CakePHP Paypal IPN Plugin email not working - php

Question

I'm using this plugin in a CakePHP Application. Everything seems to work except sending emails.
I have the following code in AppController.php
function afterPaypalNotification($txnId)
{
//Here is where you can implement code to apply the transaction to your app.
//for example, you could now mark an order as paid, a subscription, or give the user premium access.
//retrieve the transaction using the txnId passed and apply whatever logic your site needs.
$transaction = ClassRegistry::init('PaypalIpn.InstantPaymentNotification')->findById($txnId);
$this->log($transaction['InstantPaymentNotification']['id'], 'paypal');
//Tip: be sure to check the payment_status is complete because failure
// are also saved to your database for review.
if ($transaction['InstantPaymentNotification']['payment_status'] == 'Completed')
{
//Yay! We have monies!
ClassRegistry::init('PaypalIpn.InstantPaymentNotification')->email(array(
'id' => $txnId,
'subject' => 'Thanks!',
'message' => 'Thank you for the transaction!'
));
}
else
{
//Oh no, better look at this transaction to determine what to do; like email a decline letter.
ClassRegistry::init('PaypalIpn.InstantPaymentNotification')->email(array(
'id' => $txnId,
'subject' => 'Failed!',
'message' => 'Please review your transaction'
));
}
}
But the data returned from Paypal is saved in the instant_payment_notifications table but for some reason the emails are not sent. Has anybody tried this plugin before and did the email fonctionality work?
Do I need to enable email.php in app/Config for the emails to work? I read somewhere on Cake's website that I don't need that file for emails to work, so I guess that's not where the problem is.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks.

Answer 1

In CakePhp 2.5 you should use CakeEmail
Create the file /app/Config/email.php with the class EmailConfig. The /app/Config/email.php.default has an example of this file.
Add following line in /app/Controller/AppController.php before class declaration
App::uses('CakeEmail', 'Network/Email');
In afterPaypalNotification function replace
ClassRegistry::init('PaypalIpn.InstantPaymentNotification')->email(array(
'id' => $txnId,
'subject' => 'Thanks!',
'message' => 'Thank you for the transaction!'
));
with (fast e-mail, no style)
CakeEmail::deliver('customer#example.com', 'Thanks!', 'Thank you for the transaction!', array('from' => 'you#example.com'));
or
$Email = new CakeEmail();
$Email->template('email_template', 'email_layout')
->emailFormat('html')
->to('customer#example.com')
->from('you#domain.com')
->viewVars(array('id' => $txnId))
->send();
Email template goes to /app/View/Emails/html/email_template.ctp
Email layouts goes to /app/View/Layouts/Emails/html/email_layout.ctp