Laravel send email on form submit - php

Question

So I have a simple form and I want whenever a user submits the form it to email me, not sure what the problem is as whenever I submit the form I'm getting a 500 error and I'm not sure why.
Here is the form:
<div class="contact" id="contact">
<form action="{{url('/contact')}}" method="post">
{{ csrf_field() }}
<input type="text" class="fname" name="firstname" placeholder="First Name">
<input type="text" class="lname" name="lastname" placeholder="Last Name">
<input type="text" class="address" name="address" placeholder="Address">
<input type="text" class="email" name="email" placeholder="Email">
<textarea id="subject" name="message" placeholder="Message" style="height:200px"></textarea>
<label class="checkbox-label">
<input type="checkbox" class="yard" name="yard"> I Want a Yard Sign
</label>
<br>
<label class="checkbox-label">
<input type="checkbox" class="host" name="host"> Host a Meet and Greet
</label>
<br>
<input type="submit" value="Get More Information">
<br>
</form>
</div>
And in my web routes file I have my two routes setup
Route::get('/contact', function () {
return view('contact');
});
Route::post('/contact', function (Request $request) {
Mail::send(new ContactMail($request));
return redirect('/');
});
I created my Mail file
<?php
namespace App\Mail;
use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
use Illuminate\Mail\Mailable;
use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
class ContactMail extends Mailable
{
use Queueable, SerializesModels;
public $email;
/**
* Create a new message instance.
*
* #return void
*/
public function __construct()
{
$this->email = $request;
}
/**
* Build the message.
*
* #return $this
*/
public function build()
{
return $this->subject('New Contact Mail')
->from($this->email->email, $this->email->firstname)
->to('test#gmail.com')
->view('email.contactmail');
}
}
And then my simple blade file
{{ $email->content }}
Whenever I submit the form or try and call the route I get a 500 error and I'm not sure why.

Answer 1

I think you forgot to insert Request $request as a parameter on the class constructor and import the Request class.
<?php
namespace App\Mail;
use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
use Illuminate\Mail\Mailable;
use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
class ContactMail extends Mailable
{
use Queueable, SerializesModels;
public $email;
/**
* Create a new message instance.
*
* #return void
*/
public function __construct(Request $request)
{
$this->email = $request;
}
/**
* Build the message.
*
* #return $this
*/
public function build()
{
return $this->subject('New Contact Mail')
->from($this->email->email, $this->email->firstname)
->to('test#gmail.com')
->view('email.contactmail');
}
}
Also, as per your description, you may not have debug on. Change it at .env file:
APP_DEBUG=TRUE