how to send a mail using cakephp - email

Question

I have some code for send to mail but it's not working properly.
My code is here:
class EmailsController extends AppController
{
var $name="Email";
var $uses = NULL;
public function index()
{
App::import('Component', 'Email');
$path=WWW_ROOT."img";
$filename="Desert.jpg";
$email->from = 'pal#gmail.com';
$email->to='abc#gmail.com';
$email->subject='test mail';
$email->template = 'simple_message';
$email->attachments = array($path.$filename);
$email->SendAs='html';
if($email->send())
{
$this->session->setFlash("Email Send Successfully");
}
else
{
$this->session->setFlash("Email is not send");
}
}
}
I am getting the error like:
Call to undefined method stdClass::send()

Answer 1

Why don't you use var $components? Include Email component the right way:
class EmailsController extends AppController
{
var $name="Email";
var $components = array('Email');
var $uses = NULL;
public function index() {
$path=WWW_ROOT."img";
$filename="Desert.jpg";
$this->Email->from = 'pal#gmail.com';
$this->Email->to='abc#gmail.com';
$this->Email->subject='test mail';
$this->Email->template = 'simple_message';
$this->Email->attachments = array($path.$filename);
$this->Email->sendAs='html';
if($this->Email->send()) {
$this->Session->setFlash("Email Send Successfully");
} else {
$this->Session->setFlash("Email is not send");
}
}
}

Answer 2

For more info please visit: http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/email.html
<?php
App::uses('CakeEmail', 'Network/Email');
$email = new CakeEmail( $smtp );
$email->to( 'test#example.com' );
$email->subject(__("Reset Password") );
$email->emailFormat('html');
$email->send($body);
?>
For SMTP:
save this below code with "email.php" file in app/Config folder and put your smtp details in $smtp array. and assign $smtp variable in
new CakeEmail($smtp);
<?php
class EmailConfig {
public $default = array(
'transport' => 'Mail',
'from' => 'you#localhost',
//'charset' => 'utf-8',
//'headerCharset' => 'utf-8',
);
public $smtp = array(
'transport' => 'Smtp',
'from' => array('site#localhost' => 'My Site'),
'host' => 'localhost',
'port' => 25,
'timeout' => 30,
'username' => 'user',
'password' => 'secret',
'client' => null,
'log' => false,
//'charset' => 'utf-8',
//'headerCharset' => 'utf-8',
);
}
?>