So I have this website I am developing, just a single bootstrap page with multiple auto-scrolling section. The page has a newsletter section where a viewer can input their email address to susbscribe. The form for this works just fine. But the problem is down below, there is a contact box for "Name, Email, Subject and Message inputs" where a viewer can send a contact message.
Basic structure Code for contact form:
{{ Form::open([
'action' => 'MailController@contactForm',
'class' => 'contactForm',
'method' => 'POST',
'files' => true,
]) }}
<div class="form-group">
{{ Form::text('name', $value = NULL, $attributes = array(
'id' => 'name',
'placeholder' => 'Your Name',
'class' => 'form-control',
'data-rule' => 'minlen:4',
'data-msg' => 'Please enter at least 4 chars',
)) }}
@yield('div')
{{ Form::email('email_two', $value = NULL, $attributes = array(
'id' => 'email_two',
'placeholder' => 'Your Email',
'class' => 'form-control',
'data-rule' => 'email',
'data-msg' => 'Please enter a valid email',
)) }}
@yield('div')
{{ Form::text('subject', $value, $attributes = array(
'id' => 'subject',
'placeholder' => 'Subject',
'class' => 'form-control',
'data-rule' => 'minlen:4',
'data-msg' => 'Please enter at least 8 chars of subject',
)) }}
@yield('div')
{{ Form::textarea('message', $value, $attributes = array(
'id' => 'message',
'placeholder' => 'Message or File',
'class' => 'form-control',
'rows' => 5,
'data-rule' => 'required',
'data-msg' => 'Please write something for us',
)) }}
{{ Form::close() }}
It outputs a nice pretty form with my css and js. Code for the Controller:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Http\Response;
use Illuminate\Mail\Mailer;
use Illuminate\Http\UploadedFile;
class MailController extends Controller {
protected $request;
protected $mailer;
//method to send the subscriber email (this one works fine)
public function subscribe (Request $request, Mailer $mailer) {
// grab POST data varaiables
$this->request = $request;
if ($request->filled('email_one')) {
// $request->flash();
$email_one = $request->email_one; //$request->input('email_one')
$mailer->to($email_one)
->send(new \App\Mail\Newsletter($email_one));
return back();
}
}
//method to send the contact form is giving me headaches
public function contactForm (Request $request, Mailer $mailer) {
$this->request = $request;
// $request->flash();
$email_two = $request->email_two;
$name = $request->name;
$subject = $request->subject;
$message = $request->message;
$mailer->to('contactform@domain.com')
->send(new \App\Mail\ContactForm($data));
return back();
}
}
Code for the Mailable which isnt working:
<?php
namespace App\Mail;
use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
use Illuminate\Mail\Mailable;
use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
class ContactForm extends Mailable {
use Queueable, SerializesModels;
// data to be used in view
public $email_two;
public $name;
public $subject;
public $message;
public $data;
/**
* Create a new message instance.
*
* @return void
*/
public function __construct($data) {
$this->email_two = $email_two;
$this->name = $name;
$this->subject = $subject;
$this->message = $message;
$data = array();
$data['email'] = $this->email_two;
$data['name'] = $this->name;
$data['subject'] = $this->subject;
$data['message'] = $this->message;
}
/**
* Build the message.
*
* @return $this
*/
public function build() {
return $this->markdown('emails.contactform', compact('data'))
// ->subject('Message from Contact Box.')
->from('something@something.com');
// ->attach('/path/to/file');
}
}
Code for the contact form markdown:
@component('mail::message')
# New Message Received.
You have received one new message. Please find below:
@component('mail::panel')
From: {{ $email_two }} <br>
Name: {{ $name }} <br>
Subject: {{ $subject }} <br>
Message: {{ $message }}
@endcomponent
@component('mail::panel')
This is the panel content.
@endcomponent
Thanks,<br>
{{ config('app.name') }}
@endcomponent
So friends, that is it. When I submit the newsletter box, It works succesfully. I am testing with MailTrap. But when I fill the contact box form, It does nothing. Page doesnt load. No message comes. When I try to send only one variable (e.g. subject, name, email or message), it works. But sending multiple variable doesnt work.
Please advice.
There are quite a few issues here. It looks like you don't fully understand the visibility of PHP variables in classes, so have a read of the documentation. For example, the lines $this->request = $request are unnecessary and do not do anything.
Next, when you do send(new \App\Mail\ContactForm($data)), you have not defined $data. You could do $data = $request->all(); or set the variables above to be $data['email_two'] = $request->input('email_two'); etc.
Then, in your Mailable, you can replace your entire constructor code with $this->data = $data;
Finally, in the build function add the line $data = $this->data; as the first line.