Sending Email in Laravel

Send-email-in-Laravel.md

Assumption

\app\Http\Controllers\TestController.php This is the file which will invoke email sending logic.

Steps

1. Open Git bash terminal and run the below command:

php artisan make:mail TestEmailSender

• The above command will create \app\Mail\TestEmailSender.php with below code

     <?php

namespace App\Mail;

use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
use Illuminate\Mail\Mailable;
use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;

class TestEmailSender extends Mailable
{
    use Queueable, SerializesModels;

    /**
     * Create a new message instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct()
    {
        //
    }

    /**
     * Build the message.
     *
     * @return $this
     */
    public function build()
    {
        return $this->view('view.name');
    }
}

• Let's Modify TestEmailSender.php with below code

<?php

namespace App\Mail;

use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
use Illuminate\Mail\Mailable;
use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Config;

class TestEmailSender extends Mailable
{
    use Queueable, SerializesModels;

    private $emailParams;

    /**
     * Create a new message instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct($params)
    {
        $this->emailParams = $params;
    }

    /**
     * Build the message.
     *
     * @return $this
     */
    public function build()
    {
        $this->from(Config::get('app.senderEmail'),Config::get('app.senderName'))
        ->subject($this->emailParams->subject)
        ->view('mail.TestEmail')
        ->with(['emailParams' => $this->emailParams]);
    }
} 

2. Create \app\Controllers\TestController.php with below code

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\Http\Controllers;
use Mail;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Mail\TestEmailSender;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;

class TestController extends Controller
{
    public $name;
    public $email;

    public function __construct(){}

    public function sendEmail()
    {               
            $this->name = "Deepak"; //recipient name
            $this->email = "deepak.cotocus@gmail.com"; //recipient email id
            /**
             *creating an empty object of of stdClass
             *
             */
            $emailParams = new \stdClass(); 
            $emailParams->usersName = $this->name;
            $emailParams->usersEmail = $this->email;
           
            $emailParams->subject = "Testing Email sending feature";
            Mail::to($emailParams->usersEmail)->send(new TestEmailSender($emailParams));
    }   

    public function test(){            
           $this->sendEmail();
    }
}

• In The above code Mail::to($emailParams->usersEmail)->send(new TestEmailSender($emailParams)); is invocking email sending logic and passing user's name and user's email along with Subject of email which is assigned to $emailParams object.

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NOTE

Mail::to($emailParams->usersEmail)->send(new TestEmailSender($emailParams));

This line will invoke build() function of TestEmailSender and an email with subject and message will be sent to usersEmail successfully.

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3. Create \resources\views\mail\TestEmail.blade.php with below code

     Welcome, {{ $emailParams->usersName }}
     Sending mail for Testing Purpose.
     
     Thank You

4. Add below code in web.php

Route::get('/sendemail', 'TestController@test')->name('sendemail');

5. Configure Gmail SMTP Server in Laravel Application

• open your .env file and checkout for this settings:

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=<your-Gmail-Id>
MAIL_PASSWORD=yorgeneretedpassword
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
MAIL_FROM=<Sender's-Gmail-Id>
MAIL_FROM_NAME=<Sender's-Name>

• open /config/app.php and add below 2 lines in retun statement

return [
'senderEmail' => env('MAIL_FROM', '<Sender's-Gmail-Id>),
'senderName' => env('MAIL_FROM_NAME', '<Sender's-Name>'),
];

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NOTE- Check Out for Gmail Email server set up

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• All Done! Open your browser and hit the below url http://localhost:8000/sendemail and check your mail box.