nContent-Disposition: inline;\n\tfilename=\"$to_fname\"\n\n$subject_ftext"; } else /* starting a new message */ { $hold_to=$to_fname; $hold_subject=$subject_ftext; $hold_message=$startMsg . $message."\n\n"; $hold_from="From: $from\n$MIME\n"; } }; function m_attach_file_bin( $shortname, $longname, $type ) { $fp=fopen($longname,"r"); $in = fread( $fp, filesize( $longname ) ); fclose( $fp ); $out= chunk_split(base64_encode($in)); return( m_attach_bin( $shortname, $out, "", "", $type ) ); }; function m_attach_send_bin($type) { return( m_attach_bin( "","","","", $type ) ); }; */ // *************** End E-mail functions ***************** /* USAGE: Set the following variables as appropriate: $dest_email: the destination address $title: message subject $message_to-send: the message you want to send $from: your e-mail address $type: file type (i.e. "jpg", "gif" ect) $fillename: the complete filename $path the complete path to your file (including the file name) Then simply call the following functions: m_attach_bin($dest_email, $title, $message_to_send, $from, $type); m_attach_file_bin($filename, $path, $type); m_attach_send_bin($type); I tested the function with jpg and gif only but some friends reported me they work with every kind of file. */ abbs1@x-stream.co.uk thanks