PHPMailer::encodeFile PHP Method

    protected function encodeFile($path, $encoding = 'base64')
    {
        try {
            if (!is_readable($path)) {
                throw new phpmailerException($this->lang('file_open') . $path, self::STOP_CONTINUE);
            }
            $magic_quotes = get_magic_quotes_runtime();
            if ($magic_quotes) {
                if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.3.0', '<')) {
                    set_magic_quotes_runtime(false);
                } else {
                    //Doesn't exist in PHP 5.4, but we don't need to check because
                    //get_magic_quotes_runtime always returns false in 5.4+
                    //so it will never get here
                    ini_set('magic_quotes_runtime', false);
                }
            }
            $file_buffer = file_get_contents($path);
            $file_buffer = $this->encodeString($file_buffer, $encoding);
            if ($magic_quotes) {
                if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.3.0', '<')) {
                    set_magic_quotes_runtime($magic_quotes);
                } else {
                    ini_set('magic_quotes_runtime', $magic_quotes);
                }
            }
            return $file_buffer;
        } catch (Exception $exc) {
            $this->setError($exc->getMessage());
            return '';
        }
    }