Appropriate place to put email sending methods

Yii 2.0 General Discussions
1

Hey forum,

So I have to make available sending 3 types of emails:

  1. With activation link after registration.

  2. Forgotten password.

  3. Notifications.

My question is where is the appropriate place to put those functions?

I’m thinking about to make them as 3 different methods. Is this the best way of doing it? If it is not, how must I proceed?

Also, where I can find and see good programming practices when I have such questions as the one above?

2

what I usually do if a have only few then model is where I usually put them, in case I have several then I create a directory called mailers each email gets a dedicated class for example you might have WelcomeMailer, or VerificationMailer.




<?php

namespace app\mailers;


class WelcomeMailer {

  public function send()

  {

  }

}


// some controller or model

$welcomeMailer = new app\mailers\WelcomeMailer;

$welcomeMailer->send();
3

Thanks for the answer, but why every mail type gets its own class? What’s your reason behind this?

4

You can look at the code for the advanced template, which has the first two of your requirements.

5

I put each mailer in a separate class because IMO it is more flexible approach, if my mailers get complicated i can break it down to several methods and test them, at the same time keep the logic in one place.