1. Installation
Install the SDK via Composer:
composer require lettermint/lettermint-php
2. Send your first email
Initialize the client with your API token:
<? php
require_once 'vendor/autoload.php' ;
$lettermint = new Lettermint\ Lettermint ( 'your-api-key' );
Send your first email:
$response = $lettermint -> email
-> from ( 'John Doe <john@yourdomain.com>' )
-> to ( 'recipient@example.com' )
-> subject ( 'Hello from Lettermint!' )
-> text ( 'Hello! This is a test email.' )
-> send ();
echo "Email sent with ID: " . $response -> id ;
3. Email Features
Basic Email
Send a simple text or HTML email:
$lettermint -> email
-> from ( 'John Doe <john@yourdomain.com>' )
-> to ( 'recipient@example.com' )
-> subject ( 'Your account is ready!' )
-> html ( '<h1>Welcome!</h1><p>Thanks for signing up.</p>' )
-> text ( 'Welcome! Thanks for signing up.' )
-> send ();
Multiple Recipients
Send to multiple recipients using CC and BCC:
$lettermint -> email
-> from ( 'John Doe <john@yourdomain.com>' )
-> to ( 'user1@example.com' , 'user2@example.com' )
-> cc ( 'manager@yourdomain.com' )
-> bcc ( 'archive@yourdomain.com' )
-> subject ( 'Monthly Newsletter' )
-> html ( '<h1>This Month \' s Updates</h1>' )
-> send ();
Custom Headers and Reply-To
Add custom headers and set reply-to addresses:
$lettermint -> email
-> from ( 'support@yourdomain.com' )
-> to ( 'customer@example.com' )
-> replyTo ( 'help@yourdomain.com' )
-> subject ( 'Support Ticket #12345' )
-> headers ([
'X-Priority' => '1' ,
'X-Ticket-ID' => '12345'
])
-> html ( '<p>Your support ticket has been updated.</p>' )
-> send ();
Add metadata for tracking and webhook payloads:
$lettermint -> email
-> from ( 'notifications@yourdomain.com' )
-> to ( 'user@example.com' )
-> subject ( 'Order Confirmation' )
-> metadata ([
'order_id' => '12345' ,
'customer_id' => 'cust_789' ,
'campaign' => 'order_confirmation'
])
-> html ( '<p>Your order has been confirmed.</p>' )
-> send ();
Metadata is included in webhook payloads but not added to the actual email headers. Use it for tracking and analytics purposes.
Categorize emails for filtering and analytics:
$lettermint -> email
-> from ( 'alerts@yourdomain.com' )
-> to ( 'admin@example.com' )
-> subject ( 'System Alert' )
-> tag ( 'system-alerts' )
-> html ( '<p>Critical system alert detected.</p>' )
-> send ();
One tag per message. Tags can contain letters, numbers, hyphens, underscores, and spaces (max 255 characters).
See Tags documentation for more details.
Route Selection
Direct emails to specific routes within your project:
$lettermint -> email
-> from ( 'notifications@yourdomain.com' )
-> to ( 'user@example.com' )
-> subject ( 'Welcome!' )
-> route ( 'transactional' )
-> html ( '<p>Welcome to our platform.</p>' )
-> send ();
File Attachments
Attach files to your emails:
// Read file content
$fileContent = file_get_contents ( '/path/to/document.pdf' );
$lettermint -> email
-> from ( 'invoices@yourdomain.com' )
-> to ( 'customer@example.com' )
-> subject ( 'Your Invoice' )
-> html ( '<p>Please find your invoice attached.</p>' )
-> attach ( 'invoice.pdf' , base64_encode ( $fileContent ))
-> send ();
4. Response
$response = $lettermint -> email
-> from ( 'John Doe <john@yourdomain.com>' )
-> to ( 'recipient@example.com' )
-> subject ( 'Test' )
-> text ( 'Hello!' )
-> send ();
echo $response -> message_id ; // Email ID
echo $response -> status ; // Current status
Next Steps
GitHub Repository Find the complete source code, report issues, or contribute on GitHub.