Laravel Mailgun Setup

Step 1

composer require bogardo/mailgun

Step 2

composer require php-http/guzzle6-adapter

Step 3

change below keys in .env file :

MAIL_DRIVER=mailgun
MAIL_HOST=smtp.mailgun.org
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=something@domain.com
MAIL_FROM_NAME=Project

Step 4

Register the ServiceProvider in config/app.php

Bogardo\Mailgun\MailgunServiceProvider::class

also add facade

'Mailgun' => Bogardo\Mailgun\Facades\Mailgun::class

Step 5

In your AppServiceProvider add the following in register function:

$this->app->bind('mailgun.client', function() {
  return \Http\Adapter\Guzzle6\Client::createWithConfig([]);
});

Step 6

In config/services.php update mailgun key :

'domain' => 'domain.com',
'secret' => 'key-*yourapikey*'

Step 7

Run the following command, it will create a file config/mailgun.php.

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Bogardo\Mailgun\MailgunServiceProvider" --tag="config"

Then update domain, key and from params in config/mailgun.php

Example

$response = \Mailgun::send('emails.myview', [], function ($message) {
    $message->to('send@someone.com', 'Someones Name')->subject('My Subject!');
});

below syntax will send a mail 60 seconds later

$response = \Mailgun::later(60, 'emails.myview', [], function ($message) {
    $message->to('send@someone.com', 'Someones Name')->subject('My Subject!');
});

For testing mail contents or to preview a mail change config/mailgun.php

'api' => [
    'endpoint' => 'bin.mailgun.net',
    'version' => 'yourID',
    'ssl' => true
],

Go to bin.mailgun.net, you will get an ID