CakeEmail - How do i use it?

Question

In my controller i'm using a email function with the following code:

public function email($mail = null){

    $email = new CakeEmail('default');
    $email->config('default');

    $email->from(array('test@test.com' => 'testing'));
    $email->to('$mail');
    $email->subject('Approved');
    $email->send('Approved');

At the top i have

App::uses('AppController', 'Controller', 'CakeEmail', 'Network/Email');

However, i receive the error Fatal error: Class 'CakeEmail' not found in.

I'm not sure where i have gone wrong. Can anybody please assist?

Downvoted for lack of research. It was all in the book: http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/email.html?highlight=cakeemail#CakeEmail — luchomolina, Feb 13 '12 at 00:37

score 36 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 12 '12 at 21:40

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You need to change your App::uses and separate the two:

App::uses('AppController', 'Controller');
App::uses('CakeEmail', 'Network/Email');

answered Feb 12 '12 at 21:40

Chuck Burgess

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Can you please explain why they should be separated? It works, but it doesn't make sense. I'd like to know why :) – Loolooii Dec 16 '12 at 20:13
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Because of the new way cake references the classes. – Chuck Burgess Jan 25 '13 at 17:51
did the developers think it was sooo obvious? there is no reference in the docs.. – chesscov77 Jul 12 '13 at 16:06
this helps a lot, tnx :) – Aditya P Bhatt Sep 04 '13 at 14:25
You're a genius. Now one minute silence for cakephp – Rápli András Jul 10 '14 at 09:24

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 12 '12 at 18:24

App::uses() does only allow two arguments: $className and $location. You passed 4 arguments, that's why CakeEmail is not loaded.

See http://api20.cakephp.org/class/app#method-Appuses and http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/app.html#App::uses for more information

mark · Answer 3 · 2012-02-12T19:30:13.000

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the documentation is pretty clear about it: http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/email.html?highlight=cakeemail#CakeEmail

"First of all, you should ensure the class is loaded"

on a second look: your app::uses() is wrong. check out the way it is documented.

edited Feb 12 '12 at 19:30

answered Feb 12 '12 at 18:20

mark

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 13 '12 at 14:13

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You can use the Email component in the controller

public $components = array('Email'); 

public function email(){
  $this->Email->to = 'yourmail@mail.com';  
  $this->Email->subject = 'Subject - ';   
  $this->Email->from = 'sender@mail.com';  
  $this->Email->send('message');
}

answered Feb 13 '12 at 14:13

Bahdeng

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This is not advised; the [EmailComponent was deprecated in CakePHP 2](http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-libraries/components/email.html). – Brad Koch Oct 09 '12 at 19:33

CakeEmail - How do i use it?

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