Send email when user registering in Laravel - laravel

Question

I would like to send an email to a user that kinda says "Account created successfully" when user registration is done. I use tailwindcss ui. Below you can see pictures of controllers. I think I should write the code in the RegisterController. So, when someone registers, the system will automatically send mail to the new user.
Controllers
RegisterController
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use App\Providers\RouteServiceProvider;
use App\Models\User;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\RegistersUsers;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
use App\Mail\WelcomeMail;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail;
class RegisterController extends Controller
{
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Register Controller
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| This controller handles the registration of new users as well as their
| validation and creation. By default this controller uses a trait to
| provide this functionality without requiring any additional code.
|
*/
use RegistersUsers;
/**
* Where to redirect users after registration.
*
* #var string
*/
protected $redirectTo = RouteServiceProvider::HOME;
/**
* Create a new controller instance.
*
* #return void
*/
public function __construct()
{
$this->middleware('guest');
}
/**
* Get a validator for an incoming registration request.
*
* #param array $data
* #return \Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\Validator
*/
protected function validator(array $data)
{
return Validator::make($data, [
'name' => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
'email' => ['required', 'string', 'email', 'max:255', 'unique:users'],
'password' => ['required', 'string', 'min:8', 'confirmed'],
]);
}
/**
* Create a new user instance after a valid registration.
*
* #param array $data
* #return \App\Models\User
*/
protected function create(array $data)
{
return User::create([
'name' => $data['name'],
'email' => $data['email'],
'password' => Hash::make($data['password']),
]);
}
}
What should I do here?

Answer 1

you can send an email by using the Mail facade with the ::send method. Here follows an example:
$to = 'receiver_name';
$email = 'receiver_address';
$mail_data = array(
//here you can pass data to the email blade view
);
Mail::send('viewname', $mail_data, function ($message) use ($to, $email) {
$message->to($email, $to)->subject('subject text');
$message->from('Sender name');
});

Answer 2

you can send a mail using notification. notify the user when he/she registers to the system. in your RegisterController
use App\Notifications\WelcomeEmail;
protected function create(array $data)
{
$user = User::create([
'name' => $data['name'],
'email' => $data['email'],
'password' => Hash::make($data['password']),
]);
$user->notify(new WelcomeEmail($user));
return $user;
}
now make the notification class with the artisan command
php artisan make:notification WelcomeEmail
and content for your notification class is
<?php
namespace App\Notifications;
use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Messages\MailMessage;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Notification;
class WelcomeEmail extends Notification
{
use Queueable;
/**
* Create a new notification instance.
*
* #return void
*/
public function __construct($user)
{
$this->user = $user;
}
/**
* Get the notification's delivery channels.
*
* #param mixed $notifiable
* #return array
*/
public function via($notifiable)
{
return ['mail'];
}
/**
* Get the mail representation of the notification.
*
* #param mixed $notifiable
* #return \Illuminate\Notifications\Messages\MailMessage
*/
public function toMail($notifiable)
{
return (new MailMessage)
->view(
'welcome_email', ['user' => $this->user]
)
->from('support#yourcompany.com', 'Your Company Name')
->subject('Welcome Aboard');
}
/**
* Get the array representation of the notification.
*
* #param mixed $notifiable
* #return array
*/
public function toArray($notifiable)
{
return [
//
];
}
}
and finally make a blade file in the views folder welcome_email.blade.php
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
</head
<body>
<h1>Hello {{ $user->name }}, Account created successfully</h1>
</body>
</html>
if you don't want to use notification, you can use the Mail facade to send a mail.
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail;
protected function create(array $data)
{
$user = User::create([
'name' => $data['name'],
'email' => $data['email'],
'password' => Hash::make($data['password']),
]);
Mail::send('welcome_email', compact('user'), function ($message) use ($user) {
$message->to($user->email, $user->name)->subject('Welcome Aboard');
$message->from('support#yourcompany.com', 'Your Company Name');
});
return $user;
}
if you have set MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS in your env file you can skip the from part in the mail send function.