CakePHP using Email component from Shell cronjob

Question

I\'m trying to send an email from a CakePHP shell just as you would from the Controller.

Most of the code below was adapted from this dated article on the Bakery an

Answer 1

If you're using CakePHP 2.x, try to use CakeEmail instead.

CakeEmail#viewVars() provides setting variables to template.

Here is example using CakeEmail from Shell. https://gist.github.com/tsmsogn/cee9cef2e851e7684021