{"id":4657,"date":"2021-05-31T13:58:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T13:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/?p=4657"},"modified":"2021-05-31T13:58:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T13:58:38","slug":"laravel-send-email-with-smtp-server-phpmailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/laravel-send-email-with-smtp-server-phpmailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Send Email via SMTP Server in Laravel using PHPMailer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Generally, we used the default mail() function to send emails in the PHP-based web application. But, the PHP mail()<\/b> function sometimes fails to deliver email or deliver mail to the spam folder. Due to this, the SMTP server is always recommended to send email from the script in the web application. The PHPMailer library can be used to send email with an SMTP server using PHP<\/a>. You can integrate the PHPMailer library to send email from any PHP frameworks (CodeIgniter, Laravel, Lumen, etc.).<\/p>\n

The PHPMailer library provides an easy way to send email via an SMTP server using PHP. If your application built with Laravel, the PHPMailer library can be used to send an email with SMTP server. In this tutorial, we will show you how to send email via SMTP server in Laravel<\/b> using PHPMailer.<\/p>\n

Send email via SMTP server in Laravel<\/h2>\n

Run the following command to install PHPMailer via Composer in your Laravel application.<\/p>\n

composer require phpmailer\/phpmailer<\/pre>\n
Load the PHPMailer and Exception classes.<\/p>\n
use <\/span>PHPMailer<\/span>\\<\/span>PHPMailer<\/span>\\<\/span>PHPMailer<\/span>;  
use <\/span>PHPMailer<\/span>\\<\/span>PHPMailer<\/span>\\<\/span>Exception<\/span>;<\/span><\/pre>\n
Initialize the PHPMailer class, configure SMTP and email.<\/p>\n
\/\/ Create an instance of PHPMailer class  
<\/span>$mail <\/span>= new <\/span>PHPMailer<\/span>; 
 
<\/span>\/\/ SMTP configurations 
<\/span>$mail<\/span>-><\/span>isSMTP<\/span>(); 
<\/span>$mail<\/span>-><\/span>Host        <\/span>= <\/span>'smtp.example.com'<\/span>; 
<\/span>$mail<\/span>-><\/span>SMTPAuth <\/span>= <\/span>true<\/span>; 
<\/span>$mail<\/span>-><\/span>Username <\/span>= <\/span>'user@example.com'<\/span>; 
<\/span>$mail<\/span>-><\/span>Password <\/span>= <\/span>'******'<\/span>; 
<\/span>$mail<\/span>-><\/span>SMTPSecure <\/span>= <\/span>'tls'<\/span>; 
<\/span>$mail<\/span>-><\/span>Port        <\/span>= <\/span>587<\/span>; 
 
<\/span>\/\/ Sender info  
<\/span>$mail<\/span>-><\/span>setFrom<\/span>(<\/span>'sender@example.com'<\/span>, <\/span>'SenderName'<\/span>); 
 
<\/span>\/\/ Add a recipient  
<\/span>$mail<\/span>-><\/span>addAddress<\/span>(<\/span>'recipient@example.com'<\/span>);  
 
<\/span>\/\/ Add cc or bcc   
<\/span>$mail<\/span>-><\/span>addCC<\/span>(<\/span>'cc@example.com'<\/span>);  
<\/span>$mail<\/span>-><\/span>addBCC<\/span>(<\/span>'bcc@example.com'<\/span>);  
  
<\/span>\/\/ Email subject  
<\/span>$mail<\/span>-><\/span>Subject <\/span>= <\/span>'Send Email via SMTP in Laravel'<\/span>;  
  
<\/span>\/\/ Set email format to HTML  
<\/span>$mail<\/span>-><\/span>isHTML<\/span>(<\/span>true<\/span>);  
  
<\/span>\/\/ Email body content  
<\/span>$mailContent <\/span>= <\/span>'  
    <h2>Send HTML Email using SMTP Server in Laravel<\/h2>  
    <p>It is a test email by CodexWorld, sent via SMTP server with PHPMailer in Laravel.<\/p>  
    <p>Read the tutorial and download this script from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/\">CodexWorld<\/a>.<\/p>'<\/span>;  
<\/span>$mail<\/span>-><\/span>Body <\/span>= <\/span>$mailContent<\/span>;  
  
<\/span>\/\/ Send email  
<\/span>if(!<\/span>$mail<\/span>-><\/span>send<\/span>()){  
    echo <\/span>'Message could not be sent. Mailer Error: '<\/span>.<\/span>$mail<\/span>-><\/span>ErrorInfo<\/span>;  
}else{  
    echo <\/span>'Message has been sent.'<\/span>;  
}<\/span><\/pre>\n
Send email via Gmail SMTP server in Laravel
\nTo use Gmail SMTP for sending emails in Laravel, some settings need to be changed in the Google account. Follow the below steps to use Gmail SMTP with the PHPMailer library in Laravel.<\/p>\n