Mail::send() not working in Laravel 5 - php

Question

I am continuously getting this error 'Class 'App\Http\Controllers\Mail' not found' error in my UserController.php
public function store(CreateUserRequest $request)
{
$result = DB::table('clients')->select('client_code','name','email')
->where('client_code','=',$request->code)
->where('email','=',$request->email)
->first();
if($result){
$tmp_pass = str_random(10);
$user = User::create([
'username' => $result->name,
'email' => $request->email,
'password' => $tmp_pass,
'tmp_pass' => '',
'active' => 0,
'client_code' => $request->code
]);
if($user){
Mail::send('emails.verify',array('username' => $result->name, 'tmp_pass' => $tmp_pass), function($message) use ($user){
$message->to($user->email, $user->username)
->subject('Verify your Account');
});
return Redirect::to('/')
->with('message', 'Thanks for signing up! Please check your email.');
}
else{
return Redirect::to('/')
->with('message', 'Something went wrong');
}
}
else{
Session::flash('message', "Invalid code or email.");
return redirect('/');
}
}
Mail function used to work in Laravel 4 but I am getting errors in Laravel 5. Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Mail is an alias inside the global namespace. When you want to reference it from inside a namespace (like App\Http\Controllers in your case) you have to either:
Prepend a backslash:
\Mail::send(...)
Or add a use statement before your class declaration:
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Mail; // <<<<
class MyController extends Controller {
The same goes for the other facades you use. Like Session and Redirect.

Answer 2

Another way is to use Mail facade
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail;
In your controller

Answer 3

In Laravel 5.8 I solved it by also adding this in the controller :
THIS:
use App\Mail\<<THE_NAME_OF_YOUR_MAIL_CLASS>>;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail;
INSTEAD OF:
use Mail;

Answer 4

setup your app/config/mail.php
return array(
'driver' => 'smtp',
'host' => 'smtp.gmail.com',
'port' => 465,
'from' => array('address' => 'your#gmail.com', 'name' => 'Welcome'),
'encryption' => 'ssl',
'username' => 'your#gmail.com',
'password' => 'passowrd',
'sendmail' => '/usr/sbin/sendmail -bs',
'pretend' => false,
);
than setup in controller:
use Mail;
\Mail::send('tickets.emails.tickets',array('ticketsCurrentNewId'=>
$ticketsCurrentNewId->id,'ticketsCurrentSubjectId'=>$ticketsCurrentNewId->subject,'ticketsCurrentLocationsObj'=>$ticketsCurrentLocationsObjname), function($message)
{
//$message->from('your#gmail.com');
$message->to('your#gmail.com', 'Amaresh')->subject(`Welcome!`);
});
after this setup mail are send emails if any permission error have showing then click this url and checked this radio button
https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps
after configuration it is working fine in #laravel,#symfony and any php framework
thank you