Steps to create a Contact Form in Symfony With SwiftMailer
In this article, we are going to discuss about How we can create a contact form in Symfony with SwiftMailer. Symfony provides an architecture, components and tools for developers to build complex web applications faster. Choosing symfony allows you to release your applications earlier, host and scale them without problem, and maintain them over time with no surprise.
Swift Mailer is a component based library for sending e-mails from PHP applications. Swift Mailer supports PHP 7.0 to PHP 8.1 included (proc_* functions must be available). Swift Mailer does not work when used with function overloading as implemented by mbstring when mbstring.func_overload is set to 2.
At the end of this article, we will be created a contact form in Symfony using Form Builder and connected with SwiftMailer bundle. So that, the visitor could receive acknowledgement that the messages has been successfully sent.
Step 1: Create Contact Entity with Doctrine
First of all we need to create and configure the database. Database related information and credentials are available in Application Access details panel. Add these to the app/config/parameters.ymlparameters: database_host: localhost database_port: <PORT> database_name: <DB_NAME> database_user: <DB_user_name> database_password: <DB_password>
Next, we need to create a contact entity with Doctrine. To use Doctrine, open SSH terminal and go to your Symfony project:
- cd application/{your_app_folder}/public_html
Now run the following command to start the entity generator:
- php bin/console doctrine:generate:entity
For the contact form I need four fields: name, email, subject, message. You can add more fields as per your requirements. The entity name will be Contact and the shortcut name will be AppBundle:Contact. Annotation will be Yaml, so just press the Enter key on this.
Now go to src/AppBundle/Entity. You will see a Contact.php file in which Doctrine has created a new method for every field. I will use these methods to set values in the Controller:
- <?php
- namespace AppBundle\Entity;
- use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM
- /**
- * Contact
- *
- * @ORM\Table(name="contact")
- * @ORM\Entity(repositoryClass="AppBundle\Repository\ContactRepository")
- */
- class Contact
- {
- /**
- * @var int
- *
- * @ORM\Column(name="id", type="integer")
- * @ORM\Id
- * @ORM\GeneratedValue(strategy="AUTO")
- */
- private $id;
- /**
- * @var string
- *
- * @ORM\Column(name="name", type="string", length=255)
- */
- private $name;
- /**
- * @var string
- *
- * @ORM\Column(name="email", type="string", length=255)
- */
- private $email;
- /**
- * @var string
- *
- * @ORM\Column(name="subject", type="string", length=255)
- */
- private $subject;
- /**
- * @var string
- *
- * @ORM\Column(name="message", type="string", length=255)
- */
- private $message;
- /**
- * Get id
- *
- * @return int
- */
- public function getId()
- {
- return $this->id;
- }
- /**
- * Set name
- *
- * @param string $name
- *
- * @return Contact
- */
- public function setName($name)
- {
- $this->name = $name;
- return $this;
- }
- /**
- * Get name
- *
- * @return string
- */
- public function getName()
- {
- return $this->name;
- }
- /**
- * Set email
- *
- * @param string $email
- *
- * @return Contact
- */
- public function setEmail($email)
- {
- $this->email = $email;
- return $this;
- }
- /**
- * Get email
- *
- * @return string
- */
- public function getEmail()
- {
- return $this->email;
- }
- /**
- * Set subject
- *
- * @param string $subject
- *
- * @return Contact
- */
- public function setSubject($subject)
- {
- $this->subject = $subject;
- return $this;
- }
- /**
- * Get subject
- *
- * @return string
- */
- public function getSubject()
- {
- return $this->subject;
- }
- /**
- * Set message
- *
- * @param string $message
- *
- * @return Contact
- */
- public function setMessage($message)
- {
- $this->message = $message;
- return $this;
- }
- /**
- * Get message
- *
- * @return string
- */
- public function getMessage()
- {
- return $this->message;
- }
- }
Next, we will work on the Controller and the form View.
Step 2: Create the Form in DefaultController.php
The next step is to create a form in the controller. You can also create a form in the Twig view. However, in this article, I will initialize the form fields using the Symfony’s form builder, and then show the form Widget in the View.
Open DefaultController.php and add the following namesapaces and the entity (created earlier):- namespace AppBundle\Controller;
- use Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\Configuration\Route;
- use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\Controller;
- use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
- use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
- use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\TextType;
- use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\TextareaType;
- use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\DateTimeType;
- use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\ChoiceType;
- use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\SubmitType;
- use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Flash\FlashBag;
- use AppBundle\Entity\Contact;
Now in the createAction() method, create an entity object and pass it to the form builder. The form contains the input fields (as discussed earlier).
- class DefaultController extends Controller
- {
- /**
- * @Route("/form", name="homepage")
- */
- public function createAction(Request $request)
- {
- $contact = new Contact;
- # Add form fields
- $form = $this->createFormBuilder($contact)
- ->add('name', TextType::class, array('label'=> 'name', 'attr' => array('class' => 'form-control', 'style' => 'margin-bottom:15px')))
- ->add('email', TextType::class, array('label'=> 'email','attr' => array('class' => 'form-control', 'style' => 'margin-bottom:15px')))
- ->add('subject', TextType::class, array('label'=> 'subject','attr' => array('class' => 'form-control', 'style' => 'margin-bottom:15px')))
- ->add('message', TextareaType::class, array('label'=> 'message','attr' => array('class' => 'form-control')))
- ->add('Save', SubmitType::class, array('label'=> 'submit', 'attr' => array('class' => 'btn btn-primary', 'style' => 'margin-top:15px')))
- ->getForm();
- # Handle form response
- $form->handleRequest($request);
Step 3: Create View for the Contact Form
To view this form on the Twig template, create a file form.html.twig in app/Resources/views/default and add the form widget to it.
- {% block body %}
- <div class="container">
- <div class="row">
- <div class="col-sm-4">
- <h2 class=page-header>Contact Form in Symfony</h2>
- {{form_start(form)}}
- {{form_widget(form)}}
- {{form_end(form)}}
- </div>
- </div>
- </div>
- {% endblock %}
I have added bootstrap classes to the code. I will now add the bootstrap CDN to base template to make the classes work.
Open the base.html.twig from app/Resources/views and add the CDN links to it.
- <!DOCTYPE html>
- <html>
- <head>
- <meta charset="UTF-8" />
- <title>{% block title %}Welcome!{% endblock %}</title>
- {% block stylesheets %}{% endblock %}
- <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="{{ asset('favicon.ico') }}" />
- <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
- <link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
- </head>
- <body>
- <div class="alert alert-success">
- {% set flashbag_notices = app.session.flashbag.get('notice') %}
- {% if flashbag_notices is not empty %}
- <div class="flash-notice">
- {% for notice in flashbag_notices %}
- {{notice}}
- {% endfor %}
- </div>
- {% endif %}
- {% block body %}{% endblock %}
- </div>
- {% block javascripts %}{% endblock %}
- </body>
- </html>
Now I need to extend form.html.twig with base.html.twig by simply adding the following line at the top.
- {% extends 'base.html.twig' %}
At this point, if you hit the /form Route, you will get the following Form:
Step 4: Save Values in the Database
Next, we will save the values in database. We have already created the form in the DefaultController class. First, we will save the values in variables and then pass these variables to the related methods in the entity. Finally, we will save the variables through the persist() method.
- # check if form is submitted
- if($form->isSubmitted() && $form->isValid()){
- $name = $form['name']->getData();
- $email = $form['email']->getData();
- $subject = $form['subject']->getData();
- $message = $form['message']->getData();
- # set form data
- $contact->setName($name);
- $contact->setEmail($email);
- $contact->setSubject($subject);
- $contact->setMessage($message);
- # finally add data in database
- $sn = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
- $sn -> persist($contact);
- $sn -> flush();
Now, when the form is submitted, the values will be available in the database.
Step 5: Send Acknowledgement to the User
It is important to tell the user that their message has been successfully delivered to the website. Many websites send an email that provides all user-submitted data in a proper format.
For this purpose, I will use SwiftMailer, a bundle that comes preinstalled in Symfony 3. To use it, you just need to configure it. To do the necessary changes, open app/config/parameters.yml under parameters
- mailer_transport: gmail
- mailer_host: smtp.gmail.com
- mailer_user: <SMTP_USERNAME>
- mailer_password: <SMTP_PASSWORD>
- secret: Itmaybeanything
- encryption: tls
Now in the config.yml, add the following code to get the values:
- # Swiftmailer Configuration
- swiftmailer:
- transport: "%mailer_transport%"
- host: "%mailer_host%"
- username: "%mailer_user%"
- password: "%mailer_password%"
- spool: { type: memory }
The configuration process is over. Now, open DefaultController.php and add the code for SwiftMailer. I will use the same data variables in this code:
- $message = \Swift_Message::newInstance()
- ->setSubject($subject)
- ->setFrom('shahroznawaz156@gmail.com')
- ->setTo($email)
- ->setBody($this->renderView('default/sendemail.html.twig',array('name' => $name)),'text/html');
- $this->get('mailer')->send($message);
Notice that you can also send email templates. In this code snippet, I sent the email template I created (sendemail.html.twig) in the views/default. This template has a simple test message.
- {# app/Resources/views/Emails/sendemail.html.twig #}
- <h3>You did it</h3>
- Hi {{ name }}! Your Message is successfully Submitted.
- We will get back to you soon!
- Thanks!
Now, when you submit the form, you will get an acknowledgment email in your inbox.
If you have a query or would like to contribute to the discussion, do leave a comment.
How to implement Functional Test in Symfony 4 with Kahlan 4
In this tutorial, we are going to discuss about how to implement the functional testing in Symfony 4 with Kahlan 4. In IT world, whenever we are creating an application/website, we need to test the application/website thouroghly. To perform the functional testing we have a bundle in Symfony 4.
The simplest way is define Symfony 4 skeleton bootstrap in kahlan config, and use its property at specs, for example, we configure config at kahlan-config.php as follows:
suite()->root();
$root->beforeAll(function () {
$this->request = Request::createFromGlobals();
$this->kernel = new Kernel('test', false);
});
return $next();
});
Above settings are minimal, if you need more setup, you can define there. If you didn’t require kahlan/kahlan:^4.0, you can require via composer:
$ composer require --dev kahlan/kahlan:^4.0
Give a try
Let’s try testing a famous /lucky/number from LuckyController. We have the following controller:
render('lucky/number.html.twig', [
'number' => $number,
]);
}
}
And our twig file is:
{# templates/lucky/number.html.twig #}
<h1>Your lucky number is {{ number }}</h1>
We can place test under spec directory at root directory, for its test, we can create a spec/Controller directory:
kahlan.config.php
spec
Controller
Now, we can create the test as follows with make request to the ‘/lucky/number’ page and get its response. We can use toMatchEcho matcher provided with regex to get match random number of mt_rand(0, 100) that printed inside a response html content:
request->create('/lucky/number', 'GET');
$response = $this->kernel->handle($request);
expect(function () use ($response) {
$response->send();
})->toMatchEcho(
"#Your lucky number is ([0-9]|[1-8][0-9]|9[0-9]|100)#"
);
});
});
});
Time to run it with command:
$ vendor/bin/kahlan
By running the above commmand, you will get an Output.
Display personalised content in Drupal - Smart Content Paragraphs
In this tutorial we are going to discuss about, how to display the personalised content (Paragraphs) for each person (both anonymous and authenticated users) in Drupal.
Dependent Modules
- Paragraphs (https://www.drupal.org/project/paragraphs)
- Smart Content (https://www.drupal.org/project/smart_content)
- Smart Content Segments (https://www.drupal.org/project/smart_content_segments)
Create custom theme in Drupal 8
To create a new template, we have to follow the following steps.
- Create YAML (.yml) file
- Edit YAML (.yml) file
- Remove stylesheets
- Clear the cache
- Optimize the Website
- Add CSS
- Add Javascript
Step 1: Create YAML (.yml) file
- Create a folder with the theme name which we are going to create like (first_theme) inside the <root>/theme folder.
- Create a new file inside the folder with the name first_theme.info.yml.
Step 2: Edit YAML file
Step 3: Remove Stylesheets (Optional)
Step 4: Clear the Cache
Step 5: Optimize the Website
Step 6: Add CSS
Step 7: Add JavaScript Reference
XML Views in CakePHP
Step 1:
Open the file "app\Config\routes.php" and added the following line:
/**
* Parse XML Routes
*/
Router::parseExtensions('xml');
This enables your Controller actions to start accepting the .xml postfix e.g. http://cakephp_app/controller/action.xml
Step 2:
Enable the RequestHandler component in your Controller like this:
public $components = array('RequestHandler');
Step 3:
Once that's done, you have a few more methods at your disposal to start dealing with XML requests. First create a beforeFilter method in your Controller and add the following:
public function beforeFilter() {
parent::beforeFilter();
// Set XML
if ($this->RequestHandler->isXml()) {
$this->RequestHandler->setContent('xml');
}
}
Step 4:
Once that's done, create the action that you want to use and be sure to add in the respondAs & renderAs methods as the official documentation is a bit flakey with their use:
public function related() {
// Only allow XML requests
if (!$this->RequestHandler->isXml()) {
throw new MethodNotAllowedException();
}
// Set response as XML
$this->RequestHandler->respondAs('xml');
$this->RequestHandler->renderAs($this, 'xml');
}
Step 5:
Using those 2 methods as I was then able to create an xml folder in the corresponding View folder and inside that create my view file e.g. app\View\Uploads\xml\related.ctp
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<people>
<person>
<name>James</name>
</person>
</people>
Now if you visited the page in your browser you should see your XML output as per your View e.g. http://cakephp_app/uploads/related.xml
Wrapping Up
Further to this if you wanted to pass in some parameters to make the Controller action dynamic you can do by using the following e.g. http://cakephp_app/uploads/related/videos/1.xml
The "videos" parameter and the "1" ID will be available in the Controller like this:
// Get passed params
$uploadType = $this->request->params['pass'][0];
$uploadId = $this->request->params['pass'][1];
Automatically Create a Bit.ly URL for WordPress Posts
In order to make use of Bit.ly's API, you'll need to:
Now that you have a login and API key, open your WordPress theme's functions.php (just create one if you don't have one) and paste the following code at the top of the document:
//create bit.ly url
function bitly()
{
//login information
$url = get_permalink(); //generates wordpress' permalink
$login = 'imjp'; //your bit.ly login
$apikey = 'R_11882237eac772b5d6126e895a06c43f'; //bit.ly apikey
$format = 'json'; //choose between json or xml
$version = '2.0.1';
//create the URL
$bitly = 'http://api.bit.ly/shorten?version='.$version.'&longUrl='.urlencode($url).'&login='.$login.'&apiKey='.$apikey.'&format='.$format;
//get the url
//could also use cURL here
$response = file_get_contents($bitly);
//parse depending on desired format
if(strtolower($format) == 'json')
{
$json = @json_decode($response,true);
echo $json['results'][$url]['shortUrl'];
}
else //xml
{
$xml = simplexml_load_string($response);
echo 'http://bit.ly/'.$xml->results->nodeKeyVal->hash;
}
}
The code above is pretty much self explanatory.
Don't forget to change the login and apikey strings to match yours.
I hope you guys found this article useful.
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Create Helloworld module in Magento
Step 1: Module Declaration
Note : PCF (PHPCmsFramework)
Create app/etc/modules/PCF_HelloWorld.xml and write below code
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
<modules>
<PCF_HelloWorld>
<active>true</active>
<codePool>local</codePool>
</PCF_HelloWorld>
</modules>
</config>
Step 2: Module Configuration
2.1) Create a controller class app/code/local/PCF/HelloWorld/controllers/IndexController.php
class PCF_HelloWorld_IndexController extends Mage_Core_Controller_Front_Action
{
public function indexAction()
{
$this->loadLayout(array('default'));
$this->renderLayout();
}
}
2.2) Create a Block class app/code/local/PCF/HelloWorld/Block/HelloWorld.php
class PCF_HelloWorld_Block_HelloWorld extends Mage_Core_Block_Template
{
// necessary methods
}
2.3) create configuration xml in app/code/local/PCF/HelloWorld/etc/config.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
<global>
<modules>
<PCF_helloworld>
<version>0.1.0</version>
</PCF_helloworld>
</modules>
<blocks>
<helloworld>
<rewrite>
<helloworld>PCF_HelloWorld_Block_HelloWorld</helloworld>
</rewrite>
</helloworld>
</blocks>
</global>
<frontend>
<routers>
<helloworld>
<use>standard</use>
<args>
<module>PCF_HelloWorld</module>
<frontName>helloworld</frontName>
</args>
</helloworld>
</routers>
<layout>
<updates>
<helloworld>
<file>helloworld.xml</file>
</helloworld>
</updates>
</layout>
</frontend>
</config>
Define Frontend Template :
1. Define page layout in app/design/frontend/PCF/default/layout/helloworld.xml
N.B: Use default instead of PCF as template location if you use default design packages. Means create file in app/design/frontend/default/default/layout/helloworld.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<layout version="0.1.0">
<helloworld_index_index>
<reference name="root">
<action method="setTemplate"><template>page/1column.phtml</template></action>
</reference>
<reference name="content">
<block type="helloworld/helloworld" name="hello" template="helloworld/helloworld.phtml"/>
</reference>
</helloworld_index_index>
</layout>
2. Create template file app/design/frontend/PCF/default/template/helloworld/helloworld.phtml and write down
N.B: Use default instead of PCF as template location if you use default design packages. Means create file in app/design/frontend/default/default/template/helloworld/helloworld.phtml
Hello World ! I am a Magento Guy..
Hey, new module is ready to run and hit browser with url
http://127.0.0.1/projectname/index.php/helloworld/
and see result.
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