Change email view path for password reset on Laravel - php

Question

Using Laravel 5, I need 2 different views for password reset email. The default path to the email view is emails.password. But upon some conditions, I want to send emails.password_alternative.
How can I do this? (with PasswordBroker from Laravel)
This is my current code:
public function __construct(Guard $auth, PasswordBroker $passwords)
{
$this->auth = $auth;
$this->passwords = $passwords;
}
public function sendReset(PasswordResetRequest $request)
{
//HERE : If something, use another email view instead of the default one from the config file
$response = $this->passwords->sendResetLink($request->only('email'), function($m)
{
$m->subject($this->getEmailSubject());
});
}

Answer 1

For anyone interested in Laravel 5.2 you can set a custom html and text email view for password reset by adding
config(['auth.passwords.users.email' => ['auth.emails.password.html', 'auth.emails.password.text']]);
to the PasswordController.php in the constructor before the middleware call.
This overrides the app/config/auth.php setup for the PasswordBroker.
Blade Template for the password reset email is then located at:
yourprojectname/resources/views/auth/emails/password/html.blade.php
yourprojectname/resources/views/auth/emails/password/text.blade.php
Took me long enough.
Credits:
http://ericlbarnes.com/2015/10/14/how-to-send-both-html-and-plain-text-password-reset-emails-in-laravel-5-1/
http://academe.co.uk/2014/01/laravel-multipart-registration-and-reminder-emails/

Answer 2

Using PasswordBroker and based on the Illuminate/Auth/Passwords/PasswordBroker.php class, the $emailView is a protected variable, so you can't change the value once the class is instantiated.
However, you have a couple of solutions:
You can create your own class that extends PasswordBroker and use that.
class MyPasswordBroker extends PasswordBroker {
public function setEmailView($view) {
$this->emailView = $view;
}
}
// (...)
public function __construct(Guard $auth, MyPasswordBroker $passwords)
{
$this->auth = $auth;
$this->passwords = $passwords;
}
public function sendReset(PasswordResetRequest $request)
{
if ($someConditionHere) {
$this->passwords->setEmailView('emails.password_alternative');
}
$response = $this->passwords->sendResetLink($request->only('email'), function($m)
{
$m->subject($this->getEmailSubject());
});
}
You could create the PasswordBroker within your method, without using Dependency Injection.
public function sendReset(PasswordResetRequest $request)
{
$emailView = 'emails.password';
if ($someConditionHere) {
$emailView = 'emails.password_alternative';
}
$passwords = new PasswordBroker(
App::make('TokenRepositoryInterface'),
App::make('UserProvider'),
App::make('MailerContract'),
$emailView
);
$response = $passwords->sendResetLink($request->only('email'), function($m)
{
$m->subject($this->getEmailSubject());
});
}
This is an uglier solution and if you have automated tests this will be a pain to work with.
Disclaimer: I've not tested any of this code.