adesigns/email-template-bundle

Email Templates Bundle for Symfony2

This bundle can be useful when you need to send diffrent kind of emails from your app, for eg. user registration or forgot password email. Read usage section.

Installation

Add bundle via composer (Symfony 2.1)

php composer.phar require sfk/email-template-bundle:dev-master

Add bundle to your application kernel

// app/AppKernel.php
public function registerBundles() 
{
    $bundles = array(
        // ...
        new Sfk\EmailTemplateBundle\SfkEmailTemplateBundle(),
    );
}

Usage

• Create registration email template in your bundle

src/Acme/DemoBundle/Resources/views/[Emails]/user_registered.html.twig

• Edit template

// src/Acme/DemoBundle/Resources/views/[Emails]/user_registered.html.twig
{% extends 'SfkEmailTemplateBundle::email.html.twig' %}

{% block from -%}
[e-mail]
{%- endblock %}

{% block subject -%}
Thanks for registering {{ first_name }}!
{%- endblock %}

{% block body -%}
Hello {{ first_name }},
<br />
<br />
Thank you for registering at our website! below your account details:
<br />
<br />
First Name: {{ first_name }}<br />
Last Name: {{ last_name }}<br />
Email: {{ email }}<br />
<br />
Thanks
{%- endblock %}

• Now you can send it from your controller

<?php
// ...
class UserController extends Controller {
    public function registerAction() {
        // ...
        if ($form->isValid()) {
            //.. some actions here
            $formData = array(
                'email' => '[e-mail]',
                'first_name' => 'John',
                'last_name' => 'Doe',
            );
            $template = $this->get('sfk_email_template.loader')
                ->load('AcmeDemoBundle:Emails:user_registered.html.twig', $formData)
            ;
            $message = \Swift_Message::newInstance()
                ->setSubject($template->getSubject())
                ->setFrom($template->getFrom())
                ->setBody($template->getBody(), 'text/html')
                ->setTo($formData['email'])
            ;
            // send email
            $this->get('mailer')->send($message);
        }
    }
}

Thats's it! John Doe will receive an email as below:

Hello John,
Thank you for registering at our website! below your account details:

First Name: John
Last Name: Doe
Email: [e-mail]

Thanks

Advanced Usage

• Configuration.
• How to use templates with database (Doctrine).

Credits

This bundle was inspired by Rendering emails with Twig in Symfony2 post. Many thanks to its author.