Laravel Mail Cheat Sheet: Quick Reference for Sending Emails

Laravel's Mail class is a helper for sending email messages within a Laravel application.

Basic Sending and Queueing Methods

Mail::send('email.view', $data, function ($message) {});
Mail::send(['html.view', 'text.view'], $data, $callback);
Mail::queue('email.view', $data, function ($message) {});
Mail::queueOn('queue-name', 'email.view', $data, $callback);
Mail::later(5, 'email.view', $data, function ($message) {});
// Log the email instead of sending (useful for testing)
Mail::pretend();

Message Configuration Options

The $message instance passed to the callback supports a full set of methods to configure the email:

$message->from('[email protected]', 'Mr. Example');
$message->sender('[email protected]', 'Mr. Example');
$message->returnPath('[email protected]');
$message->to('[email protected]', 'Mr. Example');
$message->cc('[email protected]', 'Mr. Example');
$message->bcc('[email protected]', 'Mr. Example');
$message->replyTo('[email protected]', 'Mr. Example');
$message->subject('Welcome to the Jungle');
$message->priority(2);
$message->attach('foo\bar.txt', $options);
$message->attachData('bar', 'Data Name', $options);
$message->embed('foo\bar.txt');
$message->embedData('foo', 'Data Name', $options);
$message->getSwiftMessage();

These methods allow you to set sender and recipient details, customize the subject and priority, add file attachments or raw data, embed inline resources, and access the underlying SwiftMailer object for advanced manipulation.