I am trying to send test emails in my Laravel project, and am encountering the following error:
ErrorException in helpers.php line 532:
htmlspecialchars() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given (View: C:\...esources\views\mail-test.blade.php)
I've been toying around with my code, following some guidelines/tutorials online the best I can, but I don't see what I'm doing wrong. Code snippets are as follows:
web.php
Route::post('/send-mail', 'MailController@send')->name('send-mail');
sample-page.blade.php
...
<div style="text-align: center;">
<form action="{{ route('send-mail') }}" method="post">
{{ csrf_field() }}
<input type="email" name="email" placeholder="Email Address">
<input type="text" name="message" placeholder="Insert Message Here.">
<button type="submit">Let's send an email!</button>
</form>
</div>
....
MailController.php
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Mail\Mailer;
use App\Mail\SendMail;
class MailController extends Controller
{
public function send(Request $request, Mailer $mailer) {
$mailer
->to($request->input('email'))
->send(new SendMail($request->input('message')));
return back();
}
}
SendMail.php
...
use Queueable, SerializesModels;
public $message;
/**
* Create a new message instance.
*
* @return void
*/
public function __construct($message)
{
$this->message = $message;
}
/**
* Build the message.
*
* @return $this
*/
public function build()
{
return $this->from('test@test.com')
->view('mail-test');
}
mail-test.blade.php
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Email Test</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>EMAIL TESTING</h1>
<p>{{ $message }}</p>
</body>
</html>
