Yii Email extension

This is an email extension for yii its pretty straightforward, you add the extension, configure it in main.php and use it in your controller.

Step 1 – Add the extension

download from Yii Mail
extract yii-mail to your extensions folder

Step 2 – Configure Yii Mail

Only relevant parts of main.php are left
Add the extension to import array
Configure yii mail


<?php
return array(
	'basePath'=>dirname(__FILE__).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'..',
	'name'=>'My Web Application',

	// preloading 'log' component
	'preload'=>array('log'),

	// autoloading model and component classes
	'import'=>array(
		'application.models.*',
		'application.components.*',
		'ext.yii-mail.YiiMailMessage',
	),

	// application components
	'components'=>array(

		...
		
		'mail' => array(  
				'class' => 'ext.yii-mail.YiiMail',  
				'transportType' => 'smtp', // change to 'php' when running in real domain.  
				'viewPath' => 'application.views.mail',  
				'logging' => true,  
				'dryRun' => false,  
				'transportOptions' => array(  
				'host' => 'smtp.example.com',  
				'username' => 'myuser',  
				'password' => 'mypass',  
				'port' => '465',  
				'encryption' => 'tls',  
				),  
			),  
		
	),

	'params'=>array(
		// this is used in contact page
		'adminEmail'=>'webmaster@example.com',
	),
);

<?php

return array(

'basePath'=>dirname(__FILE__).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'..',

'name'=>'My Web Application',

// preloading 'log' component

'preload'=>array('log'),

// autoloading model and component classes

'import'=>array(

'application.models.*',

'application.components.*',

'ext.yii-mail.YiiMailMessage',

// application components

'components'=>array(

...

'mail' => array(

'class' => 'ext.yii-mail.YiiMail',

'transportType' => 'smtp', // change to 'php' when running in real domain.

'viewPath' => 'application.views.mail',

'logging' => true,

'dryRun' => false,

'transportOptions' => array(

'host' => 'smtp.example.com',

'username' => 'myuser',

'password' => 'mypass',

'port' => '465',

'encryption' => 'tls',

'params'=>array(

// this is used in contact page

'adminEmail'=>'webmaster@example.com',

);

Step 3 use it in controller


public function actionCreate()
	{
		$model= new MyModel;

		// Uncomment the following line if AJAX validation is needed
		 $this->performAjaxValidation($model);

		if(isset($_POST['SomeForm']))
		{
			$model->attributes=$_POST['SomeForm'];
			if($model->validate()){
			if($model->save()){
				
				$message = new YiiMailMessage;
				$message->setBody('<h1>mets-blog.com</h1>','text/html');
				$message->subject = 'Service';
				$message->addTo('mets@blog.com');
				$message->from = 'your@email.com' you want
				Yii::app()->mail->send($message);
				
				$this->redirect(array('view','id'=>$model->id));
			}
			}
		}

		$this->render('create',array(
			'model'=>$model,
		));
	}

public function actionCreate()

{

$model= new MyModel;

// Uncomment the following line if AJAX validation is needed

$this->performAjaxValidation($model);

if(isset($_POST['SomeForm']))

{

$model->attributes=$_POST['SomeForm'];

if($model->validate()){

if($model->save()){

$message = new YiiMailMessage;

$message->setBody('<h1>mets-blog.com</h1>','text/html');

$message->subject = 'Service';

$message->addTo('mets@blog.com');

$message->from = 'your@email.com' you want

Yii::app()->mail->send($message);

$this->redirect(array('view','id'=>$model->id));

}

$this->render('create',array(

'model'=>$model,

));

}

This entry was posted in Yii and tagged email extension,email yii,yii mail on June 19, 2013