PHPMailer::encodeFile( string $path, string $encoding = self::ENCODING_BASE64 ): string

3567    protected function encodeFile($path, $encoding = self::ENCODING_BASE64)3568    {3569        try {3570            if (!static::fileIsAccessible($path)) {3571                throw new Exception(self::lang('file_open') . $path, self::STOP_CONTINUE);3572            }3573            $file_buffer = file_get_contents($path);3574            if (false === $file_buffer) {3575                throw new Exception(self::lang('file_open') . $path, self::STOP_CONTINUE);3576            }3577            $file_buffer = $this->encodeString($file_buffer, $encoding);3578 3579            return $file_buffer;3580        } catch (Exception $exc) {3581            $this->setError($exc->getMessage());3582            $this->edebug($exc->getMessage());3583            if ($this->exceptions) {3584                throw $exc;3585            }3586 3587            return '';3588        }3589    }