Version: 11.x

Mails

Definition
Principles
Rules
Folder Structure
Code Samples
Email Templates
Configure Emails
Queueing

Definition#

The Mail component allows you to describe an email and send it whenever needed.

Principles#

Containers MAY or MAY NOT have one or more Mail.
Ship may contain general Mails.

Rules#

All Notifications MUST extend from App\Ship\Parents\Mails\Mail.
Email Templates must be placed inside the Mail directory in a Templates directory app/Containers/{section}/{container}/Mails/Templates.

Folder Structure#

- app  - Containers    - {section-name}      - {container-name}        - Mails          - UserRegisteredMail.php          - ...          - Templates            - user-registered.blade.php            - ...- Ship  - Mails    - SomeMail.php    - ...    - Templates      - some-template.blade.php      - ...

Code Samples#

A simple Mail#

class UserRegisteredMail extends Mail implements ShouldQueue{    use Queueable;
    protected $user;
    public function __construct(User $user)    {        $this->user = $user;    }
    public function build()    {        return $this->view('appSection@user::user-registered')            ->to($this->user->email, $this->user->name)            ->with([                'name' => $this->user->name,            ]);    }}

Usage from an Action#

Notifications can be sent from Actions or Tasks using the Mail Facade.

Mail::send(new UserRegisteredMail($user));

Email Templates#

Templates should be placed inside a folder Templates inside the Mail folder.

To access a Mail template (same like accessing a web view) you must call the camelCase of its Section name + @ + camelCase of its Container name.

In the example below we're using the user-registered.blade.php template in the AppSection Section > User Container.

$this->view('appSection@user::user-registered');

Configure Emails#

Open the .env file and set the from mail and address. This will be used globally whenever the from function is not called in the Mail.

[email protected]MAIL_FROM_NAME="apiato"

To use different email address in some classes add ->to($this->email, $this->name) to the build function in your Mail class.

By default Apiato is configured to use Log Driver MAIL_DRIVER=log, you can change that from the .env file.

Queueing A Notification#

To queue a notification you should use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable and implement Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue.