Mailing API

Configuration

The new Mailing API provides a clean, simple API over the popular SwiftMailer library. The mail configuration file is app/config/mail.php, and contains options allowing you to change your SMTP host, port, and credentials, as well as set a global from address for all messages delivered by the library. You may use any SMTP server you wish. If you wish to use the PHP mail function to send mail, you may change the driver to mail in the configuration file. A sendmail driver is also available.

Basic Usage

The Mailer::send method may be used to send an e-mail message:

    Mailer::send(‘Emails/Welcome‘, $data, function($message)
    {
        $message->to(‘foo@example.com‘, ‘John Smith‘)->subject(‘Welcome!‘);
    });

The first argument passed to the send method is the name of the view that should be used as the e-mail body. The second is the $data that should be passed to the view, and the third is a Closure allowing you to specify various options on the e-mail message.

Note: A $message variable is always passed to e-mail views, and allows the inline embedding of attachments. So, it is best to avoid passing a message variable in your view payload.

You may also specify a plain text view to use in addition to an HTML view:

    Mailer::send(array(‘html.view‘, ‘text.view‘), $data, $callback);

Or, you may specify only one type of view using the html or text keys:

    Mailer::send(array(‘text‘ => ‘view‘), $data, $callback);

You may specify other options on the e-mail message such as any carbon copies or attachments as well:

    Mailer::send(‘Emails/Welcome‘, $data, function($message)
    {
        $message->from(‘us@example.com‘, ‘Nova Framework‘);

        $message->to(‘foo@example.com‘)->cc(‘bar@example.com‘);

        $message->attach($pathToFile);
    });

When attaching files to a message, you may also specify a MIME type and / or a display name:

    $message->attach($pathToFile, array(‘as‘ => $display, ‘mime‘ => $mime));

Note: The message instance passed to a Mail::send Closure extends the SwiftMailer message class, allowing you to call any method on that class to build your e-mail messages.

Embedding Inline Attachments

Embedding inline images into your e-mails is typically cumbersome; however, Nova Framework provides a convenient way to attach images to your e-mails and retrieving the appropriate CID.

Embedding An Image In An E-Mail View

    <body>
        Here is an image:

        <img src="<?php echo $message->embed($pathToFile); ?>">
    </body>

Embedding Raw Data In An E-Mail View

    <body>
        Here is an image from raw data:

        <img src="<?php echo $message->embedData($data, $name); ?>">
    </body>

Note that the $message variable is always passed to e-mail views by the Mail class.

Mail & Local Development

When developing an application that sends e-mail, it‘s usually desirable to disable the sending of messages from your local or development environment. To do so, you may either call the Mailer::pretend method, or set the pretend option in the app/Config/Mail.php configuration file to true. When the mailer is in pretend mode, messages will be written to your application‘s log files instead of being sent to the recipient.

Enabling Pretend Mail Mode

    Mailer::pretend();

API preservation - Working along with the classic Mailer Helper

The Mailing API, being designed for the New Style APIs, will work along with the classic Mailer Helper, with no conflict between, they being absolutely independent. Then there will be no API break.

Also, it is possible to use the Mailing API while using also the Classic APIs.