php - Trying to get Laravel 5 email to work

Question

I'm trying to send an email to a specified user by typing in the URL, but I'm getting the following error:

Swift_TransportException in AbstractSmtpTransport.php line 383: Expected response code 250 but got code "530", with message "530 5.7.1 Authentication required

So far I'm just trying to get it to work with Gmail. How can I get this to work?

This is what I have so far: mail.php

<?php
    return [
        'driver' => env('MAIL_DRIVER',' smtp'),
        'host' => env('MAIL_HOST', 'smtp.gmail.com'),
        'port' => env('MAIL_PORT', 587),
        'from' => ['address' =>"MyUsername@gmail.com" , 'name' => "example"],
        'encryption' => 'tls',
        'username' => env('MyUsername@gmail.com'),
        'password' => env('MyPassword'),
        'sendmail' => '/usr/sbin/sendmail -bs',
        'pretend' => false,
    ];

This is what I have in the routes:

Route::get('test', function() {
    Mail::send('Email.test', [], function ($message) {
        $message->to('example@gmail.com', 'HisName')->subject('Welcome!');
    });
});

This is what I have in my controller:

class MailController extends Controller
{
    public function Sending_Email()
    {
        $this->call('GET','Email.test');
        return View('Email.test');
    }
}

And this is what is in my .env file:

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=MyUsername@gmail.com
MAIL_PASSWORD=MyPassword

Answer 1

I know it's working for you now @Vantheman6 but this is what worked for me in case it's the same for someone else.

I added to my .env file the details of the mail service I am using. So make sure the following details

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=MyUsername@gmail.com
MAIL_PASSWORD=MyPassword

in the .env file are accurate.

NOTE: Don't forget to restart your server after editing the .env file so it will pick the new data that you put in there.

Clear config cache with below command:

php artisan config:cache

If you don't restart your server, the .env file will still continue to present the old mail data to the app even though you have made changes that can cause this error.