Error with email class in CI 3.1.8

Hey everybody.

I'm trying to use email class as usual.

I have loaded the email library in the autoload.php and made an email.php file in my config folder and in my controller trying to send() the email.

But I get Error "NOT" on the browser, rather in the log file. I don't have this problem with CI 3.1.5 by the way!
Does anyone have any idea?

config > email.php

PHP Code:

defined('BASEPATH') OR exit('No direct script access allowed');
$config['protocol']    = 'smtp';
$config['smtp_host']    = 'mail.mydomain.com';
$config['smtp_port']    = '26';
$config['smtp_timeout'] = '7';
$config['smtp_user']    = 'myusername';
$config['smtp_pass']    = 'mypassword';
$config['charset']    = 'utf-8';
$config['newline']    = "\r\n";
$config['mailtype'] = 'html';
$config['validation'] = TRUE; 


controller

PHP Code:

$message = $this->load->view('edm/verification', '', TRUE);
$this->email->from($this->config->item('from'), $this->config->item('appName'));
$this->email->to($email);
$this->email->subject('Welcome to '.$this->config->item('appName'));
$this->email->message($message);

if( ! $this->email->send()):
 $this->session->set_flasdata('error', $this->lang->line('unableSendingEmail'));
endif; 


log file

Code:

ERROR - 2018-04-04 01:49:43 --> Severity: Error --> Call to a member function from() on string /home1/xxx/public_html/myProject/application/controllers/User.php 129

@ardavan,
What is the value for $this->config->item('from') and $this->config->item('appName')?
What I mean to say is where (in your code) is the value for $this->config->item('from') and $this->config->item('appName') assigned?

Hey everybody.

I'm trying to use email class as usual.

I have loaded the email library in the autoload.php and made an email.php file in my config folder and in my controller trying to send() the email.

But I get Error "NOT" on the browser, rather in the log file. I don't have this problem with CI 3.1.5 by the way!
Does anyone have any idea?

config > email.php

PHP Code:

defined('BASEPATH') OR exit('No direct script access allowed');
$config['protocol']    = 'smtp';
$config['smtp_host']    = 'mail.mydomain.com';
$config['smtp_port']    = '26';
$config['smtp_timeout'] = '7';
$config['smtp_user']    = 'myusername';
$config['smtp_pass']    = 'mypassword';
$config['charset']    = 'utf-8';
$config['newline']    = "\r\n";
$config['mailtype'] = 'html';
$config['validation'] = TRUE; 


controller

PHP Code:

$message = $this->load->view('edm/verification', '', TRUE);
$this->email->from($this->config->item('from'), $this->config->item('appName'));
$this->email->to($email);
$this->email->subject('Welcome to '.$this->config->item('appName'));
$this->email->message($message);

if( ! $this->email->send()):
 $this->session->set_flasdata('error', $this->lang->line('unableSendingEmail'));
endif; 


log file

Code:

ERROR - 2018-04-04 01:49:43 --> Severity: Error --> Call to a member function from() on string /home1/xxx/public_html/myProject/application/controllers/User.php 129

$this->email is a string not an object.

Have you something like $this->email = "string" in the controller? or an attribute $email = "string" ?

@ardavan,
What is the value for $this->config->item('from') and $this->config->item('appName')?
What I mean to say is where (in your code) is the value for $this->config->item('from') and $this->config->item('appName') assigned?

the value of them is a string.

$this->email is a string not an object.

Have you something like $this->email = "string" in the controller? or an attribute $email = "string" ?

i am following this https://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/l...ding-email
as i said this works on my another project which is different version of CI (3.1.5) but in 3.1.8 doesnt work.

this is my project in CI 3.1.5 which the email works perfectly

PHP Code:

$from = $this->config->item('email_info');
$to = $this->session->flashdata('to');
$subject = $this->session->flashdata('subject') . ' | ' . $this->AppName;
$message = $this->session->flashdata('message');

$this->email->from($form['address'], $from['name']);
$this->email->to($to);
        
if($cc) $this->email->cc($cc);

$this->email->subject($subject);
$this->email->message($message);
$this->email->send(); 


$this->email is a string not an object.

Have you something like $this->email = "string" in the controller? or an attribute $email = "string" ?

i am following this https://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/l...ding-email
as i said this works on my another project which is different version of CI (3.1.5) but in 3.1.8 doesnt work.

this is my project in CI 3.1.5 which the email works perfectly

PHP Code:

$from = $this->config->item('email_info');
$to = $this->session->flashdata('to');
$subject = $this->session->flashdata('subject') . ' | ' . $this->AppName;
$message = $this->session->flashdata('message');

$this->email->from($form['address'], $from['name']);
$this->email->to($to);
 
if($cc) $this->email->cc($cc);

$this->email->subject($subject);
$this->email->message($message);
$this->email->send(); 


You override the attribute $email.

Search in the controller/my_controller

$this->email = "examplestring" and attribute $email = "examplestring"

i can't understand what's your mean by $this->email = "examplestring" and attribute $email = "examplestring"
can you please give me a sample code?

even im doing the same on another project with CI 3.1.5 and it works. idk why is not working in 3.1.8 !

i can't understand what's your mean by $this->email = "examplestring" and attribute $email = "examplestring"
can you please give me a sample code?

even im doing the same on another project with CI 3.1.5 and it works. idk why is not working in 3.1.8 !

Hi @ardavan

Can you please print out $this->config and post your response?

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CodeIgniter version 3.1.8 expects all parameters in the from methods to be strings.

I would assign your variables to string variables and then pass them into the email form.
or cast them to a string to see if that works (string) variable.

What did you Try? What did you Get? What did you Expect?

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i can't understand what's your mean by $this->email = "examplestring" and attribute $email = "examplestring"
can you please give me a sample code?

even im doing the same on another project with CI 3.1.5 and it works. idk why is not working in 3.1.8 !

Hi @ardavan

Can you please print out $this->config and post your response?

CodeIgniter version 3.1.8 expects all parameters in the from methods to be strings.

I would assign your variables to string variables and then pass them into the email form.
or cast them to a string to see if that works (string) variable.

This is what i got from it and im sure that my from parameter is a String:

Code:

object(CI_Config)#3 (3) {
  ["config"]=>
  &array(54) {
    ["base_url"]=>
    string(22) "http://xx.xx.com/"
    ["index_page"]=>
    string(0) ""
    ["uri_protocol"]=>
    string(11) "REQUEST_URI"
    ["url_suffix"]=>
    string(0) ""
    ["language"]=>
    string(7) "english"
    ["charset"]=>
    string(5) "UTF-8"
    ["enable_hooks"]=>
    bool(false)
    ["subclass_prefix"]=>
    string(0) ""
    ["composer_autoload"]=>
    bool(false)
    ["permitted_uri_chars"]=>
    string(14) "a-z 0-9~%.:_\-"
    ["enable_query_strings"]=>
    bool(false)
    ["controller_trigger"]=>
    string(1) "c"
    ["function_trigger"]=>
    string(1) "m"
    ["directory_trigger"]=>
    string(1) "d"
    ["allow_get_array"]=>
    bool(true)
    ["log_threshold"]=>
    int(4)
    ["log_path"]=>
    string(0) ""
    ["log_file_extension"]=>
    string(0) ""
    ["log_file_permissions"]=>
    int(420)
    ["log_date_format"]=>
    string(11) "Y-m-d H:i:s"
    ["error_views_path"]=>
    string(0) ""
    ["cache_path"]=>
    string(0) ""
    ["cache_query_string"]=>
    bool(false)
    ["encryption_key"]=>
    string(0) ""
    ["sess_driver"]=>
    string(5) "files"
    ["sess_cookie_name"]=>
    string(10) "ci_session"
    ["sess_expiration"]=>
    int(7200)
    ["sess_save_path"]=>
    NULL
    ["sess_match_ip"]=>
    bool(false)
    ["sess_time_to_update"]=>
    int(300)
    ["sess_regenerate_destroy"]=>
    bool(false)
    ["cookie_prefix"]=>
    string(0) ""
    ["cookie_domain"]=>
    string(0) ""
    ["cookie_path"]=>
    string(1) "/"
    ["cookie_secure"]=>
    bool(false)
    ["cookie_httponly"]=>
    bool(false)
    ["standardize_newlines"]=>
    bool(false)
    ["global_xss_filtering"]=>
    bool(true)
    ["csrf_protection"]=>
    bool(false)
    ["csrf_token_name"]=>
    string(14) "csrf_test_name"
    ["csrf_cookie_name"]=>
    string(16) "csrf_cookie_name"
    ["csrf_expire"]=>
    int(7200)
    ["csrf_regenerate"]=>
    bool(true)
    ["csrf_exclude_uris"]=>
    array(0) {
    }
    ["compress_output"]=>
    bool(false)
    ["time_reference"]=>
    string(5) "local"
    ["rewrite_short_tags"]=>
    bool(false)
    ["proxy_ips"]=>
    string(0) ""
    ["from"]=>
    string(16) "[email protected]" // but this is my actual domain
  }
  ["is_loaded"]=>
  array(1) {
    [0]=>
    string(72) "/home1/xx/public_html/um/application/config/application_config.php"
  }
  ["_config_paths"]=>
  array(1) {
    [0]=>
    string(43) "/home1/xx/public_html/um/application/"
  }
}