How to add username in welcome email after registration? - laravel-5

Question

I've been searching everywhere for a solution to my issue. I've created a welcome email, created the Mailable, Controller, and View. But for some reason, the $user isn't showing in the email itself. It's blank. Am I missing something?
Mailable
<?php
namespace App\Http\Mail;
use App\User;
use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
use Illuminate\Mail\Mailable;
use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
class Welcome extends Mailable
{
use Queueable, SerializesModels;
public $user;
/**
* #return void
*/
public function _construct(User $user)
{
$this->user = $user;
}
/**
*#return $this
*/
public function build()
{
return $this->view('emails.welcome')->subject('Welcome to');
}
}
Controller
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;
use Mail;
use App\User;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\RegistersUsers;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
use App\Http\Mail\Welcome;
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 = '/dashboard';
/**
* 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, [
'first_name' => 'required|max:255',
'last_name' => 'required|max:255',
'email' => 'required|email|max:255|unique:users',
'mobile' => 'required',
'password' => 'required|min:6|confirmed',
]);
}
/**
* Create a new user instance after a valid registration.
*
* #param array $data
* #return User
*/
protected function create(array $data)
{
$user = User::create([
'first_name' => $data['first_name'],
'last_name' => $data['last_name'],
'email' => $data['email'],
'mobile' => $data['mobile'],
'password' => bcrypt($data['password']),
'payment_mode' => 'CASH',
]);
Mail::to($data['email'])->send(new Welcome($user));
return $user;
// send welcome email here
}
/**
* Show the application registration form.
*
* #return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function showRegistrationForm()
{
return view('user.auth.register');
}
}
View (shortened to show problem)
Welcome {{ $user->first_name }}
User
<?php
namespace App;
use Laravel\Passport\HasApiTokens;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
class User extends Authenticatable
{
use HasApiTokens,Notifiable;
/**
* The attributes that are mass assignable.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $fillable = [
'first_name', 'last_name', 'email', 'mobile', 'picture', 'password', 'device_type','device_token','login_by', 'payment_mode','social_unique_id','device_id','wallet_balance'
];
/**
* The attributes that should be hidden for arrays.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $hidden = [
'password', 'remember_token', 'created_at', 'updated_at'
];
}
As was mentioned, everything passes successfully, however, in the email itself, the name of the user is blank. Please help!

Answer 1

I got it working for anyone else dealing with same issue. I changed the register controller and just skipped the mailable entirely. In other words, I didn't need a separate mailable. Below is the result.
Mail::send('emails.welcome', [
'first_name' => $data['first_name'],
'email' => $data['email']
], function ($mail) use($data) {
$mail->from('Whatever', 'site/company name');
$mail->to($data['email'])->subject('Whatever');
});
return $user;
And in the view I just pass the first name like so
Welcome {{ $first_name }}