Is it possible to send an e-mail programmatically in Magento? Maybe from a controller in a custom module, could you get hold of a template, populate its variables, and send the e-mail?
Thanks.
Absolutely. Here's an example from the Checkout helper:
$mailTemplate = Mage::getModel('core/email_template');
$template = Mage::getStoreConfig('checkout/payment_failed/template', $checkout->getStoreId());
$mailTemplate->setDesignConfig(array('area'=>'frontend', 'store'=>$checkout->getStoreId()))
->sendTransactional(
$template,
Mage::getStoreConfig('checkout/payment_failed/identity', $checkout->getStoreId()),
$recipient['email'],
$recipient['name'],
array(
'reason' => $message,
...
'total' => $total
)
);
It's certainly possible. The email handling in Magento is quite powerful (and can be complex).
Without knowing exactly what you're trying to achieve, it would be worth you starting off by looking at the Mage_Core_Model_Email_Template class as that drives Magento's email handling.
Related
I have built a cakePHP3 application and I'm looking for some advice concerning the following situation. An e-mail configuration is setup as follows, to send a mail whenever a new order has been created.
public function orderCreated($order, array $attachments = [])
{
$email = $this
->locale($order->customer->language)
->to($order->customer->email)
->from(Configure::read('Webshop.email'), Configure::read('Webshop.name'))
->subject(__('Confirmation of your order {0}', $order->nr))
->template('orders' . DS . 'order_created')
->set(['order' => $order])
->attachments($attachments);
return $email;
}
Has worked perfectly fine for ages, but I'd like to add some new functionality to this specific e-mail (and others). Admins should be able to override the content of the orders/order_created.ctp template if they want to, so they can define the content of this e-mail theirselves. So they don't have to rely on the same content in the order_created.ctp template I did provide.
Creating a UI for saving their own e-mails is not the issue. But the issue I don't really know how I could provide the overrided content to the cakePHP3 mailer. I tried setting
->template(false)
->message($new_content)
But that didn't help. Message doesn't reach mailbox because the body is empty.
Thanks.
I think I'd go with something like this:
->template('orders' . DS . 'order_created_custom')
->set(['order' => $order, 'content' => $new_content])
And then in the new order_created_custom.ctp you would output the $content. This gives you the option to do some text replacements on the content based on the $order, as well as perhaps having things like a standard salutation or signature.
I don´t know how to securely pass a parameter via form with Cake.
The method I use now is as follows:
$this->Form->create('Post', array('label' => '', 'action' => '', 'url' => 'inseratAngenommen/'.$postId));
In the controller there stands:
function inseratAngenommen($id = null, $bs = null){
//stuff
}
The poblem is that the user can modify the output number of $postId in the browser:
action="/cakephp/posts/inseratAngenommen/149"
For that case I want to pass the parameter invisible in the HTML. Is that possible?
I thought of a method like the Form->PostLink provides. I couldn´t find anything.
Thanks in advance.
It is not possible to send an parameter securely over a website as the data is sent by the user.
Use the validation methods of cakephp to make sure the data is correct.
1] method one: add obscurity: hide the $id into a posted field by:
$this->Form->hidden('id');
$this->Form-field('id'); // even this one will do as cake hides ids by default
2] method two: keep the id on the server for instance in a session
$this->Session->write('current-edited-post-id', $id); // upon form display
$id = $this->Session->read('current-edited-post-id'); // upon form submission
but be warned thou, that method 2 doesn't behave well, if the user opens multiple tabs and operates one session from both of them :(
I am new to Magento. I am working on a web site which is selling downloadable products.
My client want purchased products should be sent via email in attachment?
Currently, I am developing in localhost so I am not sure whether magneto actually send product files in email or not?
Should I need to enable any option for that in configuration?
If you want to develop this at your localhost keep in mind, that you have to set up mail server or use some solutions from community like below link, to send it by gmail and other:
https://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/smtp-pro-email-free-custom-smtp-email.html
You also can just configure your server to save mails without sending.
So you'll be able to review it.
Good article about how to send downloadable by email here:
https://magento.stackexchange.com/questions/49511/how-can-i-get-only-the-downloadable-product-url-in-email-template
But!!! keep in mind that the latest Magento use queue to send email (which runs by cron), so if you have such a distribution (for example 1.9+) you need to adjust code which you have from link above.
Here istwo solutions for this case:
Disable adding email to queue after order.
Just comment this part of code in "Mage_Core_Model_Email_Template"'s "send()" method:
// if ($this->hasQueue() && $this->getQueue() instanceof Mage_Core_Model_Email_Queue) {
/** #var $emailQueue Mage_Core_Model_Email_Queue */
/* $emailQueue = $this->getQueue();
$emailQueue->clearRecipients();
$emailQueue->setMessageBody($text);
$emailQueue->setMessageParameters(array(
'subject' => $subject,
'return_path_email' => $returnPathEmail,
'is_plain' => $this->isPlain(),
'from_email' => $this->getSenderEmail(),
'from_name' => $this->getSenderName(),
'reply_to' => $this->getMail()->getReplyTo(),
'return_to' => $this->getMail()->getReturnPath(),
))
->addRecipients($emails, $names, Mage_Core_Model_Email_Queue::EMAIL_TYPE_TO)
->addRecipients($this->_bccEmails, array(), Mage_Core_Model_Email_Queue::EMAIL_TYPE_BCC);
$emailQueue->addMessageToQueue();
return true;
}*/
So emails will be sent immediately (be aware, that if you have very big turnover with spikes it can create performance issue)
Second way is to save full path of attachment to table "core_email_queue" field - "message_parameters". You can do it adding url to array of argument here $emailQueue->setMessageParameters( in code above.
After that you can handle it in "Mage_Core_Model_Email_Queue"'s "send()" method
using standard "Zend Mail"'s method - "createAttachment()". Below link provides deeper explanation of this part.
https://magento.stackexchange.com/questions/9652/magento-send-file-attachements-in-emails
Hope it will help sombody.
Have a good day!!!
I need to attach a file to a transactional email. Basically I have a cron job that generates a report and needs to it email to an admin user.
I was hoping something like this exists:
Mage::getModel('core/email_template')
->setDesignConfig(array('area'=>'frontend', 'store'=>1))
->createAttachment($file)
->sendTransactional($templateID, $sender, $email, “Admin", $vars);
Thanks in advance for any help.
I found that magento uses the zend_mail frame work. You can call the getMail function to access this framework to add an attachement.
http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.mail.attachments.html
Example
$transactionalEmail = Mage::getModel('core/email_template')->setDesignConfig(array('area'=>'frontend', 'store'=>1));
$transactionalEmail->getMail()->createAttachment($fileContents,'text/csv')->filename = $filename;
$transactionalEmail->sendTransactional($templateID, $sender, $email, "Admin", $vars);
Why is there nowhere in the Configuration/System/Mail Sending Settings to specify a user name and password for your smtp server?
To get around this, do you need to make the changes to getMail() outlined in this post:
http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/1073/P30/
I want to do something very simple:
- create an e-mail template
- do not have to make reference to that template in any config files.
- programmatically send an e-mail using the template defined above
- supply values to replace any tags in the template
- supply recipient e-mail addresses
- supply other bits, like a from address
So first step - create a template.
- In Confguration/Transactional Emails I believe I am supposed to see a list of templates. I see nothing. But if I add a new template, I can select from a list of templates.
- Give template a name of "Bob".
- Add a few vars to the template:
myvar1={{var myvar1}}
myvar2={{var myvar2}}
- Save the template; it is given an Id of 1.
Now send the e-mail programmatically from a controller action:
- No need to make change to LINEEND in Mime.php as it is already set to \n in version 1.4.2.0
- Make changes to getMail() in Template.php as specified in this post: http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/1073/P30/
- Write code in the controller action to send the e-mail:
This returns nothing:
$emailTemplate = Mage::getModel('core/email_template')->loadDefault('no matter what goes here emailTemplate is not set');
This does return an email template:
$emailTemplate = Mage::getModel('core/email_template')->loadByCode('Bob');
but the call to send below fails:
$emailTemplate->setSenderEmail('sent#byme.com');
$emailTemplate->setSenderName('Steve');
$emailTemplateVariables = array();
$emailTemplateVariables['myvar1'] = 'TestValue1';
$emailTemplateVariables['myvar2'] = 'TestValue2';
// $processedTemplate = $emailTemplate->getProcessedTemplate($emailTemplateVariables); -- this returns nothing
$emailTemplate->send('thisisme#mydomain.com','John', $emailTemplateVariables);
In the system.log I get the warning below, and no e-mail ever arrives.
Warning: stream_socket_enable_crypto() [<a href='streams.crypto'>streams.crypto</a>]: this stream does not support SSL/crypto in C:\Applications\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\magento\lib\Zend\Mail\Protocol\Smtp.php on line 206
Should I be using loadByCode? I wish there was some worthwhile documentation (the help for loadByCode is "Load template by code" !!). Should I be using send, sendTransactional? Oh for a bit of quality documentation.
Thanks
I see 2 questions here.
1. How to configure Magento mailing system to use smtp protocol ?
You are having trouble for this because Magento is made to use default host mailing. So it will search for it on the machine where it is installed.
If you want to configure a smtp server, I would recommend using this extension : http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/ziq2004/extension/460/advanced-smtp--artson.it
I found it simple to use and configure.
2. How to send a mail in your custom module
You can first create your template in Confguration/Transactional Emails, mark down the Id for it will be your identifier
Then, simply use this code to send the mail in your module
<?php
// The Id you just marked...
$templateId = 1;
// Define the sender, here we query Magento default email (in the configuration)
// For customer support email, use : 'trans_email/ident_support/...'
$sender = Array('name' => Mage::getStoreConfig('trans_email/ident_general/name'),
'email' => Mage::getStoreConfig('trans_email/ident_general/email'));
// Set you store
// This information may be taken from the current logged in user
$store = Mage::app()->getStore();
// In this array, you set the variables you use in your template
$vars = Array('my_var' => $my_var,
'another_var' => 12);
// You don't care about this...
$translate = Mage::getSingleton('core/translate');
// Send your email
Mage::getModel('core/email_template')->sendTransactional($templateId,
$sender,
'recipient#gmail.com',
'Recipient Name',
$vars,
$store->getId());
// You don't care as well
$translate->setTranslateInline(true);
?>
Hope this will help you
Regards,
I took out the 'ssl' => 'tls' element in the array in getMail() in Template.php and my e-mail came through.
I'd still appreciate if anyone has an explanation of how the smtp server's username and password should be specified, and an explanation of the differences in the template load methods etc would be most welcome!
If anyone is looking for full sample code of how to send a Magento email based on an existing Magento email template, the following works well. It does not require any XML config. You can load the template by name as well as by ID. In this case I load it by name.
// This is the name that you gave to the template in System -> Transactional Emails
$emailTemplate = Mage::getModel('core/email_template')->loadByCode('My Custom Email Template');
// These variables can be used in the template file by doing {{ var some_custom_variable }}
$emailTemplateVariables = array(
'some_custom_variable' => 'Hello World'
);
$processedTemplate = $emailTemplate->getProcessedTemplate($emailTemplateVariables);
$emailTemplate->setSenderName('Joe Bloggs');
$emailTemplate->setSenderEmail('test#test.com');
$emailTemplate->setTemplateSubject("Here is your subject");
$emailTemplate->send('recipient#test.com', 'Joanna Bloggs', $emailTemplateVariables);