Class EmailComponent

Object class, allowing __construct and __destruct in PHP4.

Also includes methods for logging and the special method RequestAction, to call other Controllers' Actions from anywhere.

Object

EmailComponent

Package: cake\cake\libs
Copyright: Copyright 2005-2012, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
License: The MIT License
Location: controller/components/email.php

Properties summary

$__boundary public

string

If set, boundary to use for multipart mime messages
$__header public

array

Temporary store of message header lines
$__message public

array

Temporary store of message lines
$__smtpConnection public

resource

Variable that holds SMTP connection
$_debug public

string

If set to true, the mail method will be auto-set to 'debug'
$_lineLength public
$additionalParams public

string

List of additional headers
$attachments public

array

List of files that should be attached to the email.
$bcc public

array

Blind Carbon Copy
$cc public

array

Carbon Copy
$charset public

string

charset the email is sent in
$date public

string

The date to put in the Date: header. This should be a date conformant with the RFC2822 standard. Leave null, to have today's date generated.
$delivery public

string

What method should the email be sent by
$filePaths public

array

The list of paths to search if an attachment isnt absolute
$from public

string

The mail which the email is sent from
$headers public

array

Associative array of a user defined headers Keys will be prefixed 'X-' as per RFC2822 Section 4.7.5
$layout public

string

Layout for the View
$lineFeed public

string

Line feed character(s) to be used when sending using mail() function If null PHP_EOL is used. RFC2822 requires it to be CRLF but some Unix mail transfer agents replace LF by CRLF automatically (which leads to doubling CR if CRLF is used).
$lineLength public

integer

as per RFC2822 Section 2.1.1
$readReceipt public

string

The read receipt email
$replyTo public

string

The email the recipient will reply to
$return public

string

The mail that will be used in case of any errors like - Remote mailserver down - Remote user has exceeded his quota - Unknown user
$sendAs public

string

What format should the email be sent in
$smtpError public

string

Placeholder for any errors that might happen with the smtp mail methods
$smtpOptions public

array

List of options to use for smtp mail method
$subject public

string

The subject of the email
$template public

string

Template for the view
$to public

string

Recipient of the email
$xMailer public

string

What mailer should EmailComponent identify itself as

Inherited Properties

_log

Method Summary

__attachFiles() public

Attach files by adding file contents inside boundaries.
__createBoundary() public

Create unique boundary identifier
__createHeader() public

Create emails headers including (but not limited to) from email address, reply to, bcc and cc.
__debug() public

Set as controller flash message a debug message showing current settings in component
__encode() public

Encode the specified string using the current charset
__findFiles() public

Find the specified attachment in the list of file paths
__formatAddress() public

Format a string as an email address
__formatMessage() public

Format the message by seeing if it has attachments.
__mail() public

Wrapper for PHP mail function used for sending out emails
__renderTemplate() public

Render the contents using the current layout and template.
__smtp() public

Sends out email via SMTP
__smtpSend() public

Private method for sending data to SMTP connection
__strip() public

Remove certain elements (such as bcc:, to:, %0a) from given value. Helps prevent header injection / mainipulation on user content.
__wrap() public

Wrap the message using EmailComponent::$lineLength
_getSocket() public

Helper method to get socket, overridden in tests
initialize() public

Initialize component
reset() public

Reset all EmailComponent internal variables to be able to send out a new email.
send() public

Send an email using the specified content, template and layout
startup() public

Startup component

Method Detail

__attachFiles() public ¶

__attachFiles( )

Attach files by adding file contents inside boundaries.

Todo:

modify to use the core File class?

__createBoundary() public ¶

__createBoundary( )

Create unique boundary identifier

__createHeader() public ¶

__createHeader( )

Create emails headers including (but not limited to) from email address, reply to, bcc and cc.

__debug() public ¶

__debug( )

Set as controller flash message a debug message showing current settings in component

Returns

boolean
Success

__encode() public ¶

__encode( string $subject )

Encode the specified string using the current charset

Parameters

string $subject: String to encode

Returns

string
Encoded string

__findFiles() public ¶

__findFiles( string $attachment )

Find the specified attachment in the list of file paths

Parameters

string $attachment: Attachment file name to find

Returns

string
Path to located file

__formatAddress() public ¶

__formatAddress( string $string , $smtp = false )

Format a string as an email address

Parameters

string $string: String representing an email address
$smtp optional false

Returns

string
Email address suitable for email headers or smtp pipe

__formatMessage() public ¶

__formatMessage( string $message )

Format the message by seeing if it has attachments.

Parameters

string $message: Message to format

__mail() public ¶

__mail( )

Wrapper for PHP mail function used for sending out emails

Returns

boolean
Success

__renderTemplate() public ¶

__renderTemplate( string $content )

Render the contents using the current layout and template.

Parameters

string $content: Content to render

Returns

array
Email ready to be sent

__smtp() public ¶

__smtp( )

Sends out email via SMTP

Returns

boolean
Success

__smtpSend() public ¶

__smtpSend( string $data , mixed $checkCode = '250' )

Private method for sending data to SMTP connection

Parameters

string $data: data to be sent to SMTP server
mixed $checkCode optional '250': code to check for in server response, false to skip

Returns

boolean
Success

__strip() public ¶

__strip( string $value , boolean $message = false )

Remove certain elements (such as bcc:, to:, %0a) from given value. Helps prevent header injection / mainipulation on user content.

Parameters

string $value: Value to strip
boolean $message optional false: Set to true to indicate main message content

Returns

string
Stripped value

__wrap() public ¶

__wrap( string $message )

Wrap the message using EmailComponent::$lineLength

Parameters

string $message: Message to wrap

Returns

array
Wrapped message

_getSocket() public ¶

_getSocket( array $config )

Helper method to get socket, overridden in tests

Parameters

array $config: Config data for the socket.

initialize() public ¶

initialize( object $controller , $settings = array() )

Initialize component

Parameters

object $controller: Instantiating controller
$settings optional array()

reset() public ¶

reset( )

Reset all EmailComponent internal variables to be able to send out a new email.

send() public ¶

send( mixed $content = null , string $template = null , string $layout = null )

Send an email using the specified content, template and layout

Parameters

mixed $content optional null: Either an array of text lines, or a string with contents
string $template optional null: Template to use when sending email
string $layout optional null: Layout to use to enclose email body

Returns

boolean
Success

startup() public ¶

startup( object $controller )

Startup component

Parameters

object $controller: Instantiating controller

Methods inherited from Object

A hack to support __construct() on PHP 4 Hint: descendant classes have no PHP4 class_name() constructors, so this constructor gets called first and calls the top-layer __construct() which (if present) should call parent::__construct()

Returns

Object

__construct() public ¶

__construct( )

Class constructor, overridden in descendant classes.

__openPersistent() public ¶

__openPersistent( string $name , string $type = null )

Open the persistent class file for reading Used by Object::_persist()

Parameters

string $name: Name of persisted class
string $type optional null: Type of persistance (e.g: registry)

_persist() public ¶

_persist( string $name , string $return , $object , $type = null )

Checks for a persistent class file, if found file is opened and true returned If file is not found a file is created and false returned If used in other locations of the model you should choose a unique name for the persistent file There are many uses for this method, see manual for examples

Parameters

string $name: name of the class to persist
string $return: $object the object to persist
$object
$type optional null

Returns

boolean
Success

_savePersistent() public ¶

_savePersistent( string $name , object $object )

You should choose a unique name for the persistent file

There are many uses for this method, see manual for examples

Parameters

string $name: name used for object to cache
object $object: the object to persist

Returns

boolean
true on save, throws error if file can not be created

_set() public ¶

_set( array $properties = array() )

Allows setting of multiple properties of the object in a single line of code.

Parameters

array $properties optional array(): An associative array containing properties and corresponding values.

_stop() public ¶

_stop( $status = 0 )

Stop execution of the current script

Parameters

$status optional 0: http://php.net/exit for values

cakeError() public ¶

cakeError( string $method , array $messages = array() )

Used to report user friendly errors. If there is a file app/error.php or app/app_error.php this file will be loaded error.php is the AppError class it should extend ErrorHandler class.

Parameters

string $method: Method to be called in the error class (AppError or ErrorHandler classes)
array $messages optional array(): Message that is to be displayed by the error class

Returns

error
message

dispatchMethod() public ¶

dispatchMethod( string $method , array $params = array() )

Calls a method on this object with the given parameters. Provides an OO wrapper for call_user_func_array, and improves performance by using straight method calls in most cases.

Parameters

string $method: Name of the method to call
array $params optional array(): Parameter list to use when calling $method

Returns

mixed
Returns the result of the method call

log() public ¶

log( string $msg , integer $type = LOG_ERROR )

API for logging events.

Parameters

string $msg: Log message
integer $type optional LOG_ERROR: Error type constant. Defined in app/config/core.php.

Returns

boolean
Success of log write

requestAction() public ¶

requestAction( mixed $url , array $extra = array() )

Calls a controller's method from any location.

Parameters

mixed $url: String or array-based url.
array $extra optional array(): if array includes the key "return" it sets the AutoRender to true.

Returns

mixed

Boolean true or false on success/failure, or contents of rendered action if 'return' is set in $extra.

toString() public ¶

toString( )

Object-to-string conversion. Each class can override this method as necessary.

Returns

string
The name of this class

Properties detail

`$__boundary` ¶

public string

If set, boundary to use for multipart mime messages

null

`$__header` ¶

public array

Temporary store of message header lines

array()

`$__message` ¶

public array

Temporary store of message lines

array()

`$__smtpConnection` ¶

public resource

Variable that holds SMTP connection

null

`$_debug` ¶

public string

If set to true, the mail method will be auto-set to 'debug'

false

`$_lineLength` ¶

public

Deprecated

see lineLength

null

`$additionalParams` ¶

public string

List of additional headers

These will NOT be used if you are using safemode and mail()

null

`$attachments` ¶

public array

List of files that should be attached to the email.

Can be both absolute and relative paths

array()

`$bcc` ¶

public array

Blind Carbon Copy

List of email's that should receive a copy of the email. The Recipient WILL NOT be able to see this list

array()

`$cc` ¶

public array

Carbon Copy

List of email's that should receive a copy of the email. The Recipient WILL be able to see this list

array()

`$charset` ¶

public string

charset the email is sent in

'utf-8'

`$date` ¶

public string

The date to put in the Date: header. This should be a date conformant with the RFC2822 standard. Leave null, to have today's date generated.

null

`$delivery` ¶

public string

What method should the email be sent by

Supported methods: - mail - smtp - debug

'mail'

`$filePaths` ¶

public array

The list of paths to search if an attachment isnt absolute

array()

`$from` ¶

public string

The mail which the email is sent from

null

`$headers` ¶

public array

Associative array of a user defined headers Keys will be prefixed 'X-' as per RFC2822 Section 4.7.5

array()

`$layout` ¶

public string

Layout for the View

'default'

`$lineFeed` ¶

public string

Line feed character(s) to be used when sending using mail() function If null PHP_EOL is used. RFC2822 requires it to be CRLF but some Unix mail transfer agents replace LF by CRLF automatically (which leads to doubling CR if CRLF is used).

null

`$lineLength` ¶

public integer

as per RFC2822 Section 2.1.1

`$readReceipt` ¶

public string

The read receipt email

null

`$replyTo` ¶

public string

The email the recipient will reply to

null

`$return` ¶

public string

The mail that will be used in case of any errors like - Remote mailserver down - Remote user has exceeded his quota - Unknown user

null

`$sendAs` ¶

public string

What format should the email be sent in

Supported formats: - text - html - both

'text'

`$smtpError` ¶

public string

Placeholder for any errors that might happen with the smtp mail methods

null

`$smtpOptions` ¶

public array

List of options to use for smtp mail method

Options is: - port - host - timeout - username - password - client

array(
    'port'=> 25, 'host' => 'localhost', 'timeout' => 30
)

`$subject` ¶

public string

The subject of the email

null

`$template` ¶

public string

Template for the view

null

`$to` ¶

public string

Recipient of the email

null

`$xMailer` ¶

public string

What mailer should EmailComponent identify itself as

'CakePHP Email Component'

Classes

Functions

Class EmailComponent

Properties summary

Inherited Properties

Method Summary

__attachFiles() public

__createBoundary() public

__createHeader() public

__debug() public

__encode() public

__findFiles() public

__formatAddress() public

__formatMessage() public

__mail() public

__renderTemplate() public

__smtp() public

__smtpSend() public

__strip() public

__wrap() public

_getSocket() public

initialize() public

reset() public

send() public

startup() public

Method Detail

__attachFiles() public ¶

Todo:

__createBoundary() public ¶

__createHeader() public ¶

__debug() public ¶

Returns

__encode() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

__findFiles() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

__formatAddress() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

__formatMessage() public ¶

Parameters

__mail() public ¶

Returns

__renderTemplate() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

__smtp() public ¶

Returns

__smtpSend() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

__strip() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

__wrap() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

_getSocket() public ¶

Parameters

initialize() public ¶

Parameters

reset() public ¶

send() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

startup() public ¶

Parameters

Methods inherited from Object

Object() public ¶

Returns

__construct() public ¶

__openPersistent() public ¶

Parameters

_persist() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

_savePersistent() public ¶

Parameters