Send Email with Mailtrap in Laravel: A Step-by-Step Guide

ArjunAmrutiya
3 min readSep 17, 2023

Introduction:
Email communication is an integral part of many web applications. Laravel, a popular PHP web application framework, makes it easy to send emails. In this step-by-step guide, we’ll explore how to send emails using Mailtrap, a powerful tool for email testing, with Laravel. Mailtrap allows you to test your email functionality in a safe environment without sending emails to real recipients.

Prerequisites:
Before we get started, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

Laravel Installed:
You should have Laravel installed on your development machine. If not, you can follow the official Laravel installation guide at https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/installation.

Mailtrap Account:
Create a free Mailtrap account if you don’t have one already. You can sign up at https://mailtrap.io/.

Access to Your Laravel Project:
Open your Laravel project in your preferred code editor or IDE.

Now, let’s dive into the step-by-step process of sending emails using Mailtrap in Laravel.

Step 1: Set Up Mailtrap Credentials

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ArjunAmrutiya
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