Can I send an email without a database / user from the database?

Is it possible to use Laravel's Mail:to without actually passing it a database user or even having a database?

I just have a super small site I want to build out a contact form on. Wondering if there is a way to do this or if I'm doing something wrong before just breaking down and using SQLite.

My SendEmail.php Controller.

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\Mail\ContactForm;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail;

class SendEmail extends Controller
{

    public function send() {
        Mail::to(
            [
                'name' => 'Joe Schmoe',    
                'address' => '[email protected]'
            ]
        )->send(new ContactForm());
    }

}

When I try the above code, I get this...

Swift_RfcComplianceException
Address in mailbox given [Joe Schmoe] does not comply with RFC 2822, 3.6.2.
https://mywebsite.test/testemail
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rodrigo.pedra

6 years ago

Level 56

Change address to email and it should work

        Mail::to(
            [
                'name' => 'Joe Schmoe',    
                'email' => '[email protected]'
            ]
        )->send(new ContactForm());

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fylzero

6 years ago

Level 67

@rodrigo.pedra I actually did try that both ways, using email instead of address and it comes back with the same message.

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fylzero

6 years ago

Best Answer

Level 67

Well... this isn't the answer to what I asked, but it is the answer to the problem...

https://laravel.com/docs/6.x/mail#mail-and-local-development

In this section it shows how you can create a config area for the to address.

After doing that I can simply use...

Mail::send(new ContactForm());

That is all I really wanted to do, was to have the contact form always send to one user.

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rodrigo.pedra

6 years ago

Level 56

Great you find a solution, but just to add to your initial question, I use the Mail façade to send to a e-mail like this:

    public function __invoke(SendEmailRequest $request, Estimate $estimate)
    {
        Mail::to($request->input('email'))->send(new SendEstimate($estimate));

        return Response::noContent();
    }

And it works.

A thought it would work with an array because of the code int the Mailable@normalizeRecipient from the core.

But...

After inspecting the core code, the Mail façade uses the `Maile class to build the e-mail. And that class (after proxing thorugh the `PendingMai class) call the `Mailable@t with only one argument.

So for setting both name and email you should use an array of arrays:

Mail::to([
    [ 'name' => 'Joe Schmoe', 'email' => '[email protected]' ],
])->send(new ContactForm());

And it should work.

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