Joomla email template

[micker]

it will be cool to use and add flexicontent to joomla email templating (j4)
it will be more flexible and powerfull (we can have for free and more tag remplacement for flexipro plugin)
=> akeeba engage have done it !

[micker]

a commit about this
joomla/joomla-cms#37860

[micker]

some reference
`In my install script I have:

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use \Joomla\CMS\Mail\MailTemplate;

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/**

• Create a new Mail Template
  */
  public function addMailTemplate($template_id, $tags)
  {
  $result = MailTemplate::createTemplate(
  'com_'.$this->compName.'.'.$template_id,
  'COM_'.STRTOUPPER($this->compName).'EMAILTMPL'.STRTOUPPER($template_id).'SUBJECT',
  'COM'.STRTOUPPER($this->compName).'EMAILTMPL'.STRTOUPPER($template_id).'BODY',
  $tags,
  'COM'.STRTOUPPER($this->compName).'EMAILTMPL'.STRTOUPPER($template_id).'_HTMLBODY'
  );

  Factory::getApplication()->enqueueMessage('Email Template Record Created . . . '.$template_id);

} /**

• Send out an email using the template layout

• @param string $template_id mandatory (full template_id ie com_mycomponent.tripnew)

• @param object $item mandatory - containing all relevant info

• @param string $link optional

• @param string $filename optional - name of the file if required without full path

• @param string $attachment optional - including full path

• @return boolean false on fail
  */
  public static function sendEmailTmpl($template_id, $item, $link = null, $filename = null, $attachfile = null)
  {
  $params = ComponentHelper::getParams('com_mycomponent');
  $app = Factory::getApplication();
  $mailfrom = $app->get('mailfrom');
  $tmplId = explode('.', $template_id)[1];

  // load all the data elements as set in the template setup
  $data = array();
  $data['sitename'] = $app->get('sitename');
  if ($link) {
  $mode = $app->get('force_ssl', 0) == 2 ? 1 : (-1);
  $data['link_text'] = Route::_($link, false, $mode);
  }
  $data['coord_name'] = (isset($item->coord_name) && $item->coord_name > '') ? $item->coord_name : '';
  $data['trip_title'] = $item->trip_details->title;
  $data['dept_date'] = $item->dept_date_disp;
  $data['leader_name'] = $item->leader_name;
  $data['booking_status'] = (isset($item->booking_status) && $item->booking_status > '') ? $item->booking_status : '';

  foreach ($item->members as $recip) {
  if (isset($item->att_name) && $item->att_name > '') {
  $data['member_name'] = $item->att_name;
  $name = isset($recip->full_name) ? $recip->full_name : $recip->name;
  } else {
  $name = isset($recip->full_name) ? $recip->full_name : $recip->name;
  $data['member_name'] = $name;
  }

   // Build the email and send
   $mailer = new MailTemplate($template_id, $app->getLanguage()->getTag());
   $mailer->addTemplateData($data);
   $mailer->setReplyTo($mailfrom, $data['sitename']);
   $mailer->addRecipient($recip->email, $name);
  
   if ($attachfile) {
       $mailer->addAttachment($filename, $attachfile);
   }
  
   // Try to send the email.
   try {
       $return = $mailer->send();
   } catch (\Exception $exception) {
       $app->enqueueMessage(Text::_($exception->getMessage()), 'warning');
       $return = false;
   }
  

  }

  if ($return) {
  $app->enqueueMessage(Text::_('COM_MYCOMPONENT_MAIL_SEND_SUCCESSFUL'), 'success');
  }

  return $return;
  }`
  Maybe we can do

• Add email template selector in category option
• Add system to add new template (an sql request to add new template)
• Checl field remplacement (maybe only compatible with flexi_pro ?