mail() sends the email, which can * be reused if the exact same composed email is to be sent to multiple * recipients. * * Finding out what language to send the email with needs some consideration. * If you send email to a user, her preferred language should be fine, so use * \Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface::getPreferredAdminLangcode(). If you * send email based on form values filled on the page, there are two * additional choices if you are not sending the email to a user on the site. * You can either use the language used to generate the page or the site * default language. See * Drupal\Core\Language\LanguageManagerInterface::getDefaultLanguage(). The * former is good if sending email to the person filling the form, the later * is good if you send email to an address previously set up (like contact * addresses in a contact form). * * Taking care of always using the proper language is even more important when * sending emails in a row to multiple users. Hook_mail() abstracts whether * the mail text comes from an administrator setting or is static in the * source code. It should also deal with common mail tokens, only receiving * $params which are unique to the actual email at hand. * * An example: * * @code * function example_notify($accounts) { * foreach ($accounts as $account) { * $params['account'] = $account; * // example_mail() will be called based on the first * // MailManagerInterface->mail() parameter. * \Drupal::service('plugin.manager.mail')->mail('example', 'notice', $account->mail, $langcode, $params); * } * } * * function example_mail($key, &$message, $params) { * $data['user'] = $params['account']; * $options['langcode'] = $message['langcode']; * user_mail_tokens($variables, $data, $options); * switch($key) { * case 'notice': * // If the recipient can receive such notices by instant-message, do * // not send by email. * if (example_im_send($key, $message, $params)) { * $message['send'] = FALSE; * break; * } * $message['subject'] = t('Notification from @site', $variables, $options); * $message['body'][] = t("Dear @username\n\nThere is new content available on the site.", $variables, $options); * break; * } * } * @endcode * * Another example, which uses MailManagerInterface->mail() to format a * message for sending later: * * @code * $params = array('current_conditions' => $data); * $to = 'user@example.com'; * $message = \Drupal::service('plugin.manager.mail')->mail('example', 'notice', $to, $langcode, $params, FALSE); * // Only add to the spool if sending was not canceled. * if ($message['send']) { * example_spool_message($message); * } * @endcode * * @param string $module * A module name to invoke hook_mail() on. The {$module}_mail() hook will be * called to complete the $message structure which will already contain * common defaults. * @param string $key * A key to identify the email sent. The final message ID for email altering * will be {$module}_{$key}. * @param string $to * The email address or addresses where the message will be sent to. The * formatting of this string will be validated with the * @link http://php.net/manual/filter.filters.validate.php PHP email validation filter. @endlink * Some examples are: * - user@example.com * - user@example.com, anotheruser@example.com * - User * - User , Another User * @param string $langcode * Language code to use to compose the email. * @param array $params * (optional) Parameters to build the email. * @param string|null $reply * Optional email address to be used to answer. * @param bool $send * If TRUE, call an implementation of * \Drupal\Core\Mail\MailInterface->mail() to deliver the message, and * store the result in $message['result']. Modules implementing * hook_mail_alter() may cancel sending by setting $message['send'] to * FALSE. * * @return array * The $message array structure containing all details of the message. If * already sent ($send = TRUE), then the 'result' element will contain the * success indicator of the email, failure being already written to the * watchdog. (Success means nothing more than the message being accepted at * php-level, which still doesn't guarantee it to be delivered.) */ public function mail($module, $key, $to, $langcode, $params = [], $reply = NULL, $send = TRUE); }