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, you can ditch the EmailComponent entirely and use the CakeEmail class instead.

App::uses('CakeEmail', 'Network/Email');

class NotificationShell extends Shell {
    public function send() {
        $email = new CakeEmail();
    }
}

That entirely avoids all the thorny issues of loading components inside a shell. For email at least.

Answer 2

The problem is the way you're initializing the EmailComponent class. If you look at the source code, the startup() method doesn't actually have a body so it does nothing. Your controller isn't actually assigned to the EmailComponent. The problem isn't $controller->set('results', ...);. You need to use EmailComponent::initialize() instead of EmailComponent::startup().

$controller =& new Controller();
$email =& new EmailComponent(null);
$email->initialize($controller);

Sources:

1. Comments section of http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/Jippi/2007/12/02/emailcomponent-in-a-cake-shell
2. EmailComponent::startup() Source

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

Try this.

App::import('Core', 'Controller');
App::import('Component', 'Email');
$this->Controller =& new Controller();
$this->Email =& new EmailComponent(null);
$this->Email->initialize($this->Controller);    

//use set function as below  
$this->controller->set('result', $results[$i]);

for more reference click on below link:

http://ask.cakephp.org/questions/view/cron_shell_-_mail