Laravel 5 Tutorial : How to Send Email using Gmail SMTP in laravel 5.3

Laravel 5.3 tutorial step by step - Laravel 5.3 can handle email functions, that we can send email using costum SMTP like smtp.gmail.com, Laravel uses free feature-rich library "SwiftMailer" to send emails.

At the previews lessons about Laravel 5.3 we has learned How to Create File Upload in laravel 5.3 and How to use Validation in Laravel 5.3, just learn it before try this one.

Send Email using Gmail SMTP in laravel 5.3

now, this lessons we will create simple apps that we can send email using smtp gmail.com, by following this syntax:

Mail::send(['text'=>'text.view'], $data, $callback);

First, we need to configurate our gmail account to Laravel project, that is on ".ENV" file, costum and configure with your gmail account :

.env file

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=youremail@gmail.com
MAIL_PASSWORD=yourpassword
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls

Next, we need to clear our cache and restar Laravel Server by following this command :

Clear cache

php artisan config:cache

Next, we will create new controller to send email with Laravel by following this command :

Create new Controller

php artisan make:controller MailController

next, we will create three function in MailController.php
MailController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

use App\Http\Requests;

// we will use Mail namespace
use Mail;

class MailController extends Controller
{
    // first, we create function for send Basics email
    public function basic_email(){
        $data=['name'=>'Harison matondang'];
        Mail::send(['text'=>'mail'], $data, function($message){
            $message->to('harisonmatondang@gmail.com','Harison Matondang')->subject('Send Mail from Laravel with Basics Email');
            $message->from('nabilaauliaputri29@gmail.com','Nabila');
        });
        echo 'Basics Email was sent!';
    }

    //create new function to send HTML email
    public function html_email(){
      $data=['name'=>'Harison matondang'];
      Mail::send(['text'=>'mail'], $data, function($message){
          $message->to('harisonmatondang@gmail.com','Harison Matondang')->subject('Send Mail from Laravel with HTML Email');
          $message->from('nabilaauliaputri29@gmail.com','Nabila');
      });
      echo 'HTML Email was sent!';
    }

    //create new function to send mail with attachment Mail
      public function attachment_email(){
        $data=['name'=>'Harison matondang'];
        Mail::send(['text'=>'mail'], $data, function($message){
            $message->to('harisonmatondang@gmail.com','Harison Matondang')->subject('Send Mail from Laravel with HTML Email');
            // add attach here
            // i have a image file on Laravel project
            $message->attach('C:serverhtdocshckrcompublicuploadsharison.jpg');
            $message->attach('C:serverhtdocshckrcompublicuploadssector-code.jpg');
            $message->from('nabilaauliaputri29@gmail.com','Nabila');
        });
        echo 'HTML Email was sent!';
      }
}

Next, create new view, that folder stored on resources/views and rename it with "mail.blade.php"

mail.blade.php

Hallo, {{ $name }}
i send a mail

Next create new routes

web.php

Route::get('/basicemail', 'MailController@basic_email');
Route::get('/htmlemail', 'MailController@html_email');
Route::get('/attachemail', 'MailController@attachment_email');

After finished, try to access your project with browser by following this URL :

http://localhost:8080/basicemail
http://localhost:8080/htmlemail
http://localhost:8080/attachemail

If you got some error like about Security by your gmail account, just setting and Allow less secure applications, by follwing this URL https://myaccount.google.com/security#activity and you will solved your problem.

Video tutorial Send Email with laravel

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