CakePHP - Mail view through widget helper

<?php
/**
 * Mail Templates
 * Sends email through a view
 *
 * The templates rendered must have extension .mail
 *
 * Uses:
 * @link http://phpmailer.sourceforge.net/
 * @see MailWidgetHelper
 *
 * @author RosSoft
 * @version 0.1
 * @license MIT
 *
 *
 * Usage example:
 * First, edit this file and change the define(’CONFIG_SMTP…
 * with your ISP config.
 *  
 * file views/foo/mail_view.mail
        <m:from name=”Miguel Ros” mail=”rosmiguel@teleline.es” />
        <m:to>
            rossoft@gmail.com
        </m:to>
       
        <m:to>
            rosmiguel@teleline.es
        </m:to>
       
        <m:subject> Hi! That is the subject
        </m:subject>
       
        <m:body_text>
        This is the plain body text
        </m:body_text>
       
        <m:body_html>
        This is the HTML <b>Body</b>
        </m:body_html>
       
        <m:attach path=”/tmp/test1.txt” name=”test_file_1.txt” />
        <m:attach path=”/tmp/test2.txt” />
    File views/foo/mail_view.thtml:
        The mail has been set
    Action in FooController:
        function mail_view()
        {
            $this->view=’Mail’;
             $this->render(); //render the mail_view.mail
        
             $this->view=’View’;
             $this->render(); //now the mail_view.thtml renders
         }                       
 
 */
 
define(’CONFIG_SMTP_HOST’,'xxxx’);
define(’CONFIG_SMTP_USER’,'yyyy’);
define(’CONFIG_SMTP_PASS’,'zzzz’);
 
//Directory within VENDORS/
define(’PHPMAILER_SUBDIR’,'phpmailer’ . DS);     
 
class MailView extends View
{
    var $mail=null; //instance of MailAux
 
    function render($action = null, $layout = null, $file = null)
    {       
        $this->mail=& new MailAux;
        $this->controller->mail=& $this->mail;
 
        $file=null;      
 
        $this->load_helper(’MailWidget’);
 
        if ($action==NULL)
        {
            $action=$this->action;
        }
        $file=$this->get_filename($action,’.mail’);
        ob_start();       
        parent::render($action,$layout,$file);
        ob_get_clean();
        return $this->mail->send();       
    }   
 
    /**
     * Adds a helper to the helpers array for loading it
     * @param string $helper Name of the helper like ‘Javascript’
     */   
    function load_helper($helper)
    {
        if (!in_array($helper,$this->helpers))
        {
            $this->helpers[]=$helper;
        }
    }
 
    /**
     * Returns the filename associated with the action
     * with the extension “.$ext”
     *
     * @param string $action If null, then current action
     * @param string $ext Extension of the view template (with dot) Example: ‘.xml’
     * @return string
     */
    function get_filename($action,$ext)
    {       
        $old_ext=$this->ext;
        $this->ext=$ext;
        $fn=$this->_getViewFileName($action);
        $this->ext=$old_ext;
        return $fn;
    }
 
}
 
/**
 * This object is the interface between MailView and MailWidgetHelper
 */
class MailAux extends Object
{
    var $charset=’utf-8′;
 
    var $from_mail=null;
    var $from_name='’;
    var $to=array();
    var $subject='’;
    var $body_text=null;
    var $body_html=null;   
    var $attachments=array();
 
    /**
     * SMTP Configuration
     */   
    var $host=CONFIG_SMTP_HOST;
    var $username=CONFIG_SMTP_USER;
    var $password=CONFIG_SMTP_PASS;
 
    /**
     * It contains mailer error message or false if no
     * error has occurred
     */   
    var $error=false;
 
 
    function send()
    {       
        vendor(PHPMAILER_SUBDIR. ‘class.phpmailer’);
        $mail = new PHPMailer();
        $mail->PluginDir = VENDORS .PHPMAILER_SUBDIR ;
        $mail->SetLanguage(’en’,VENDORS .PHPMAILER_SUBDIR . ‘language’ . DS);
 
        $mail->CharSet= $this->charset;       
        $mail->IsSMTP();                  // send via SMTP
        $mail->Host     = $this->host; // SMTP servers
        if ($this->username !==null)
        {
            $mail->SMTPAuth = true;     // turn on SMTP authentication
            $mail->Username = $this->username;  // SMTP username
            $mail->Password = $this->password; // SMTP password           
        }       
        $mail->From = $this->from_mail;   
        $mail->FromName = $this->from_name;
        foreach ($this->to as $address)
        {           
            $mail->AddAddress($address);           
        }
        $mail->Subject  =  $this->subject;
        if ($this->body_html)
        {
            $mail->IsHTML(true); // send as HTML       
            $mail->Body     =  $this->body_html;
            $mail->AltBody  =  $this->body_text;
        }
        else
        {
            $mail->IsHtml(false);
            $mail->Body        =  $this->body_text;
        }
        //$mail->WordWrap = 50;                              // set word wrap
        foreach ($this->attachments as $attach)
        {
            $mail->AddAttachment($attach[’path’],$attach[’name’],’base64′,$attach[’type’]);
 
        }       
        if (! $mail->Send())
        {
            $this->error=$mail->ErrorInfo;
            $this->log(’Mail send:’ . $mail->ErrorInfo);
            return false;           
        }
        else
        {
            $this->error=false;
            return true;
        }
 
    }
}
?>
 
Copy to app/views/helpers/mail_widget.php
 
<?php
/**
 * MailWidgetHelper
 *
 * For usage with MailView
 *
 * @author RosSoft
 * @version 0.1
 * @license MIT
 */
 
class MailWidgetHelper extends WidgetHelper
{   
    var $tag=array(    ‘m:from’,
                    ‘m:to’,
                    ‘m:subject’,
                    ‘m:body_text’,
                    ‘m:body_html’,
                    ‘m:attach’);
 
    /**
     * m:from (Mail From)
     * $attr[’mail’] Mail
     * $attr[’name’] Name (optional)
     */   
    function tag_m_from($attr,$inner_html)
    {
        $this->view->mail->from_name=@$attr[’name’];
        $this->view->mail->from_mail=@$attr[’mail’];
    }
 
    /**
     * m:to (Mail To)
     * $inner_html Destination address
     */   
    function tag_m_to($attr,$inner_html)
    {
        $this->view->mail->to[]=$this->_trim($inner_html);
    }
 
    /**
     * m:subject (Mail Subject)
     * $inner_html The subject
     */
    function tag_m_subject($attr,$inner_html)
    {
        $this->view->mail->subject=$this->_trim($inner_html);
    }
 
    /**
     * m:body_text  Body in plain text
     * $inner_html The body
     */
     function tag_m_body_text($attr,$inner_html)
     {
         $this->view->mail->body_text=$inner_html;
     }
 
 
    /**
     * m:body_html Body in html text
     * $inner_html The body
     */
     function tag_m_body_html($attr,$inner_html)
     {
         $this->view->mail->body_html=$inner_html;
     }
 
    /**
     * m:attach Adds an attachment
     * $attr[’path’] The path of the file
     * $attr[’name’] Overrides the attachment name
     * $attr[’type’] MIME type
     */
     function tag_m_attach($attr,$inner_html)
     {
         $path=$attr[’path’];
         $name=($attr[’name’])? $attr[’name’] : ‘’;
         $type=($attr[’type’])? $attr[’type’] : ‘application/octet-stream’;
 
         $this->view->mail->attachments[]=array(    ‘path’=>$path,
                                                 ‘name’=>$name,
                                                 ‘type’=>$type);
     }
 
     /**
      * Removes the spaces, tabs, newlines from
      * the beginning and ending of the string
      * @param string $string
      * @return string
      */     
     function _trim($string)
     {
         preg_match(’/^[\n\t\s]*(.*)[\n\t\s]*$/’,$string,$matches);
         return $matches[1];        
     }
 
}
?>