How to Send Email with Laravel 10

In this comprehensive post example, we will see how to send email in laravel 10, I will show an example and guide you one by one step from scratch for sending mail in laravel 10 latest version. Mail sending is the most important part of today's digital marketing part.

We will make a mail class and also we will configure google gmail SMTP configuration then after I will show to step by step process of getting send emails to your users. also, you can follow youtube videos if you want to know more practical.

There are many changes given by the laravel 10 version for sending an email. We can use markdown mail, email sends using the queue, simple mail send template mail send or many more things given with a clear understanding.

I will show you a DemoMail and how to configure mail settings or credentials and then we will send mail all things I will show you in this post. so let's start.

Step 1. Create Project

In the first step, we will create a new fresh laravel 10 project. Skip this step if you already installed it. use the below command to create a new fresh laravel 10 project.

composer create-project laravel/laravel example-app

Step 2. Mail Configuration

Open your .env file, you will see mail configuration keys, there you need to set your mail to send servicer provider details. I am using the gmail service for youtube videos. you can follow if you want to generate it.

MAIL_MAILER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=YOUR_MAIL_USERNAME
MAIL_PASSWORD=YOUR_MAIL_PASSWORD
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=YOUR_MAIL_ADDRESS
MAIL_FROM_NAME="webappfix"

Step 3. Make Mail Class

In this step, we will create a mail class, use the below command and create a DemoMail class.

php artisan make:mail DemoMail

This is the main class that we create using the command. here in this mail class we will set the subject name, define the blade view file, and construct a method to exchange data between classes.

<?php

namespace App\Mail;

use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
use Illuminate\Mail\Mailable;
use Illuminate\Mail\Mailables\Content;
use Illuminate\Mail\Mailables\Envelope;
use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;

class DemoMail extends Mailable
{
    use Queueable, SerializesModels;

    public $mailData;
    /**
     * Create a new message instance.
     */
    public function __construct($mailData)
    {
        $this->mailData = $mailData;
    }

    /**
     * Get the message envelope.
     */
    public function envelope(): Envelope
    {
        return new Envelope(
            subject: 'Demo Mail',
        );
    }

    /**
     * Get the message content definition.
     */
    public function content(): Content
    {
        return new Content(
            view: 'emails.demoMail',
        );
    }

    /**
     * Get the attachments for the message.
     *
     * @return array
     */
    public function attachments(): array
    {
        return [];
    }
}

Step 4. Make MailController

Now, we will create a MailController, use given the following command, and create a controller.

php artisan make:controller MailController

Open your controller file and add an index() method as below given MailController, this method will send mail just y pressing the URL in the browser. for this method, we will now define the route.

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Mail;
use App\Mail\DemoMail;

class MailController extends Controller
{
    public function index()
    {
        $mailData = [
            'title' => 'Mail from Webappfix',
            'body' => 'This is for testing email usign smtp',
        ];

        Mail::to('pjanbleeker@skafi.xyz')->send(new DemoMail($mailData));

        dd('Email send successfully.');
    }
}

Step 5. Define Route

Open your web.php file, paste this route file, and also call your controller at the top of the web.php file.

use App\Http\Controllers\MailController;

Route::get('send-mail',[MailController::class,'index']);

Step 6. Blade File Email Template

Create a blade file given path. After that, you can create your custom-made design template, I am giving just simple a paragraph for the mail send demonstration.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <title>Webappfix</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>

Step 7. Start Server

We will start your local development server, and use the below command in your project terminal.

php artisan serve

Now open this URL in your browser, By running this URL mail will be sent to the given respected receiver mail address. Open your mail address index and you will ss there inbox you will receive a mail with the given subject.

http://localhost:8000/send-mail

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