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@@ -229,11 +229,20 @@ use the function multiple times. For example::
$this->email->attach('/path/to/photo2.jpg');
$this->email->attach('/path/to/photo3.jpg');
-If you'd like to change the disposition or add a custom file name, you can use the second and third paramaters. To use the default disposition (attachment), leave the second parameter blank. Here's an example::
-
- $this->email->attach('/path/to/photo1.jpg', 'inline');
- $this->email->attach('/path/to/photo1.jpg', '', 'birthday.jpg');
-
+To use the default disposition (attachment), leave the second parameter blank,
+otherwise use a custom disposition::
+
+ $this->email->attach('image.jpg', 'inline');
+
+If you'd like to use a custom file name, you can use the third paramater::
+
+ $this->email->attach('filename.pdf', 'attachment', 'report.pdf');
+
+If you need to use a buffer string instead of a real - physical - file you can
+use the first parameter as buffer, the third parameter as file name and the fourth
+parameter as mime-type::
+
+ $this->email->attach($buffer, 'attachment', 'report.pdf', 'application/pdf');
$this->email->print_debugger()
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