Slim3 Mailer

Email support for the Slim Framework using Twig and Swift Mailer. Mailable classes will massively tidy up your controller methods or routes, and will make sending email a breeze.

License

Licensed under MIT. Totally free for private or commercial projects.

Installation

composer require andrewdyer/slim3-mailer

Usage

Attach a new instance of Anddye\Mailer\Mailer to your applications container so it can be accessed anywhere you need. Mailer takes two arguements; an instance of Slim\Views\Twig and an optional array of SMTP settings.

$app = new \Slim\App;
    
$container = $app->getContainer();
       
$container["mailer"] = function($container) {
    $twig = $container["view"];
    $mailer = new \Anddye\Mailer\Mailer($twig, [
        "host"      => "",  // SMTP Host
        "port"      => "",  // SMTP Port
        "username"  => "",  // SMTP Username
        "password"  => ""   // SMTP Password
    ]);
        
    // Set the details of the default sender
    $mailer->setDefaultFrom("[email protected]", "Webmaster");
    
    return $mailer;
};
    
$app->run();

If your application doesn't use Twig views already, you will need to also attach this to your container.

$container["view"] = function ($container) {
    $view = new \Slim\Views\Twig(__DIR__ . "/../resources/views");
    $basePath = rtrim(str_ireplace("index.php", "", $container["request"]->getUri()->getBasePath()), "/");
    $view->addExtension(new \Slim\Views\TwigExtension($container["router"], $basePath));
    
    return $view;
};

Supported Options

Option	Type	Description
host	string	The host to connect to.
port	integer	The port to connect to.
username	string	The username to authenticate with.
password	string	The password to authenticate with.

Sending the Email (Basic Example)

$app->get("/", function (Request $request, Response $response) use($container) {
    $user = new stdClass;
    $user->name = "John Doe";
    $user->email = "[email protected]";
    
    $container["mailer"]->sendMessage("emails/welcome.html.twig", ["user" => $user], function($message) use($user) {
        $message->setTo($user->email, $user->name);
        $message->setSubject("Welcome to the Team!");
    });
    
    $response->getBody()->write("Mail sent!");
    
    return $response;
});

welcome.html.twig

<h1>Hello {{ user.name }}</h1>
    
<p>Welcome to the Team!</p>
    
<p>Love, Admin</p>

Sending with a Mailable

Using mailable classes are a lot more elegant than the basic usage example above. Building up the mail in a mailable class cleans up controllers and routes, making things look a more tidy and less cluttered as well as making things so much more manageable.

Mailable classes are required to extend the base Anddye\Mailer\Mailable class;

use Anddye\Mailer\Mailable;

class WelcomeMailable extends Mailable
{
    
    protected $user;
    
    public function __construct($user)
    {
        $this->user = $user;
    }
    
    public function build()
    {
        $this->setSubject("Welcome to the Team!");
        $this->setView("emails/welcome.html.twig", [
            "user" => $this->user
        ]);
        
        return $this;
    }
    
}

Now in your controller or route, you set the recipients address and name, passing just a single argument into the sendMessage method - a new instance of the mailable class;

$app->get("/", function (Request $request, Response $response) use($container) {
    $user = new stdClass;
    $user->name = "John Doe";
    $user->email = "[email protected]";
    
    $container["mailer"]->setTo($user->email, $user->name)->sendMessage(new WelcomeMailable($user));
     
    $response->getBody()->write("Mail sent!");
    
    return $response;
});

Methods

Method	Description
attachFile(string $path)	Path to a file to set as an attachment.
detachFile(string $path)	Path to a file to remove as an attachment.
setBcc(string $address, string $name = "")	Set the Bcc of the message.
setBody($body)	Set the body of the message.
setCc(string $address, string $name = "")	Set the Cc of the message
setDate(DateTimeInterface $dateTime)	Set the date at which this message was created.
setFrom(string $address, string $name = "")	Set the sender of the message.
setPriority(int $priority)	Set the priority of the message.
setSubject(string $subject)	Set the subject of the message.
setTo(string $address, string $name = "")	Set the recipent of the message.

Useful Links

• Slim Framework
• Slim Framework Twig View
• Swift Mailer