{"id":14919,"date":"2020-06-14T07:05:27","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T07:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=14919"},"modified":"2021-11-05T06:46:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T06:46:41","slug":"how-to-setup-your-gmail-account-to-send-emails-in-laravel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/how-to-setup-your-gmail-account-to-send-emails-in-laravel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to setup your Gmail account to send emails in Laravel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In my previous blog, I described how can you send an email with an attachment without saving it in the database you can read that here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now let’s continue with this topic. If you are laravel lover then definitely somehow it comes in your mind that how I can send an email through my own Gmail account … Here is the solution for it <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this tutorial, we will discuss how to configure our Laravel applications to send emails using your Gmail account as a Gmail SMTP server with the default Laravel SMTP configurations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 1: Configure Gmail SMTP Server in Laravel Application<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Laravel uses config\/mail.php<\/em><\/code> file for storing details used in mail sending. This file contains settings like MAIL_DRIVER, MAIL_HOST, MAIL_PORT, etc. In order to successfully send an email, we need to provide this information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To add this required information, we need not edit this config\/mail.php<\/em><\/code> file, rather we would supply these details accordingly in the .env<\/em><\/code> file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, open your .env<\/em><\/code>file which is located in your root directory of our application and checkout for this settings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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default env mail setup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Now edit the details above as follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • MAIL_DRIVER= smtp<\/em><\/li>
  • MAIL_HOST= smtp.googlemail.com<\/em><\/li>
  • MAIL_PORT= 465<\/em><\/li>
  • MAIL_USERNAME=your Gmail<\/em> username<\/em><\/li>
  • MAIL_PASSWORD=your Gmail<\/em> password<\/em><\/li>
  • MAIL_ENCRYPTION= ssl<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Step 2: Configure your Google Account<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Login to your Google Email Account and click on Google Account Button. This button is displayed when you click on the profile picture in your Gmail Dashboard as shown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Once you are on My Account Page then click on Security and scroll down to the bottom and you will find \u2018Less secure app access\u2019 settings. Click on the radio button to set it ON.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        Gmail Account Security Option<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

        Step 3: Send Emails from your Laravel Application<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

        At this point, all the basic setup has been completed. We can now write some Laravel PHP codes to send an email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        To get started, create any controller of choice where the mail sending logic will be handled, then in this controller write your codes using the code snippet below as a guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n