How do I send mass mail in cakephp without using sendgrid - php

Question

This is my html template
Dear ##name##(##email##),
Thank you for contacting us.
I want to replace ##name## and ##email## with the receiver's name and email of the person who gets it which will be provided in the array. How do I do it?
This is what I've got so far
$to_email = array('a#example.com', 'b#example.com', 'c#example.com');
$to_name = array('apple', 'ball', 'cat');
$Email = new CakeEmail();
$Email->from($from);
$Email->to($to_email );
$Email->subject($subject);
$Email->emailFormat('html');
$Email->viewVars(array('data' => $body));
$Email->template('bulk');
$Email->send();

Answer 1

You should start with creating template for your email, which will be including your current content (I use name example_template.ctp in my samples below):
Dear <?php echo $name; ?> <?php echo $email; ?>,
Thank you for contacting us.
Then you have to modify way of setting up your viewVars() and template():
$Email->viewVars(array('email' => $email, 'name' => $name));
$Email->template('example_template');
There is also required to change way of sending emails to loop over emails instead of sending all recipients in one field. So combine your input arrays into one, e.g.:
$emails = array(
'a#example.com' => 'apple',
'b#example.com' => 'ball',
'c#example.com' => 'cat'
);
Then just foreach over your array and send mails:
$Email = new CakeEmail();
foreach ($emails as $email => $name) {
$Email->from($from);
$Email->to($email);
$Email->subject($subject);
$Email->emailFormat('html');
$Email->viewVars(array('email' => $email, 'name' => $name));
$Email->template('example_template');
$Email->send();
$Email->reset(); // for cleaning up CakeEmail object
}