Class MailTransport

Send mail using mail() function

Namespace: Cake\Mailer\Transport

Properties summary

Method Summary

  • __construct() public

    Constructor

  • _configDelete() protected

    Deletes a single config key.

  • _configRead() protected

    Reads a config key.

  • _configWrite() protected

    Writes a config key.

  • _mail() protected

    Wraps internal function mail() and throws exception instead of errors if anything goes wrong

  • checkRecipient() protected

    Check that at least one destination header is set.

  • configShallow() public

    Merge provided config with existing config. Unlike config() which does a recursive merge for nested keys, this method does a simple merge.

  • getConfig() public

    Returns the config.

  • getConfigOrFail() public

    Returns the config for this specific key.

  • send() public

    Send mail

  • setConfig() public

    Sets the config.

Method Detail

__construct() public 

__construct(array $config)

Constructor

Parameters

array $config optional

Configuration options.

_configDelete() protected 

_configDelete(string $key)

Deletes a single config key.

Parameters

string $key

Key to delete.

Throws

Cake\Core\Exception\Exception
if attempting to clobber existing config

_configRead() protected 

_configRead(?string $key)

Reads a config key.

Parameters

string|null $key

Key to read.

Returns

mixed

_configWrite() protected 

_configWrite(mixed $key, mixed $value, mixed $merge)

Writes a config key.

Parameters

string|array $key

Key to write to.

mixed $value

Value to write.

bool|string $merge optional

True to merge recursively, 'shallow' for simple merge, false to overwrite, defaults to false.

Throws

Cake\Core\Exception\Exception
if attempting to clobber existing config

_mail() protected 

_mail(string $to, string $subject, string $message, string $headers, string $params)

Wraps internal function mail() and throws exception instead of errors if anything goes wrong

Parameters

string $to

email's recipient

string $subject

email's subject

string $message

email's body

string $headers optional

email's custom headers

string $params optional

additional params for sending email

Throws

Cake\Network\Exception\SocketException
if mail could not be sent

checkRecipient() protected 

checkRecipient(\Cake\Mailer\Message $message)

Check that at least one destination header is set.

Parameters

\Cake\Mailer\Message $message

Message instance.

Throws

Cake\Core\Exception\Exception
If at least one of to, cc or bcc is not specified.

configShallow() public 

configShallow(mixed $key, mixed $value)

Merge provided config with existing config. Unlike config() which does a recursive merge for nested keys, this method does a simple merge.

Setting a specific value:

$this->configShallow('key', $value);

Setting a nested value:

$this->configShallow('some.nested.key', $value);

Updating multiple config settings at the same time:

$this->configShallow(['one' => 'value', 'another' => 'value']);

Parameters

string|array $key

The key to set, or a complete array of configs.

mixed|null $value optional

The value to set.

Returns

$this

getConfig() public 

getConfig(?string $key, mixed $default)

Returns the config.

Usage

Reading the whole config:

$this->getConfig();

Reading a specific value:

$this->getConfig('key');

Reading a nested value:

$this->getConfig('some.nested.key');

Reading with default value:

$this->getConfig('some-key', 'default-value');

Parameters

string|null $key optional

The key to get or null for the whole config.

mixed $default optional

The return value when the key does not exist.

Returns

mixed

Configuration data at the named key or null if the key does not exist.

getConfigOrFail() public 

getConfigOrFail(string $key)

Returns the config for this specific key.

The config value for this key must exist, it can never be null.

Parameters

string $key

The key to get.

Returns

mixed

Configuration data at the named key

Throws

InvalidArgumentException

send() public 

send(\Cake\Mailer\Message $message)

Send mail

Parameters

\Cake\Mailer\Message $message

Email mesage.

Returns

array

setConfig() public 

setConfig(mixed $key, mixed $value, mixed $merge)

Sets the config.

Usage

Setting a specific value:

$this->setConfig('key', $value);

Setting a nested value:

$this->setConfig('some.nested.key', $value);

Updating multiple config settings at the same time:

$this->setConfig(['one' => 'value', 'another' => 'value']);

Parameters

string|array $key

The key to set, or a complete array of configs.

mixed|null $value optional

The value to set.

bool $merge optional

Whether to recursively merge or overwrite existing config, defaults to true.

Returns

$this

Throws

Cake\Core\Exception\Exception
When trying to set a key that is invalid.

Property Detail

$_config protected

Runtime config

Type

array

$_configInitialized protected

Whether the config property has already been configured with defaults

Type

bool

$_defaultConfig protected

Default config for this class

Type

array

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