For sending emails from a localhost server in Laravel requires configuring your application to use an SMTP service or a “mailtrap” service for just testing. I am explaining you how to setup and send email from localhost server and make testing email things. Here’s how you can do it:
1. Set Up a Mail Service
For development purpose, Mailtrap is a great option. It captures emails in a sandbox and prevents them from being sent to real users. firstly you need to signup mailtrap website https://mailtrap.io and configured get SMTP credentials.
2. Configure/setup .env File
if you have new setup of laravel website so .env file have some default configuration setting. you need to update new credentials in .env file.
Before –
you need to replace those credentials with mailtrap credentials.
MAIL_MAILER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=sandbox.smtp.mailtrap.io
MAIL_PORT=2525
MAIL_USERNAME=your_mailtrap_username
MAIL_PASSWORD=your_mailtrap_password
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
[email protected]
MAIL_FROM_NAME="${APP_NAME}"
Replace your_mailtrap_username, your_mailtrap_password, your_mailtrap_encryption and your_mailtrap_from_address with the credentials from Mailtrap.
3. Set Up a Mailable
Run the following command to generate a mailable class:
php artisan make:mail WebdeveloperMail
go to this path – app\Mail\WebdeveloperMail.php and Edit the generated WebdeveloperMail class in App\Mail\WebdeveloperMail.php:
<?php
namespace App\Mail;
use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
use Illuminate\Mail\Mailable;
use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
class WebdeveloperMail extends Mailable
{
use Queueable, SerializesModels;
public $details;
/**
* Create a new message instance.
*
* @return void
*/
public function __construct($details)
{
$this->details = $details;
}
/**
* Build the message.
*
* @return $this
*/
public function build()
{
return $this->subject('Test Email')
->view('emails.test');
}
}
Create a view file under resources/views/emails/test.blade.php:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Test Email</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>{{ $details['name'] }}</h1>
<p>{{ $details['message'] }}</p>
</body>
</html>
4. Send the Email
you need to create new route sendemail.
Route::get('/sendemail', [App\Http\Controllers\HomeController::class, 'sendEmail'])->name('sendEmail');
in home controller you need to out below code.
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail;
use App\Mail\WebdeveloperMail; // Create this Mailable class
public function sendEmail()
{
$data = [
'name' => 'WEB developer India',
'message' => 'This is a testing email from Laravel on localhost server.'
];
Mail::to('[email protected]')->send(new WebdeveloperMail($data));
return "Email sent successfully!";
}
here I am sending you updated homecontroller.php file code.
HomeController.php
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail;
use App\Mail\WebdeveloperMail; // Create this Mailable class
class HomeController extends Controller
{
/**
* Create a new controller instance.
*
* @return void
*/
public function __construct()
{
$this->middleware('auth');
}
/**
* Show the application dashboard.
*
* @return \Illuminate\Contracts\Support\Renderable
*/
public function index()
{
return view('home');
}
public function sendEmail()
{
$data = [
'name' => 'WEB developer India',
'message' => 'This is a testing email from Laravel on localhost server.'
];
Mail::to('[email protected]')->send(new WebdeveloperMail($data));
return "Email sent successfully!";
}
}
after put code you can check email functionality with hit this url. http://localhost/Laravel_installation/sendemail
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