How To Send E-mail Using Queue In Laravel 9

Websolutionstuff | Feb-21-2022 | Categories : Laravel PHP

In this tutorial, I will show you how to send e-mail using queue in laravel 9, Some time we can see many processes take more time to load like payment gateway processes, bulk email sending, etc. Whenever you are sending an email for verification then it loads time to send mail because it is services. If you don't want to wait for the user to send an email or other processes on loading server-side process then you can use the queue.

In laravel 9 send mail using queue example we will set up the mailtrap for sending an email. Laravel queues provide a unified queueing API across a variety of different queue backends, such as Amazon SQS, Redis, or even a relational database.

So, let's see send mail using queue in laravel 9 and laravel 9 mail queue example.

Step 1 : Install Laravel 9 Application

Step 2 : Create Mail Setup

Step 3 : Configuration of Queue

Step 4 : Create Queue Job

Step 5 : Test Queue Job

Step 1 : Install Laravel 9

First, we need to install the laravel 9 application using the composer command.

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel blog

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Step 2 : Create Mail Setup

Run the below command in your terminal

php artisan make:mail SendEmailDemo

Now you will find the new Mail folder in the app directory with the SendEmailDemo.php file. So, copy the below code on this file.

app/Mail/SendEmailTest.php

<?php

namespace App\Mail;

use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
use Illuminate\Mail\Mailable;
use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;

class SendEmailDemo extends Mailable
{
    use Queueable, SerializesModels;

    /**
     * Create a new message instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct()
    {
        //
    }

    /**
     * Build the message.
     *
     * @return $this
     */
    public function build()
    {
        return $this->subject('How To Send E-mail Using Queue In laravel 9')            
            ->view('email.demo');
    }
}

After that, we need to create an email view using a blade file. So, we will create demo.blade.php following the path.

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resources/views/email/demo.blade.php

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
	<title>How To Send E-mail Using Queue In Laravel 9 - Websolutionstuff</title>
</head>
<body>
   
<center>
<h2>
	<a href="https://websolutionstuff.com">Visit Our Website : Websolutionstuff</a>
</h2>
</center>
  
<p>Hello,</p>

<p>This is a test mail. This mail send using queue listen in laravel 9.</p>  

<strong>Thanks & Regards.</strong>

</body>
</html>

Now, we will configure of view file, which we have to set up for email send, So let's configuration in the .env file.

MAIL_MAILER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.mailtrap.io
MAIL_PORT=2525
MAIL_USERNAME=your_username
MAIL_PASSWORD=your_password
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=null
MAIL_FROM_NAME="${APP_NAME}"

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Step 3: Configuration of Queue

Now, we are set up configuration on queue driver so first of all, we will set queue driver "database". You can set it as you want. also, we will define the driver as redis too. so, here define the database driver on the .env file.

QUEUE_CONNECTION=database

After that, we need to generate migration and create tables for queues. So, let's run the below command for queue database tables.

php artisan queue:table

Now, run the migration in your terminal.

php artisan migrate

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Step 4: Create Queue Job

In this step, we will create a new queue job. So, copy the below command in your terminal.

php artisan make:job SendEmailJob

As of now, you will find the SendEmailJob.php file in this path app/Jobs/SendEmailJob.php. So, copy the below code to that location.

<?php

namespace App\Jobs;

use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\Dispatchable;
use Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue;
use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
use App\Mail\SendEmailDemo;
use Mail;

class SendEmailJob implements ShouldQueue
{
    use Dispatchable, InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;
    protected $send_mail;
    /**
     * Create a new job instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct($send_mail)
    {
        $this->send_mail = $send_mail;
    }

    /**
     * Execute the job.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function handle()
    {
        $email = new SendEmailDemo();        
        Mail::to($this->send_mail)->send($email);
    }
}

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Step 5: Test Queue Job

Now, we will test our queue job. add below code in your web.php file

Route::get('test/email', function(){
  
	$send_mail = '[email protected]';
  
    dispatch(new App\Jobs\SendEmailJob($send_mail));
  
    dd('send mail successfully !!');
});

Now, clear config cache using the below command for sending mail with queue laravel 9.