Laravel mail encryption
Laravel provides a built-in mechanism for encrypting emails using the Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail
facade and the Illuminate\Mail\Transport\EncryptedTransport
class.
Here's an example of how to use email encryption in Laravel:
Step 1: Install the required package
You need to install the illuminate/mail
package, which is already included in Laravel. If you're using Laravel 5.8 or later, you can skip this step.
Step 2: Configure the email transport
In your config/mail.php
file, update the transport
key to use the encrypted
transport:
'mail' => [
//...
'transport' => 'encrypted',
],
Step 3: Set the encryption key
In your config/mail.php
file, update the encryption_key
key to set the encryption key:
'mail' => [
//...
'encryption_key' => env('MAIL_ENCRYPTION_KEY'),
],
Step 4: Set the encryption key in your.env file
In your .env
file, add the following line:
MAIL_ENCRYPTION_KEY=your_encryption_key_here
Replace your_encryption_key_here
with a strong encryption key.
Step 5: Send an encrypted email
To send an encrypted email, use the Mail::send()
method and pass the encrypted
transport as the second argument:
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail;
Mail::send('emails.your_email', [], function ($message) {
$message->to('[email protected]')->subject('Encrypted Email');
});
Laravel will automatically encrypt the email using the configured encryption key.
Step 6: Decrypt the email
To decrypt the email, the recipient needs to have the same encryption key. You can provide the encryption key to the recipient or store it securely.
Note: Make sure to use a strong encryption key and keep it secure to prevent unauthorized access to the encrypted emails.
That's it! With these steps, you should be able to send encrypted emails using Laravel.