How to Send Emails in Laravel

Laravel makes email sending simple using its built-in Mail facade and Mailable classes. You can configure your SMTP settings in the .env file and create reusable email templates using Blade views. The php artisan make:mail command generates a mailable class for organizing email logic. Emails can be sent via various drivers like SMTP, Mailgun, or Sendmail. Laravel also supports queuing and markdown-based email formatting for advanced use cases.

Step 1: Configure Mail Settings in `.env`


MAIL_MAILER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=your_email@gmail.com
MAIL_PASSWORD=your_email_password
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=your_email@gmail.com
MAIL_FROM_NAME="${APP_NAME}"

If using Gmail, enable “Less Secure Apps” or use an App Password with 2FA.

Step 2: Create a Mailable Class

Put this comment in your project terminal:


php artisan make:mail WelcomeMail

This creates app/Mail/WelcomeMail.php

Step 3: Define Email Content in Mailable

In WelcomeMail.php:


use Illuminate\Mail\Mailable;

class WelcomeMail extends Mailable
{
    public $user;

    public function __construct($user)
    {
        $this->user = $user;
    }

    public function build()
    {
        return $this->view('emails.welcome')
                    ->with(['user' => $this->user]);
    }
}

Step 4: Create the Email View

Create a Blade file at:
resources/views/emails/welcome.blade.php


<h1>Hi {{ $user['name'] }},</h1>
Welcome to our platform!

Step 5: Send the Email from Controller

Edit something like app/Http/Controllers/UserController.php or HomeController.php:


use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail;
use App\Mail\WelcomeMail;

public function sendEmail()
{
    $user = ['name' => 'John', 'email' => 'john@example.com'];

    Mail::to($user['email'])->send(new WelcomeMail($user));

    return "Email Sent!";
}

Result:

This will send an email with the content from your Blade view to the specified user.

Happy Coders