I created a form that when I submit I get an email. I've used mailtrap and gmail and both of them worked, but when I tried to use my own server email I don't get the email. I know that the code works because I've used it before. I don't know if this played a roll in why it isn't working anymore but I had to reinstall windows on my laptop and reinstall xampp. I also had to change my password that I was using for my server email.
My .env
MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=lin01.hkdns.co.za
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=info@myserver.com
MAIL_PASSWORD=password
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=
my mail.php
<?php
return [
'driver' => env('MAIL_DRIVER', 'smtp'),
'host' => env('MAIL_HOST', 'smtp.mailgun.org'),
'port' => env('MAIL_PORT', 587),
'from' => [
'address' => env('MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS', 'info@myserver.com'),
'name' => env('MAIL_FROM_NAME', 'Example'),
],
'encryption' => env('MAIL_ENCRYPTION', 'tls'),
'username' => env('MAIL_USERNAME'),
'password' => env('MAIL_PASSWORD'),
'sendmail' => '/usr/sbin/sendmail -bs',
'markdown' => [
'theme' => 'default',
'paths' => [
resource_path('views/vendor/mail'),
],
],
];
My UsersController store method
public function store()
{
$users = new User();
$input = Input::all();
$validation = Validator::make($input, User::$rules);
if($validation->fails()){
return redirect()->route('admin.users.create')
->withInput()
->withErrors($validation)
->with('message', 'There were validation errors');
}
if($validation->passes()){
$users->name = Input::get('name');
$users->email = Input::get('email');
$users->image = Input::get('image');
$password = $users->generatePassword();
$users->password = bcrypt($password);
$data = array(
'name' => Input::get('name'),
'email' => Input::get('email'),
'password' => $password,
);
Mail::send('templates::emails.login', $data, function($message){
$message->to(Input::get('email'), Input::get('name'))->subject('Your login details');
});
$users->save();
$users = User::all();
return view('users::admin.index', compact('users'));
}
}
Also no errors show up in my storage/logs