php - Sending image attachment -

i have php form, i'm trying send image attachment. fixed few things in code.

1. i'm not sure if send image (because had problems it)
2. the problem nothing shown in page (when script below ran) when open on server index.php not button

here code:

<?php  include_once("functions.php"); // process $action = isset($_post["action"]) ? $_post["action"] : ""; if (empty($action))  {     // send contact form html     $output = "<form action='#' style='display:none'>                <input type='file' id='image' name='image' maxlength=50>"; }  require("class.phpmailer.php"); $email_to = "someone@gmail.com"; // 1 recieves email $email_from = "someone@someone.net"; $dir = "uploads/$filename"; chmod("uploads",0777);   function uploadimage($image) {     if ((($_files["image"]["type"] == "image/gif")     || ($_files["image"]["type"] == "image/jpeg")     || ($_files["image"]["type"] == "image/pjpeg")     || ($_files["image"]["type"] == "image/jpg")     || ($_files["image"]["type"] == "image/png"))     && ($_files["image"]["size"] < 2097152)     && (strlen($_files["image"]["name"]) < 51))     {         if ($_files["image"]["error"] > 0)         {             echo "return code: " . $_files["image"]["error"];         }         else         {             echo "upload: " . $_files["image"]["name"] . "<br />";             echo "type: " . $_files["image"]["type"] . "<br />";             echo "size: " . ($_files["image"]["size"] / 1024) . " kb<br />";             echo "temp file: " . $_files["image"]["tmp_name"] . "<br />";              if (file_exists("images/" . $_files["image"]["name"]))             {             echo $_files["image"]["name"] . " exists. ";             }             else             {                 move_uploaded_file($_files["image"]["tmp_name"],                     "images/" . $_files["image"]["name"]);             }         }     }     else     {         echo "invalid file";     }     $filename = $_files["image"]["type"];     $dir = "uploads/$filename";     chmod("uploads",0777);     $success = copy($_files[images][tmp_name], $dir);     if ($success)      {         echo " files uploaded successfully<br>";         sendit();     } }//end of upload func'   function sendit() { // global $attachments,$email_to,$email_msg,$email_subject,$email_from;  $mail = new phpmailer(); $mail->issmtp();// send via smtp $mail->host = "localhost"; // smtp servers $mail->smtpauth = false; // turn on/off smtp authentication $mail->from = $email_from; $mail->addaddress($email_to); $mail->addreplyto($email_from); $mail->wordwrap = 50;// set word wrap //now attach files submitted $mail->addattachment("uploads"."/".$_files["image"]["type"]);  $mail->ishtml(false);// send html }   ?> 

thank in advance!

for problem 1:

try send mail class without variables put it. make procedural code sending mail own address , see if arrives.

for problem 2:

you putting text $output never outputting $output.