How to send mail in CakePHP 2.x
First you have to configure your cakephp for sending mail.
Go to:

App/Config/email.php

Now there are two method you can use:

1. Using sendmail function
2. Using SMTP

For sendmail :

public $default = array( 'transport' => 'Mail', 'from' => '[email protected]', 'charset' => 'utf-8', 'headerCharset' => 'utf-8', ); 

For SMTP:

public $smtp = array( 'transport' => 'Smtp', 'from' => array([email protected]' => Sender name), 'host' => 'ssl://smtp.gmail.com', 'port' => 465, 'timeout' => 30, 'username' => [email protected]', 'password' => PASSWORD, 'client' => null, 'log' => false, 'charset' => 'utf-8', 'headerCharset' => 'utf-8', ); 

Now you have setup you mail config file.
Now we will send mail:

$Email = new CakeEmail('smtp'); // Replace Smtp to default if you don’t want send mail from SMTP $Email->to('[email protected]'); $Email->emailFormat('html'); $Email->template('default')->viewVars( array('body'=>"Hi this is a mail from cakePHP")); // pass your variables here. $Email->subject('My First Mail from cakephp'); $Email->from ('[email protected]'); $Email->send(); 

To edit or customize your mail template you have to edit/create your email template file:

app/View/Emails/html/default.ctp

 
Hi
 
  

 
for more information you can check CakePHP documentation.
 
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