Email service plugin for laravel 5|6|7|8

This package simplify compiling shortcodes and sending emails.

Requirements

• PHP >= 7.0
• Laravel >=5.x

Installation

Install this package with composer:

$ composer require twindots/email-service

Service Provider & Facade will be discovered automatically by laravel. Publish the config file and views folder: (required)

$ php artisan vendor:publish --provider="TwinDots\EmailService\EmailServiceProvider"

This will publish the following:

• config/email_service.php
• views/email_service/views.blade.php
• views/email_service/layout.blade.php
• views/email_service/partials/

Usage

This package consist of 2 classes: EmailService and EmailShortCodes.

1- EmailShortCodes:

• Import the library:

   use EmailShortCodes; 

• Load it in your function:

   public function compileCodes( EmailShortCodes $shortcodes )
   { 
      // Or create a new instance
      // $shortcodes = new EmailShortCodes();

      $compiled = $shortcodes->objects([
                  'user' => $user,
               ])
               ->withUser()
               ->body( request('body') )
               ->compile(); 
   }

2- EmailService:

• Import the library:

   use EmailService; 

• Load it in your function:

   public function sendEmail( EmailService $emailService )
   { 
      // Or create a new instance
      // $emailService = new EmailService();

      $result = $emailService->email(['email1@example.com', 'email2@example.com'])
                  ->subject( $subject )
                  ->body( $compiled ) // Send the compiled body or any html
                  ->attach([
                     'file-1.png' => 'path/to/file-1.png',
                     'file-2.pdf' => 'path/to/file-2.png'
                  ])
                  ->send();
   }

• this library will use the file email_service/view.blade for the email template, you can change it from the config file.
• The send() function will return a result array having:
  • status (boolean): True for success and false for failed delivery.
  • Message (text) : Show the message of a failed delivery.

Shortcodes

Shortcodes are defined inside the config file config/email_service.php under the shortcodes array. You can define shortcodes inside groups in order to load each group for different email templates.

   'group_name' => [
     'short_code_1' => [...],
     'short_code_2' => [...],
   ]   

Shortcodes can be inserted in your favorite text editor with this command:

 {shortcode_unique_name}

P.S: This library will compile anything inside {}

You can add 3 types of shortcodes:

• Variable:

  'user_first_name' => [        // shortcode unique name
     'title' => 'First name',   // shortcode friendly name
     'type' => 'variable',      // type is variable 
     'object' => 'user',        // object can be any class, ex: $user
     'param' => 'first_name'    // parameter, ex first_name: $user->first_name
  ], 

• Function:

  'user_full_name' => [        // shortcode unique name
     'title' => 'Full name',   // shortcode friendly name
     'type' => 'function',     // type is function 
     'object' => 'user',       // object can be any class, ex: $user
     'param' => 'getFullName'  // parameter, ex: getFullName: $user->getFullName()
  ], 

• Blade view:

  'user_image' => [                      // shortcode unique name
     'title' => 'User image',            // shortcode friendly name
     'type' => 'view',                   // type is view 
     'object' => 'users.profile-image',  // object is the view path
  ], 

For the blade view shortcode, you don't need to pass any objects since it will inherit the objects passed from the $shortcodes->objects() function.

How to check which objects are required:

If you are working with a large list of shortcodes inside a template with multiple variables and views, you need to know what are the required objects, simply call for the function $shortcodes->objectsNeeded(), it will return an array that will tell you what objects are needed.

Reference

EmailShortCodes

Methods	Parameters	Definition
compile()	-	Will compile the body using the shortcodes list and objects
body()	String $body	Set the body
objects()	Array $objects	Set the objects
group()	String $group	Set the group
addGroup()	String $group	Add a new group to the group list
withUser()	-	Add the user shortcode group to the shortcodes list
getGroup()	-	Return the group
shortcodes()	-	Return the shortcodes list
objectsNeeded()	-	Return the objects needed to compile

EmailService

Methods	Parameters	Definition
email()	Array,String $email	Set the recipient email
replyTo()	String $replyTo	Set replyTo, will override the value in config.mail.reply_to
cc()	Array,String $cc	Set cc
bcc()	Array,String $bcc	Set bcc
body()	String $body	Set the body
subject()	String $subject	Set the subject
attach()	Array $attachments	Set the attachments
send()	-	Send the email

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.