How can PHP beginners ensure that both text and attachments are included in emails sent through PHP?

To ensure that both text and attachments are included in emails sent through PHP, beginners can use the PHPMailer library which provides an easy way to send emails with attachments. By using PHPMailer, users can specify both the text content and attachments to be included in the email. 

<?php
use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer;
use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\Exception;

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$mail = new PHPMailer(true);

try {
    $mail->isSMTP();
    $mail->Host = 'smtp.example.com';
    $mail->SMTPAuth = true;
    $mail->Username = 'your@example.com';
    $mail->Password = 'yourpassword';
    $mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
    $mail->Port = 587;

    $mail->setFrom('from@example.com', 'Your Name');
    $mail->addAddress('recipient@example.com', 'Recipient Name');

    $mail->isHTML(true);
    $mail->Subject = 'Subject of the email';
    $mail->Body = 'Text content of the email';

    $mail->addAttachment('/path/to/attachment1.pdf');
    $mail->addAttachment('/path/to/attachment2.jpg');

    $mail->send();
    echo 'Email sent successfully';
} catch (Exception $e) {
    echo "Email could not be sent. Mailer Error: {$mail->ErrorInfo}";
}
?>

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