php-swiftmailerHow to send HTML emails with Swiftmailer?

Swiftmailer is a popular library for sending HTML emails in PHP. It is easy to use and provides a lot of flexibility.

Example code

<?php
// Require the Swift Mailer library
require_once 'lib/swift_required.php';

// Create the Transport
$transport = Swift_SmtpTransport::newInstance('smtp.example.org', 25)
  ->setUsername('yourusername')
  ->setPassword('yourpassword');

// Create the Mailer using your created Transport
$mailer = Swift_Mailer::newInstance($transport);

// Create a message
$message = Swift_Message::newInstance('Wonderful Subject')
  ->setFrom(array('[email protected]' => 'John Doe'))
  ->setTo(array('[email protected]', '[email protected]' => 'A name'))
  ->setBody('Here is the message itself')
  ->addPart('<q>Here is the message itself</q>', 'text/html');

// Send the message
$result = $mailer->send($message);

Output example

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Code explanation

1. require_once 'lib/swift_required.php'; - This line requires the Swift Mailer library.
2. $transport = Swift_SmtpTransport::newInstance('smtp.example.org', 25) - This line creates the transport using the SMTP server and port.
3. ->setUsername('yourusername') - This line sets the username for the SMTP server.
4. ->setPassword('yourpassword') - This line sets the password for the SMTP server.
5. $mailer = Swift_Mailer::newInstance($transport); - This line creates the mailer using the created transport.
6. $message = Swift_Message::newInstance('Wonderful Subject') - This line creates a message with the given subject.
7. ->setFrom(array('[email protected]' => 'John Doe')) - This line sets the sender of the message.
8. ->setTo(array('[email protected]', '[email protected]' => 'A name')) - This line sets the recipient of the message.
9. ->setBody('Here is the message itself') - This line sets the plain text body of the message.
10. ->addPart('<q>Here is the message itself</q>', 'text/html') - This line adds an HTML part to the message.
11. $result = $mailer->send($message); - This line sends the message.

Helpful links

• Swift Mailer Documentation
• Swift Mailer GitHub Repository

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