In the initial step, configure the mail settings to use Gmail as the mail driver. Specify the mail host, port, username, and password. Laravel will utilize these sender details for emailing purposes. You can easily add them as shown below.
.env
MAIL_MAILER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=465
MAIL_USERNAME=mygoogle@gmail.com
MAIL_PASSWORD=rrnnucvnqlbsl
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=mygoogle@gmail.com
MAIL_FROM_NAME="${APP_NAME}"
Ensure that you enable Google’s security settings from your Gmail account. Navigate to your Google account and select ‘Account’. Once you’re on the ‘Account’ page, choose ‘Security’. Scroll to the bottom where you’ll locate the ‘Less secure app access’ settings, and set it to ON.
In this step, we’ll create a mail class called DemoMail for sending emails. Here, we’ll write code to specify which view to call and the user object. Let’s execute the following command.
php artisan make:mail DemoMail
now, let’s update code on DemoMail.php file as bellow:
app/Mail/DemoMail.php
<?php
namespace App\Mail;
use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
use Illuminate\Mail\Mailable;
use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
class DemoMail extends Mailable
{
use Queueable, SerializesModels;
public $mailData;
/**
* Create a new message instance.
*
* @return void
*/
public function __construct($mailData)
{
$this->mailData = $mailData;
}
/**
* Build the message.
*
* @return $this
*/
public function build()
{
return $this->subject('Mail from ItSolutionStuff.com')
->view('emails.demoMail');
}
}
In this step, we will create MailController with index() method where we write code for sending mail to given email address. so first let’s create controller by following command and update code on it.
php artisan make:controller MailController
Now, update code on MailController file.
app/Http/Controllers/MailController.php
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Mail;
use App\Mail\DemoMail;
class MailController extends Controller
{
/**
* Write code on Method
*
* @return response()
*/
public function index()
{
$mailData = [
'title' => 'Mail from ItSolutionStuff.com',
'body' => 'This is for testing email using smtp.'
];
Mail::to('your_email@gmail.com')->send(new DemoMail($mailData));
dd("Email is sent successfully.");
}
}
In this step, we need to create routes for list of sending email. so open your “routes/web.php” file and add following route.
routes/web.php
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
use App\Http\Controllers\MailController;
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Web Routes
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here is where you can register web routes for your application. These
| routes are loaded by the RouteServiceProvider within a group which
| contains the "web" middleware group. Now create something great!
|
*/
Route::get('send-mail', [MailController::class, 'index']);
In this step, we will create blade view file and write email that we want to send. now we just write some dummy text. create bellow files on “emails” folder.
resources/views/emails/demoMail.blade.php
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>ItsolutionStuff.com</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>{{ $mailData['title'] }}</h1>
<p>{{ $mailData['body'] }}</p>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod
tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam,
quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo
consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse
cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non
proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</p>
<p>Thank you</p>
</body>
</html>
Run Laravel App: