How to send email in Laravel 11

To send email in laravel 11 you have to first install laravel 11 application using composer create-project laravel/laravel demo command. Now can follow below instructions step by step to send a email in Laravel 11.

Add mail configuration deatils in your .env file. Basically we have to add Outgoing Server details for MAIL_HOST and port and mail_encryption as per your mail account details.

MAIL_MAILER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=mail.yourwebsite.com
MAIL_PORT=465
MAIL_USERNAME=mail_username
MAIL_PASSWORD=mail_password
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS="mail_from_address"
MAIL_FROM_NAME="${APP_NAME}"

Create mail using php artisan make:mail TestMail command and it will a file app\Mail\TestMail.php in your laravel project. Paste below code in it.

<?php

namespace App\Mail;

use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
use Illuminate\Mail\Mailable;
use Illuminate\Mail\Mailables\Content;
use Illuminate\Mail\Mailables\Envelope;
use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
use App\Models\User;

class TestMail extends Mailable
{
    use Queueable, SerializesModels;

    /**
     * Create a new message instance.
     */
    public function __construct(public User $user)
    {
        //
    }

    /**
     * Get the message envelope.
     */
    public function envelope(): Envelope
    {
        return new Envelope(
            subject: 'Test Mail',
        );
    }

    /**
     * Get the message content definition.
     */
    public function content(): Content
    {
        return new Content(
            view: 'mail.test',
            with: [
                'userName' => $this->user->name,
                'userEmail' => $this->user->email,
            ],
        );
    }

    /**
     * Get the attachments for the message.
     *
     * @return array<int, \Illuminate\Mail\Mailables\Attachment>
     */
    public function attachments(): array
    {
        return [];
    }
}

Create a controller named TestController in /app/Http/Controllers directory and paste below code in it. You can also create controller using php artisan make:controller TestController command and make changes in file as per below code. You have atleast one user in your users table and enter your email address in place of testing@example.com in Mail::to('testing@example.com')->send(new TestMail($user));.

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Models\User;
use App\Mail\TestMail;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail;

class TestController extends Controller
{
    //

    public function sendEmail(){
        $user = User::first();
        try{
            $mail =    Mail::to('testing@example.com')->send(new TestMail($user));
            echo "Mail has been sent successfully";
        }catch(\Exception $e){
            echo $e->getMessage();
            Log::info(['Mal error on account approval'=> 'Mail not sent successfully']);
        }
    }
}

Add below code in your web.php file under routes directory

use App\Http\Controllers\TestController;
Route::get('/test-mail', [TestController::class, 'sendEmail'])->name('sendEmail');

Create a test.blade.php file in resources/views/mail directory and place below code in it.

<div>
    Name: {{ $userName }}
    Email: {{ $userEmail }}
</div>

Now you can visit https://yourwebsite.com/test-mail URL to see the output.