Laravel provides a clean, simple API over the popular SwiftMailer library. The mail configuration file is app/config/mail.php, and contains options allowing you to change your SMTP host, port, and credentials, as well as set a global from address for all messages delivered by the library. You may use any SMTP server you wish.
The Mail::send method may be used to send an e-mail message:
Mail::send('emails.welcome', $data, function($m)
{
$m->to('foo@example.com', 'John Smith')->subject('Welcome!');
});
The first argument passed to the send method is the name of the view that should be used as the e-mail body. The second is the $data that should be passed to the view, and the third is a Closure allowing you to specify various options on the e-mail message.
Note: A
$messagevariable is always passed to e-mail views, and allows the inline embedding of attachments. So, it is best to avoid passing amessagevariable in your view payload.
You may also specify a plain text view to use in addition to an HTML view:
Mail::send(['html.view', 'text.view'], $data, $callback);
You may specify other options on the e-mail message such as any carbon copies or attachments as well:
Mail::send('emails.welcome', $data, function($m)
{
$m->from('us@example.com', 'Laravel');
$m->to('foo@example.com')->cc('bar@example.com');
$m->attach($pathToFile);
});
When attaching files to a message, you may also specify a MIME type and / or a display name:
$m->attach($pathToFile, ['as' => $display, 'mime' => $mime]);
Note: The message instance passed to a
Mail::sendClosure extends the SwiftMailer message class, allowing you to call any method on that class to build your e-mail messages.
Embedding inline images into your e-mails is typically cumbersome; however, Laravel provides a convenient way to attach images to your e-mails and retrieving the appropriate CID.
Embedding An Image In An E-Mail View
<body>
Here is an image:
<img src="<?php echo $message->embed($pathToFile); ?>">
</body>
Embedding Raw Data In An E-Mail View
<body>
Here is an image from raw data:
<img src="<?php echo $message->embedData($data, $name); ?>">
</body>
Note that the $message variable is always passed to e-mail views by the Mail class.