Magento - problem sending email through an action - magento

Question

I have a basic module that accepts form data on the frontend and saves to a database.
What I'm also looking to do is to send an email if the data has been saved successfully.
I'd like the email to be sent to the store owner:
I have done the following to try and get this to work:
app/code/local/Aero/Catalogrequest/etc/config.xml
<template>
<email>
<request_brochure_email translate="label" module="Aero_Catalogrequest">
<label>Request a brochure</label>
<file>request_brochure.html</file>
<type>html</type>
</request_brochure_email>
</email>
</template>
and
<default>
<Aero_Catalogrequest>
<sendemail>
<template>request_brochure_email</template>
</sendemail>
</Aero_Catalogrequest>
</default>
I have created a template file in: app/locale/en_US/template/email/request_brochure.html
<p>
{{var data.fname}}
</p>
And this is my postAction in my IndexController.php
public function postAction()
{
$post = $this->getRequest()->getPost();
if ( $post ) {
$request = Mage::getModel('catalogrequest/catalogrequest');
$data = $this->getRequest()->getPost();
$data['time_added'] = now();
$data['country'] = $data['country_id'];
$data['ip'] = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$data['fname'] = ucwords($data['fname']);
$data['lname'] = ucwords($data['lname']);
$data['address1'] = ucwords(str_replace(",", " ",$data['address1']));
$data['address2'] = ucwords(str_replace(",", " ",$data['address2']));
$data['city'] = ucwords($data['city']);
if(empty($data['region'])){
$data['state'] = Mage::getModel('directory/region')->load($data['state'])->getCode();
} else {
$data['state'] = $data['region'];
}
$postObject = new Varien_Object();
$postObject->setData($post);
// Validate
if(!$errors = $request->validate($data)){
MAGE::getSingleton('core/session')->addError($errors);
}
// Add to database
try {
$mailTemplate = Mage::getModel('core/email_template');
/* #var $mailTemplate Mage_Core_Model_Email_Template */
$mailTemplate->setDesignConfig(array('area' => 'frontend'))
->sendTransactional(
Mage::getStoreConfig(self::XML_PATH_SAMPLE_EMAIL_TEMPLATE),
Mage::getStoreConfig(self::XML_PATH_EMAIL_SENDER),
Mage::getStoreConfig(self::XML_PATH_EMAIL_RECIPIENT),
null,
array('data' => $data)
);
if (!$mailTemplate->getSentSuccess()) {
throw new Exception();
}
$request->setData($data)->save();
MAGE::getSingleton('core/session')->addSuccess($this->__('<h2>Thank you</h3> You can expect to receive your catalogue in 10-14 days.o. '));
$translate->setTranslateInline(true);
$this->_redirect('*/*/thanks');
} catch(Exception $e){
MAGE::getSingleton('core/session')->addError('Sorry, we\'ve had some trouble saving your request');
$this->_redirect('*/*/');
return;
}
}
return;
}
When submitting my form, data isn't sent to the email address that I have configured in the admin
Does anyone have any idea what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks

Answer 1

I think you need to set a subject, otherwise you won't pass:
public function isValidForSend()
{
return !Mage::getStoreConfigFlag('system/smtp/disable')
&& $this->getSenderName()
&& $this->getSenderEmail()
&& $this->getTemplateSubject();
}
(Mage_Core_Model_Email_Template)
So, in your email template, add: <!--#subject The subject of email #-->
Hope that helps

Answer 2

Ok, so to make it work, I had to replace:
array('data' => $data)
with
array('data' => $postObject)
All sends perfectly now!
Thanks all