Laravel 10 Create Notification

Step 1: Install Laravel

    composer create-project laravel/laravel notification-app

Step 2: Create Migration

here, we will create new migration for adding new column birthdate in users table. so let's run bellow command: 

    php artisan make:migration add_birthdate_column

you have to put bellow code in your migration file for create products table.

    <?php
  
    use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
    use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
    use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
      
    return new class extends Migration
    {
        /**
         * Run the migrations.
         *
         * @return void
         */
        public function up()
        {
            Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
                $table->date('birthdate')->nullable();
            });
        }
        /**
         * Reverse the migrations.
         *
         * @return void
         */
        public function down()
        {
            
        }
    };

run this migration by below command:

    php artisan migrate

Step 3: Update Model

we will add "birthdate" column in $fillable array.

Make sure you use Notifiable class form Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable.

app/Models/User.php 

    <?php
  
    namespace App\Models;
      
    use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail;
    use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
    use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
    use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;
    use Laravel\Sanctum\HasApiTokens;
      
    class User extends Authenticatable
    {
        use HasApiTokens, HasFactory, Notifiable;
        
        /**
         * The attributes that are mass assignable.
         *
         * @var array
    
         */
        protected $fillable = [
            'name',
            'email',
            'password',
            'birthdate'
        ];
       
        /**
         * The attributes that should be hidden for serialization.
         *
         * @var array
    
         */
        protected $hidden = [
            'password',
            'remember_token',
        ];
      
        /**
         * The attributes that should be cast.
         *
         * @var array
    
         */
        protected $casts = [
            'email_verified_at' => 'datetime',
        ];
    }

Step 4: Create Notification

we will create BirthdayWish notification class. 

    php artisan make:notification BirthdayWish

now you can see new folder will create as "Notifications" in app folder. You need to make following changes as like bellow class.

app/Notifications/BirthdayWish.php

    <?php
  
    namespace App\Notifications;
      
    use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
    use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
    use Illuminate\Notifications\Messages\MailMessage;
    use Illuminate\Notifications\Notification;
      
    class BirthdayWish extends Notification
    {
        use Queueable;
      
        private $messages;
      
        /**
         * Create a new notification instance.
         */
        public function __construct($messages)
        {
            $this->messages = $messages;
        }
      
        /**
         * Get the notification's delivery channels.
         *
         * @return array
    
         */
        public function via(object $notifiable): array
        {
            return ['mail'];
        }
      
        /**
         * Get the mail representation of the notification.
         */
        public function toMail(object $notifiable): MailMessage
        {
            return (new MailMessage)
                        ->line($this->messages['hi'])
                        ->line($this->messages['wish'])
                        ->line('Thank you for using our application!');
        }
      
        /**
         * Get the array representation of the notification.
         *
         * @return array
    
         */
        public function toArray(object $notifiable): array
        {
            return [
                  
            ];
        }
    }

.env

    MAIL_MAILER=smtp
    MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
    MAIL_PORT=465
    MAIL_USERNAME=mygoogle@gmail.com
    MAIL_PASSWORD=rrnnucvnqlbsl
    MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
    MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=mygoogle@gmail.com
    MAIL_FROM_NAME="${APP_NAME}"

Step 5: Create Route

routes/web.php 

    <?php
  
    use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
      
    use App\Http\Controllers\UserController;
       
    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Web Routes
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | Here is where you can register web routes for your application. These
    | routes are loaded by the RouteServiceProvider within a group which
    | contains the "web" middleware group. Now create something great!
    |
    */
        
    Route::get('user-notify', [UserController::class, 'index']);

Step 6: Create Controller

we require to create new controller UserController with index method to send notification route. 

app/Http/Controllers/UserController.php 

    <?php
   
    namespace App\Http\Controllers;
        
    use Illuminate\Http\Request;
    use App\Models\User;
    use App\Notifications\BirthdayWish;
        
    class UserController extends Controller
    {   
        /**
         * Display a listing of the resource.
         *
         * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
         */
        public function index(Request $request)
        {
            $user = User::find(1);
      
            $messages["hi"] = "Hey, Happy Birthday {$user->name}";
            $messages["wish"] = "On behalf of the entire company I wish you a very happy birthday and send you my best wishes for much happiness in your life.";
              
            $user->notify(new BirthdayWish($messages));
      
            dd('Done');
        }
    }

Run Laravel App:
php artisan serve

Now, Go to  browser, type the given URL and view the output:

    http://localhost:8000/user-notify