Here's how I have deployed email using the objects that CakePHP
provides.
In one application I have a screen where people can register their
interest on a site. When the new registration is added, I send them a
confirmation email. This controller is called 'registrations'. In the
registrations controller, I add the email component:
var $components = array('Email');
At the appropriate point (after the add is complete) I call a custom
function:
$this->emailConfirm($this->data['Registration']['first_name'], $this-
>data['Registration']['last_name'], $this->data['Registration']
['email']);
The emailConfirm function looks like this:
function emailConfirm($first_name, $last_name, $email) {
$to = $first_name . ' '. $last_name . ' <' . $email . '>';
$this->Email->reset();
$this->Email->from = 'Yadda Yadda <[email protected]>';
$this->Email->to = $to;
$this->Email->cc = array('Yadda Yadda
<[email protected]>');
$this->Email->bcc = array('Yadda Yadda
<[email protected]>');
$this->Email->sendAs = 'html';
$this->Email->template = 'new_registration';
$this->Email->subject = 'Thanks for registering';
$this->set('first_name', $first_name);
return $this->Email->send();
}
I then have a folder called 'email' in my views/elements folder. This
contains two sub folders, 'html' and 'text'. Within the html folder I
have a template called 'new_registration.ctp'. This relates to the
template I am calling in my emailConfirm function. $this->Email-
>sendAs = 'html'; specifies I am sending an HTML email, so Cake looks
in the elements/email/html folder for a template that matches the
value set by $this->Email->template = 'xxx'; - in my case xxx =
'new_registration'.
The new_registration.ctp file can be as complex or simple as you
choose. In my case I have this:
<h3>Thanks for registering with xxxx.</h3>
<p>Hi there <?php echo $first_name;?></p>
<p>Thanks for taking the time to register your interest in our new
product, xxxx.</p>
<p>We'll be back in touch occasionally to bring you up to date with
how we are getting on.</p>
<h4>Privacy</h4>
<p>Please be assured that your details will not be used for any
purpose other than contacting you and acting as a log in to the
registration system.</p>
<p>Thanks again.</p>
You'll see that it calls a $first_name variable, which is set by the
line $this->set('first_name', $first_name); in my emailConfirm
function. You can set and call as many variable as you need in this
way to make the email truly customisable. I guess you could also set
and loop through array variables if you wanted to produce a simple
table - say an order confirmation.
The template is essentially an element that is presented inside a
layout. You therefore need to create a folder called 'email' in your
views/layouts folder, and within the email folder two sub folders
called 'html' and 'text' - just as you did for the templates. Within
each of the subfolders, create a default.ctp file, which is the layout
that will receive and wrap the email element. My default.ctp file in
the views/layouts/email/html folder is very simple:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title><?php echo $title_for_layout;?></title>
</head>
<body>
<?php echo $content_for_layout;?>
</body>
</html>
The element, as you'd expect, is placed into the $content_for_layout
placeholder.
I have only used html emails thus far. The text folders I mention
above are for sending plain text emails. They are more basic versions
of the html files. For example, the default.ctp file in views/layouts/
email/text folder is simply this:
<?php echo $content_for_layout;?>
That's about it. You now have an email function that populates an
element with variables that is wrapped inside a layout. You can call
this same function sequentially passing in different variable values
if you want to loop through a list of emails to be sent. You'll notice
the line $this->Email->reset(); which makes sure that any previous
values sent to earlier emails are cleared before the next one is sent.
Hope this helps.
On Dec 1, 11:18 am, Vidya N <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Hi, I am cakePHP learner.. I want to integrate Email functionality through
> cakePHP.
>
> If anybody knows.. pleaes help me out...
>
> Thanks,
> Vidya
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