Sending email

In MV, mail is initially sent via the mail function, but you can configure sending via SMTP. In the core folder, there is a class file email.class.php, which contains the class and the send() method for sending messages. Messages are sent using the PHPMailer library.

# Sending messages using mail
EMAIL_SENDER=mail
EMAIL_FROM='Name <address>'

# Sending messages using smtp
EMAIL_SENDER=smtp
EMAIL_HOST=smtp.example.com
EMAIL_PORT=25
EMAIL_USER=user
EMAIL_PASSWORD=hsgD52f3csaA
EMAIL_FROM='Name <address>'

The message signature is edited in the config/setup.php file.

'EmailSignature' => '<p>Message from <a href="{domain}">{domain}</a></p>'

Email sending examples

//General view of the method
Email::send($recipient, $subject, $message[, $headers, $attachments]);

//Sending a message
Email::send('test@domain.com', 'Good news', 'Text of the good news');

//Multiple recipients
$recipients = ['first@domain.com', 'second@domain.com', 'third@domain.com'];
$recipients = implode(',', $recipients);
$message = 'Long text of good news ...';
Email::send($recipients, 'Good news', $message);

//Additional headers
$headers = ['From' => 'info@mysite.com'];
Email::send($recipients, 'Good news', 'Text of good news', $headers);

//Sending email with attachment
$files = [Registry::get('IncludePath').'userfiles/files/price.pdf'];
Email::send($email, 'Our price list', $message, [], $files);

Signature and formatting of letters

The letter template and its CSS styles are in the customs/emais/default.php file, before sending the letter the template can be changed using the Email::setTemplate('template_name') method. The template_name.php file should also be in the customs/emails/ folder.

Important points

1. Letters are sent in utf-8 encoding.
2. The subject of the letter is also encoded in utf-8.
3. The content type of the letter is text/html.
4. Additional headers can be passed in the optional $headers parameter as an associated array.
5. The sender's return address is set in the .env file, EMAIL_FROM setting.

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