[FIXED] how to load a component in Lib or Vendor files

Issue

i am working on a cakephp 2.3. i want to load Email component into my class which is in Lib folder. same case for Vendor files too at the moment what i am doing is this..

App::uses('EmailComponent', 'Controller/Component');
class Email { 

public static function sendemail($toEmail,$template,$subject) {
$this->Email->smtpOptions = array(
                            'port'=>'25',
                            'timeout'=>'30',

                            'host' => 'host',
                            'username'=>'username',
                            'password'=>'password'
                        );


        $this->Email->template = $template;
                        $this->Email->from    = 'no-reply@hello.com';
                        $this->Email->to      = $toEmail;
                        $this->Email->subject = $subject;
                        $this->Email->sendAs = 'both';

                        $this->Email->delivery = 'smtp';

                        $this->Email->send();



    }

i am not able to use $this.. i am getting this error

$this when not in object context

Solution

You don't do that, components are controller "extensions", they are not ment to be used without them.

For emailing purposes use the CakeEmail class (the E-Mail component is deprecated anyways).

App::uses('CakeEmail', 'Network/Email');

// ...

$Email = new CakeEmail(array(
    'port'      => 25,
    'timeout'   => 30,
    'host'      => 'host',
    'username'  => 'username',
    'password'  => 'password',
    'transport' => 'Smtp'
));

$Email->template($template)
      ->emailFormat('both')
      ->from('no-reply@hello.com')
      ->to($toEmail)
      ->subject($subject)
      ->send();

Answered By - ndm

Answer Checked By - Timothy Miller (PHPFixing Admin)