How can PHP developers ensure that email attachments are correctly displayed and downloadable by recipients using different email clients?

To ensure that email attachments are correctly displayed and downloadable by recipients using different email clients, PHP developers can use the PHPMailer library, which provides a reliable way to send emails with attachments. By using PHPMailer, developers can easily attach files to their emails and ensure that they are correctly encoded and displayed across different email clients. 

<?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('your@example.com', 'Your Name');
    $mail->addAddress('recipient@example.com', 'Recipient Name');

    $mail->isHTML(true);
    $mail->Subject = 'Email with Attachment';
    $mail->Body = 'Please see the attached file.';

    $mail->addAttachment('/path/to/file.pdf', 'File.pdf');

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

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