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 the from address. If you wish to use the PHP mail function or sendmail you may change the driver in the configuration file.
'driver' => 'smtp',
'host' => 'mail.example.com',
'port' => 587,
'from' => array('address' => 'mail@example.com', 'name' => 'My Website'),
'encryption' => 'tls',
'username' => 'mail@example.com',
'password' => 'mail-password',
If you don't have an e-mail on your server you can even use a Gmail account.
'driver' => 'smtp',
'host' => 'smtp.gmail.com',
'port' => 587,
'from' => array('address' => 'my-gmail-address@gmail.com', 'name' => 'My Website'),
'encryption' => 'tls',
'username' => 'my-gmail-address@gmail.com',
'password' => 'my-gmail-password',
There are included drivers for the Mailgun and Mandrill. Both drivers require PHP>=5.4.
First you have to install them by copying the contents from the extra/mailgun-mandrill-api directory to the root directory of the script. Next, follow the instructions for each one.
To use the Mailgun driver, set the driver option to mailgun in app/config/mail.php. Next, go to the Mailgun CP, click on the Add Your Domain button and add your website domain name.
Once created go back to the Mailgun CP and copy the API Key and the domain you just created to app/config/services.php under the mailgun section like this:
'mailgun' => array(
'secret' => 'your-mailgun-key',
'domain' => 'your-mailgun-domain'
),
To use the Mandrill driver, set the driver option to mandrill in app/config/mail.php. Next, go to the Mandrill App, click on the Get API Keys button then on the + Add API Key button.
Once created copy the API Key to app/config/services.php under the mandrill section like this:
'mandrill' => array(
'secret' => 'your-mandrill-key',
),
The e-mail templates are stored in app/views/emails/. These are used when sending the activation e-mail, the password reminder, etc.
If you want to send your custom e-mails you can use Mail::send method:
$data = array('body' => 'Welcome to My Website!');
Mail::send('emails.welcome', $data, function($message) {
$message->to('foo@example.com', 'John Doe');
$message->subject('Welcome!');
});
The first argument passed to the send method is the name of the view (app/views/emails/welcome.php) 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.
For all the methods available on the $message instance please see src/Hazzard/Mail/Message.php.
