How to to send mail using gmail in Laravel?

To send email using Gmail in Laravel, you can use the built-in mailer. Here are the steps you can follow:

1. Laravel includes the mailer out of the box, so no additional Composer package is required.

2. In your .env file, set the following values to configure your Gmail account:

MAIL_MAILER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=587
[email protected]
MAIL_PASSWORD=your_gmail_password
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls

Note: Gmail requires an App Password for authentication. Enable 2-Step Verification in your Google Account and generate an App Password to use here.

3. In your Laravel application, you can use the built-in Mail facade to send emails. Here's an example of how you can send an email:

Example of sending email using Gmail in Laravel

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail;

class EmailController extends Controller
{
    public function sendEmail()
    {
        $data = [
            'title' => 'Hello from Laravel',
            'content' => 'This is a test email sent from Laravel using Gmail.'
        ];

        Mail::send('emails.test', $data, function($message) {
            $message->to('[email protected]', 'Recipient Name')
                    ->subject('Test Email');
        });
    }
}

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This will send an email to the specified recipient with the subject "Test Email" and the contents of the emails.test view as the email body.