Just to finish ArneRie's answer here (which is already very relevant), I like to have a class in my projects for processing email and different templates at the same time.
This class may be in your library, for example (/library/My/Mail.php):
class My_Mail { // templates name const SIGNUP_ACTIVATION = "signup-activation"; const JOIN_CLUB_CONFIRMATION = "join-club-confirmation"; protected $_viewSubject; protected $_viewContent; protected $templateVariables = array(); protected $templateName; protected $_mail; protected $recipient; public function __construct() { $this->_mail = new Zend_Mail(); $this->_viewSubject = new Zend_View(); $this->_viewContent = new Zend_View(); } /** * Set variables for use in the templates * * @param string $name The name of the variable to be stored * @param mixed $value The value of the variable */ public function __set($name, $value) { $this->templateVariables[$name] = $value; } /** * Set the template file to use * * @param string $filename Template filename */ public function setTemplate($filename) { $this->templateName = $filename; } /** * Set the recipient address for the email message * * @param string $email Email address */ public function setRecipient($email) { $this->recipient = $email; } /** * Send email * * @todo Add from name */ public function send() { $config = Zend_Registry::get('config'); $emailPath = $config->email->templatePath; $templateVars = $config->email->template->toArray(); foreach ($templateVars as $key => $value) { if (!array_key_exists($key, $this->templateVariables)) { $this->{$key} = $value; } } $viewSubject = $this->_viewSubject->setScriptPath($emailPath); foreach ($this->templateVariables as $key => $value) { $viewSubject->{$key} = $value; } $subject = $viewSubject->render($this->templateName . '.subj.tpl'); $viewContent = $this->_viewContent->setScriptPath($emailPath); foreach ($this->templateVariables as $key => $value) { $viewContent->{$key} = $value; } $html = $viewContent->render($this->templateName . '.tpl'); $this->_mail->addTo($this->recipient); $this->_mail->setSubject($subject); $this->_mail->setBodyHtml($html); $this->_mail->send(); } }
I like to have some Zend_Mail options (such as transport, default sender name, etc.) set in my application.ini as follows:
;------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ;; Email ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------ resources.mail.transport.type = smtp resources.mail.transport.host = "192.168.1.8" ;resources.mail.transport.auth = login ;resources.mail.transport.username = username ;resources.mail.transport.password = password ;resources.mail.transport.register = true resources.mail.defaultFrom.email = info@example.com resources.mail.defaultFrom.name = "My Site Name" resources.mail.defaultReplyTo.email = info@example.com resources.mail.defaultReplyTo.name = "My Site Name" email.templatePath = APPLICATION_PATH "/modules/default/views/scripts/emails" email.template.newsletter = "My Site Name - Newsletter" // default templates
And now, from anywhere in my application, I can just send an email using, for example:
$mail = new My_Mail; $mail->setRecipient("name@example.com"); $mail->setTemplate(My_Mail::SIGNUP_ACTIVATION); $mail->email = $user->email; $mail->token = $token; // generate token for activation link $mail->firstName = $user->firstName; $mail->lastName = $user->lastName; $mail->send();
This will set the template and template variables through the magic setter. Finally, my templates are localized in APPLICATION_PATH "/ modules / default / views / scripts / emails (can be changed in application.ini). A typical template would be:
// in /views/scripts/emails/signup-activation.tpl <p> Hi,<br /><br /> You almost done, please finish your registration:<br /> <a href="http://www.example.com <?= $this->url(array('controller' => 'account', 'action' => 'index', 'e' => $this->email, 't' => $this->token), 'default', true) ?> ">Click here</a> </p> // in /views/scripts/emails/signup-activation.subj.tpl My Site Name - Account Activation Link
where $this->email and $this->token are template variables.