Draft: How to send Email to Subscribers When You Publish a Post on…

app/Events/PostPublished.php

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+<?php
+
+namespace App\Events;
+
+use App\Models\Post;
+use Illuminate\Broadcasting\Channel;
+use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
+use Illuminate\Broadcasting\PrivateChannel;
+use Illuminate\Broadcasting\PresenceChannel;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Events\Dispatchable;
+use Illuminate\Broadcasting\InteractsWithSockets;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Broadcasting\ShouldBroadcast;
+
+class PostPublished
+{
+    use Dispatchable, InteractsWithSockets, SerializesModels;
+
+    public function __construct(public Post $post)
+    {
+    }
+}

app/Http/Controllers/PostController.php

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+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Controllers;
+
+use App\Models\Post;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use App\Events\PostPublished;
+
+class PostController extends Controller
+{
+    public function post(Request $request)
+    {
+        // Some form request validation code here
+
+        $post = Post::create($request->all());
+
+        // Dispatch an event for sending email to subscribers
+        PostPublished::dispatch($post);
+
+        // Other response code...
+    }
+}

app/Listeners/SendEmailToSubscribers.php

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+<?php
+
+namespace App\Listeners;
+
+use App\Models\Post;
+use App\Models\Subscriber;
+use App\Mail\PublishedNewPost;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail;
+use Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
+
+class SendEmailToSubscribers
+{
+    public function __construct(public Post $post)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public function handle(object $event): void
+    {
+        // Get Subscribers
+        // You may need to filter the confirmed subscribers only by confirmed() custom scope.
+        $subscribers = Subscriber::confirmed()->get();
+
+        // Send email to all of them
+        foreach ($subscribers as $subscriber) {
+            Mail::to($subscriber->email)
+                ->send(new PublishedNewPost($this->post));
+        }
+    }
+}

app/Mail/PublishedNewPost.php

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+<?php
+
+namespace App\Mail;
+
+use App\Models\Post;
+use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
+use Illuminate\Mail\Mailable;
+use Illuminate\Mail\Mailables\Content;
+use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
+use Illuminate\Mail\Mailables\Envelope;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
+
+class PublishedNewPost extends Mailable
+{
+    use Queueable, SerializesModels;
+
+    public function __construct(public Post $post)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public function envelope(): Envelope
+    {
+        return new Envelope(
+            subject: $this->post->title
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function content(): Content
+    {
+        return new Content(
+            markdown: 'mail.published-new-post',
+        );
+    }
+}

app/Models/Post.php

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+<?php
+
+namespace App\Models;
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+
+class Post extends Model
+{
+    use HasFactory;
+}

app/Models/Subscriber.php

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+<?php
+
+namespace App\Models;
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+
+class Subscriber extends Model
+{
+    use HasFactory;
+}

app/Providers/EventServiceProvider.php

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 namespace App\Providers;
 
+use App\Events\PostPublished;
+use App\Listeners\SendEmailToSubscribers;
 use Illuminate\Auth\Events\Registered;
 use Illuminate\Auth\Listeners\SendEmailVerificationNotification;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Support\Providers\EventServiceProvider as ServiceProvider;
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         Registered::class => [
             SendEmailVerificationNotification::class,
         ],
+        PostPublished::class => [
+            SendEmailToSubscribers::class
+        ]
     ];
 
     /**

resources/views/mail/published-new-post.blade.php

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+<x-mail::message>
+
+Hello
+
+The following new post has been published in {{ env('APP_NAME') }}.
+
+{{ $post->title }}
+
+<x-mail::button :url="{{ $post->link() }}">
+Give a read now
+</x-mail::button>
+
+Thanks,<br>
+{{ config('app.name') }}
+</x-mail::message>