Sending Mails with Queues in Larvael - php

Question

First time using queue in laravel i have a simple contact form page that user submit information and i am trying to use queue to receive that information. I am pretty sure that my setup is incorrect because when i run the queue it saying processing. My question is how come my data isn't sending and what the correct way of sending the data in the array.
AskEmailController.php
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\Jobs\HelpEmailJob;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Carbon\Carbon;
class AskEmailController extends Controller
{
public function askemail()
{
return view('help.question');
}
public function store(Request $request)
{
HelpEmailJob::dispatch()
->delay(Carbon::now()->addSeconds(5));
}
}
HelpEmailJob
namespace App\Jobs;
use App\Mail\HelpEmailMailable;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail;
use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
use Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\Dispatchable;
class HelpEmailJob implements ShouldQueue
{
use Dispatchable, InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;
/**
* Create a new job instance.
*
* #return void
*/
public function __construct()
{
//
}
/**
* Execute the job.
*
* #return void
*/
public function handle()
{
Mail::to('mikeshasaco#gmail.com')->queue(new HelpEmailMailable());
}
}
HelpEmailMailiable
<?php
namespace App\Mail;
use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
use Illuminate\Mail\Mailable;
use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
class HelpEmailMailable extends Mailable
{
use Queueable, SerializesModels;
protected $data;
/**
* Create a new message instance.
*
* #return void
*/
public function __construct($data)
{
$this->$data = $data;
}
/**
* Build the message.
*
* #return $this
*/
public function build()
{
$data = array(
'sirname' => $this->data['sirname'],
'email' => $this->data['email'],
'bodymessage' => $this->data['bodymessage'],
);
return $this->view('help.contactinfo')
->with([
'data' =>$data,
]);
}
}

Answer 1

You can directly send the mail from your controller like this:
class AskEmailController extends Controller
{
public function store(Request $request)
{
Mail::to('mikeshasaco#gmail.com')->send(new HelpEmailMailable);
}
}
instead of using a job. And to make the email queue by default by implementing the ShouldQueue interface like this:
class HelpEmailMailable extends Mailable implements ShouldQueue
{
...
}
Make sure your queue is running when you test this and always restart it after you make a change in the code.