Laravel 9 How to Send Automatic Email Tutorial

//..

MAIL_MAILER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=465
MAIL_USERNAME="xxxyyyzzz@gmail.com"
MAIL_PASSWORD="your_password"
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS="xxxyyyzzz@gmail.com"
MAIL_FROM_NAME="Online Web Tutor"

//...

<?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()
    {
        //
    }
};

<?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',
    ];
}

<?php

namespace Database\Seeders;

use Illuminate\Database\Console\Seeds\WithoutModelEvents;
use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
use App\Models\User;

class UserSeeder extends Seeder
{
    /**
     * Run the database seeds.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function run()
    {
        $users = [
            [
                "name" => "Sanjay Kumar",
                "email" => "sanjay_sample@gmail.com",
                "password" => bcrypt("123456"),
                "birthdate" => "2000-05-20"
            ],
            [
                "name" => "Vimal Kapoor",
                "email" => "vimal@gmail.com",
                "password" => bcrypt("123456"),
                "birthdate" => "2000-06-23"
            ],
            [
                "name" => "Ashish Kumar",
                "email" => "ashish@gmail.com",
                "password" => bcrypt("123456"),
                "birthdate" => "2000-07-23"
            ]
        ];

        foreach ($users as $key => $value) {
            User::create($value);
        }
    }
}

<?php

namespace App\Mail;

use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
use Illuminate\Mail\Mailable;
use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;

class BirthDayWish extends Mailable
{
    use Queueable, SerializesModels;

    public $user;

    /**
     * Create a new message instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct($user)
    {
        $this->user = $user;
    }

    /**
     * Build the message.
     *
     * @return $this
     */
    public function build()
    {
        return $this->subject('Wishing you Happy Birthday ' . $this->user->name)
            ->view('emails.birthdayWish');
    }
}

<h2>Hi, </h2> 
<h3>Wish you a very happy birthday {{ $user->name }}, Stay blessed.</h3>

<p>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.</p>
    
Thank you <br/>
Online Web Tutor Team
  

<?php

namespace App\Console\Commands;

use Illuminate\Console\Command;
use App\Models\User;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail;
Use App\Mail\BirthDayWish;

class AutoBirthDayWish extends Command
{
    /**
     * The name and signature of the console command.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $signature = 'auto:wishbirthday';

    /**
     * The console command description.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $description = 'This command is a birthday wisher cron for company employees.';

    /**
     * Execute the console command.
     *
     * @return int
     */
    public function handle()
    {
        $users = User::whereMonth('birthdate', date('m'))
            ->whereDay('birthdate', date('d'))
            ->get();

        if ($users->count() > 0) {
            foreach ($users as $user) {
                Mail::to($user)->send(new BirthDayWish($user));
            }
        }

        return 0;
    }
}

<?php

namespace App\Console;

use Illuminate\Console\Scheduling\Schedule;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Console\Kernel as ConsoleKernel;

class Kernel extends ConsoleKernel
{
    /**
     * Define the application's command schedule.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Console\Scheduling\Schedule  $schedule
     * @return void
     */
    protected function schedule(Schedule $schedule)
    {
        $schedule->command('auto:wishbirthday')->daily();
    }

    /**
     * Register the commands for the application.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    protected function commands()
    {
        $this->load(__DIR__ . '/Commands');

        require base_path('routes/console.php');
    }
}