Laravel mail cannot send from field - php

Question

Im trying to send mail from laravel and when i add the dynamic from field i get this error:
"Expected response code 250 but got code "501", with message "501 A syntax error was encountered in command argument.."
this is the code:
$user = Input::get('user');
Mail::send('template.contact', $user , function($message) use ($user)
{
$email = $user['email'];
$message->from($email , 'name'); thats doesnt
//$message->from('us#example.com', 'Laravel'); that work
$message->to('test#gmail.com', 'contact us' )->subject($user['subject']);
});
and the user is coming from angular -
service:
this.sendConatctMail = function(data) {
return $http.post('send-contact-mail', {user: data});
}
and controller:
contactService.sendConatctMail($scope.user);

Answer 1

Here's one way you can solve this.
Let's assume the data on this.sendConatctMail = function(data) { is a object like this:
var data {
email: 'some#email.com',
// other field: values
}
Right before you post it, you should convert it into JSON string like this:
return $http.post('send-contact-mail', {user: JSON.stringify(data)});
Then on Laravel/PHP side, decode that back into an array and use it like this:
if (Input::has('user'))
{
// Decode json string
$user = #json_decode(Input::get('user'), true);
// Proceed if json decoding was success
if ($user)
{
// send email
Mail::send('template.contact', $user , function($message) use (&$user)
{
$message->from($user['email'], 'name')
->to('test#gmail.com', 'contact us')
->subject($user['subject']);
});
}
}

Answer 2

I don't know if this will help you, but whenever I send emails through Laravel, I need to alter the use(...) section a bit. You have:
$user = Input::get('user');
Mail::send('template.contact', $user , function($message) use ($user)
...
Try changing it to this and see what happens:
$user = Input::get('user');
Mail::send('template.contact', array('user' => $user), function($message) use (&$user) {
$message->from($user['email'], $user['name']);
$message->to('test#gmail.com', 'contact us')->subject($user['subject']);
}
2 changes I made:
array('user' => $user)
and
use(&$user)
I don't know if that will help you, but I have working emails on my application that look almost identical to yours, except for the &$variable instead of just $variable
Good luck!

Answer 3

The problem is with your $email = $user['email'];
try checking your $user['email']
if $message->from('us#example.com', 'Laravel'); this works
then
$email = $user['email'];
$message->from($email , 'name');
this must work...
I have tried the same without much trouble...
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