Send Email with Laravel 7/6 using Markdown Mailable Class

Sending email is a primary feature of each project i think. So i would like to share with you how to send mail using markdown mailable class in laravel 7/6 app. we will send mail using mailable class in laravel 7/6. basically we will use Markdown email template in laravel 7/6.

Laravel Markdown provides components, tables, email link, button, embed image etc. Markdown beautiful layout you can use with email template.

In this tutorial, i am going to tell you how to send simple email with gmail smtp configuration using laravel 6 mailable class. It is very simple and best way. you have to just follow few step and you will get simple mail send example in your laravel 6 application.

Follow bellow step in your laravel 6 project.

Step 1: Set Mail Configuration

In first step you have to add your gmail smtp configuration like your username, password etc, so open your .env file and add your configration.

.env

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=itsolutionstuff@gmail.com
MAIL_PASSWORD=mypassword
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls

If you don't know how to do configuration or found any error about gmail authentication then you can follow this link : How to set gmail configration for mail in Laravel?.

Step 2: Create Mailable Class with Markdown

Laravel 6 introduce new mailable class that way we can use simply like laravel event, you can re-use anywhere in your laravel application. So first create Mailable class using artisan command, so fire bellow command:

php artisan make:mail MyDemoMail --markdown=emails.myDemoMail

Ok, Now you can see new file in your app(app/Mail/MyDemoMail.php) folder. So, open that file and put bellow code.

app/Mail/MyDemoMail.php

<?php
   
namespace App\Mail;
   
use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
use Illuminate\Mail\Mailable;
use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
   
class MyDemoMail extends Mailable
{
    use Queueable, SerializesModels;
    public $details;
   
    /**
     * Create a new message instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct($details)
    {
        $this->details = $details;
    }
   
    /**
     * Build the message.
     *
     * @return $this
     */
    public function build()
    {
        return $this->markdown('emails.myDemoMail')
                    ->with('details', $this->details);
    }
}

Step 3: Create Route

In this step, we will add new route for out testing mail so open your web route file and add bellow route.

routes/web.php

Route::get('my-demo-mail','HomeController@myDemoMail');

Step 4: Create Controller Method

Now, we will add myDemoMail() in "HomeController" Controller file, in this file we will write code of mail send, so if you haven't created HomeController then create HomeController.php file and put bellow code.

In $myEmail variable, you can set your own email for testing mail.

app/Http/Controllers/HomeController.php

<?php
   
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
  
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Mail\MyDemoMail;
use Mail;
   
class HomeController extends Controller
{
  
    /**
     * Show the application dashboard.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Contracts\Support\Renderable
     */
    public function myDemoMail()
    {
        $myEmail = 'aatmaninfotech@gmail.com';
   
        $details = [
            'title' => 'Mail Demo from ItSolutionStuff.com',
            'url' => 'https://www.itsolutionstuff.com'
        ];
  
        Mail::to($myEmail)->send(new MyDemoMail($details));
   
        dd("Mail Send Successfully");
    }
}

Step 5: Add View File

In last step, we will create email template file, so first create "emails" folder in your resources folder and create myDemoMail.blade.php file and put bellow code.

resources/views/emails/myDemoMail.blade.php

@component('mail::message')
# {{ $details['title'] }}
  
The body of your message. 
   
@component('mail::button', ['url' => $details['url']])
Button Text
@endcomponent
   
Thanks,<br>
{{ config('app.name') }}
@endcomponent

Ok, now you ready to run our test example, so check it...

You can run your project by using following command:

php artisan serve

Now open this url:

http://localhost:8000/my-demo-mail

You will get email like as bellow:

I hope it can help you...