Sending mails in a different account (user emails) for testing in the local server is a headache. Every time you need to send an email through the same email or ask a colleague to check an email. Today you are going to learn laravel mailtrap to get rid of this. You can send mail into any email address and receive into mailtrap inbox. So, lets get started.
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# Requirements
- Laravel installed in your system. Click Here to know how to install Laravel Framework.
- Mailtrap account. You can create it here.
# Setting Up Laravel Mailtrap
After logging in into mailtrap account you will get smtp credentials from dashboard.
Now open your .env file situated in root folder in your project.
/* .env */
MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=mailtrap.io
MAIL_PORT=2525
MAIL_USERNAME=your-username
MAIL_PASSWORD=your-password
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=nullMailtrap setup is completed. Now every time you send an email on any address, you will get an email into your mailtrap inbox. Let’s take an example.
# Prerequisite
I’m using simple laravel mailable class to send an email. This is not an email sending tutorial, That’s why I’m doing it simply.
Update welcome.blade.php to create simple email input.
/* resources > views > welcome.blade.php */
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, user-scalable=no, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge">
<title>Laravel Mailtrap</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.4.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-Vkoo8x4CGsO3+Hhxv8T/Q5PaXtkKtu6ug5TOeNV6gBiFeWPGFN9MuhOf23Q9Ifjh" crossorigin="anonymous">
</head>
<body>
<div class="container my-5 align-center">
@if(session()->has('msg'))
<div class="alert alert-info">
{{ session()->get('msg') }}
</div>
@endif
<form action="{{ route('send.email') }}" method="post">
{{ csrf_field() }}
<div class="form-group">
<label>Email Address</label>
<input type="email" class="form-control" name="email" required>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Send</button>
</div>
</form>
</div>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.4.1.slim.min.js" integrity="sha384-J6qa4849blE2+poT4WnyKhv5vZF5SrPo0iEjwBvKU7imGFAV0wwj1yYfoRSJoZ+n" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/popper.js@1.16.0/dist/umd/popper.min.js" integrity="sha384-Q6E9RHvbIyZFJoft+2mJbHaEWldlvI9IOYy5n3zV9zzTtmI3UksdQRVvoxMfooAo" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.4.1/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-wfSDF2E50Y2D1uUdj0O3uMBJnjuUD4Ih7YwaYd1iqfktj0Uod8GCExl3Og8ifwB6" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
</body>
</html>Create a mailable class with the following command and replace the following code. I have added email from, subject statically.
php artisan make:mail WelcomeMail/* app > Mail > WelcomeMail.php */
<?php
namespace App\Mail;
use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
use Illuminate\Mail\Mailable;
use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
class WelcomeMail extends Mailable
{
use Queueable, SerializesModels;
protected $email;
public function __construct($email)
{
$this->email = $email;
}
public function build()
{
return $this->from("admin@test.com")->subject('Welcome Mail')->view('emails.welcome')->with(['email' => $this->email]);
}
}For email body, create email page template in recources > views > emails > welcome.blade.php
/* recources > views > emails > welcome.blade.php */
<p>Welcome, <b>{{ $email }}</b></p>Finally, update routes and controller to submit input to send email.
/* routes > web.php */
<?php
Route::get('/', 'WelcomeController@index');
Route::post('send/email', 'WelcomeController@sendEmail')->name('send.email');/* app > Http > Controllers > WelcomeController.php */
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\Mail\WelcomeMail;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail;
class WelcomeController extends Controller
{
public function index()
{
return view('welcome');
}
public function sendEmail(Request $request)
{
Mail::to($request->email)->send(new WelcomeMail($request->email));
return redirect()->back()->with(['msg' => 'Email sent successfully']);
}
}Start PHP development server with the following command.
php artisan serveThis will start server at locahost:8000. That’s it. Check mailtrap inbox after submitting form.
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