Merge pull request #2808 from melounek/filename_as_url

attach files by absolute url

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
index 5da707086..43e7be41f 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ Release Date: Not Released
 
       -  Added a custom filename parameter to ``attach()`` as ``$this->email->attach($filename, $disposition, $newname)``.
       -  Added possibility to send attachment as buffer string in ``attach()`` as ``$this->email->attach($buffer, $disposition, $newname, $mime)``.
+      -  Added possibility to attach remote files by passing a URL.
       -  Added method ``attachment_cid()`` to enable embedding inline attachments into HTML.
       -  Added dsn (delivery status notification) option.
       -  Renamed method ``_set_header()`` to ``set_header()`` and made it public to enable adding custom headers.
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/email.rst b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/email.rst
index 8e3800306..86f440a74 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/email.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/email.rst
@@ -259,6 +259,10 @@ otherwise use a custom disposition::
 
 	$this->email->attach('image.jpg', 'inline');
 
+You can use URL::
+
+	$this->email->attach('http://example.com/filename.pdf');
+
 If you'd like to use a custom file name, you can use the third paramater::
 
 	$this->email->attach('filename.pdf', 'attachment', 'report.pdf');