email_example.module
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Example of how to use Drupal's mail API.
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email_example/ email_example.module
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<?php
/**
* @file
* Example of how to use Drupal's mail API.
*/
use Drupal\Component\Utility\Html;
/**
* @defgroup email_example Example: Email
* @{
* Example of how to use Drupal's mail API.
*
* This example module provides two different examples of the Drupal email API:
* - Defines a simple contact form and shows how to use MailManager::mail()
* to send an email (defined in hook_mail()) when the form is submitted.
* - Shows how modules can alter emails defined by other Drupal modules or
* core using hook_mail_alter by attaching a custom signature before
* they are sent.
*/
/**
* Implements hook_mail().
*
* This hook defines a list of possible email templates that this module can
* send. Each email is given a unique identifier, or 'key'.
*
* $message comes in with some standard properties already set: 'to' address,
* 'from' address, and a set of default 'headers' from MailManager::mail(). The
* goal of hook_mail() is to set the message's 'subject' and 'body' properties,
* as well as make any adjustments to the headers that are necessary.
*
* The $params argument is an array which can hold any additional data required
* to build the mail subject and body; for example, user-entered form data, or
* some context information as to where the mail request came from.
*
* Note that hook_mail() is not actually a hook. It is only called for a single
* module, the module named in the first argument of MailManager::mail(). So
* it's a callback of a type, but not a hook.
*/
function email_example_mail($key, &$message, $params) {
// Each message is associated with a language, which may or may not be the
// current user's selected language, depending on the type of email being
// sent. This $options array is used later in the t() calls for subject
// and body to ensure the proper translation takes effect.
$options = [
'langcode' => $message['langcode'],
];
switch ($key) {
// Send a simple message from the contact form.
case 'contact_message':
$from = \Drupal::config('system.site')->get('mail');
$message['subject'] = t('Email sent from @site-name', [
'@site-name' => $from,
], $options);
// Note that the message body is an array, not a string.
$account = \Drupal::currentUser();
$message['body'][] = t('@name sent you the following message:', [
'@name' => $account->getAccountName(),
], $options);
// Because this is just user-entered text, we do not need to translate it.
// Since user-entered text may have unintentional HTML entities in it like
// '<' or '>', we need to make sure these entities are properly escaped,
// as the body will later be transformed from HTML to text, meaning
// that a normal use of '<' will result in truncation of the message.
$message['body'][] = Html::escape($params['message']);
break;
}
}
/**
* Implements hook_mail_alter().
*
* This function is not required to send an email using Drupal's mail system.
*
* hook_mail_alter() provides an interface to alter any aspect of email sent by
* Drupal. You can use this hook to add a common site footer to all outgoing
* email, add extra header fields, and/or modify the email in any way.
* Converting the outgoing email to HTML is one possibility.
*/
function email_example_mail_alter(&$message) {
// For the purpose of this example, modify all the outgoing messages and
// attach a site signature. The signature will be translated to the language
// in which message was built.
$options = [
'langcode' => $message['langcode'],
];
$signature = t("\n--\nMail altered by email_example module.", [], $options);
if (is_array($message['body'])) {
$message['body'][] = $signature;
}
else {
// Some modules use the body as a string, erroneously.
$message['body'] .= $signature;
}
}
/**
* @} End of "defgroup email_example".
*/
Functions
Title | Deprecated | Summary |
---|---|---|
email_example_mail | Implements hook_mail(). | |
email_example_mail_alter | Implements hook_mail_alter(). |