Laravel 8 Email Notification Example

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel laravel-email-notification

DB_CONNECTION=mysqlDB_HOST=127.0.0.1DB_PORT=3306DB_DATABASE=your_database_name_hereDB_USERNAME=your_database_username_hereDB_PASSWORD=your_database_password_here

php artisan notifications:table

php artisan migrate

php artisan make:seeder CreateUsersSeeder

<?phpnamespace Database\Seeders;use App\Models\User;use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;class CreateUsersSeeder extends Seeder{    /**     * Run the database seeds.     *     * @return void     */    public function run()    {        User::create([            'name' => 'Juan',            'email' => '[email protected]',            'password' => bcrypt('password')        ]);    }}

php artisan db:seed --class=CreateUsersSeeder

php artisan make:notification EmailNotification

<?phpnamespace App\Notifications;use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;use Illuminate\Notifications\Messages\MailMessage;use Illuminate\Notifications\Notification;class EmailNotification extends Notification{    use Queueable;    /**     * @var array $project     */    protected $project;    /**     * Create a new notification instance.     *     * @return void     */    public function __construct($project)    {        $this->project = $project;    }    /**     * Get the notification's delivery channels.     *     * @param  mixed  $notifiable     * @return array     */    public function via($notifiable)    {        return ['mail','database'];    }    /**     * Get the mail representation of the notification.     *     * @param  mixed  $notifiable     * @return \Illuminate\Notifications\Messages\MailMessage     */    public function toMail($notifiable)    {        return (new MailMessage)                    ->greeting($this->project['greeting'])                    ->line($this->project['body'])                    ->action($this->project['actionText'], $this->project['actionURL'])                    ->line($this->project['thanks']);    }    /**     * Get the array representation of the notification.     *     * @param  mixed  $notifiable     * @return array     */    public function toDatabase($notifiable)    {        return [            'project_id' => $this->project['id']        ];    }    /**     * Get the array representation of the notification.     *     * @param  mixed  $notifiable     * @return array     */    public function toArray($notifiable)    {        return [            //        ];    }}

<?phpuse Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;/*|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| Web Routes|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Here is where you can register web routes for your application. These| routes are loaded by the RouteServiceProvider within a group which| contains the "web" middleware group. Now create something great!|*/Route::get('/', function () {    return view('welcome');});Route::get('/send', '\App\Http\Controllers\HomeController@send')->name('home.send');

<?phpnamespace App\Http\Controllers;use Notification;use App\Models\User;use Illuminate\Http\Request;use App\Notifications\EmailNotification;class HomeController extends Controller{    public function send()     {        $user = User::first();        $project = [            'greeting' => 'Hi '.$user->name.',',            'body' => 'This is the project assigned to you.',            'thanks' => 'Thank you this is from codeanddeploy.com',            'actionText' => 'View Project',            'actionURL' => url('/'),            'id' => 57        ];        Notification::send($user, new EmailNotification($project));        dd('Notification sent!');    }}

php artisan serve

http://127.0.0.1:8000/send

$user->notify(new EmailNotification($project));

dd($user->notifications);