class PhpMail in Drupal 8

Defines the default Drupal mail backend, using PHP's native mail() function.

Plugin annotation

@Mail(
  id = "php_mail",
  label = @Translation("Default PHP mailer"),
  description = @Translation("Sends the message as plain text, using PHP's native mail() function.")
)

Hierarchy

• class \Drupal\Core\Mail\Plugin\Mail\PhpMail implements MailInterface

1 file declares its use of PhpMail

TestPhpMailFailure.php in core/modules/system/tests/modules/system_mail_failure_test/src/Plugin/Mail/TestPhpMailFailure.php

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Mail/Plugin/Mail/PhpMail.php, line 19

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Mail\Plugin\Mail

class PhpMail implements MailInterface {

  /**
   * The configuration factory.
   *
   * @var \Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigFactoryInterface
   */
  protected $configFactory;

  /**
   * PhpMail constructor.
   */
  public function __construct() {
    $this->configFactory = \Drupal::configFactory();
  }

  /**
   * Concatenates and wraps the email body for plain-text mails.
   *
   * @param array $message
   *   A message array, as described in hook_mail_alter().
   *
   * @return array
   *   The formatted $message.
   */
  public function format(array $message) {

    // Join the body array into one string.
    $message['body'] = implode("\n\n", $message['body']);

    // Convert any HTML to plain-text.
    $message['body'] = MailFormatHelper::htmlToText($message['body']);

    // Wrap the mail body for sending.
    $message['body'] = MailFormatHelper::wrapMail($message['body']);
    return $message;
  }

  /**
   * Sends an email message.
   *
   * @param array $message
   *   A message array, as described in hook_mail_alter().
   *
   * @return bool
   *   TRUE if the mail was successfully accepted, otherwise FALSE.
   *
   * @see http://php.net/manual/function.mail.php
   * @see \Drupal\Core\Mail\MailManagerInterface::mail()
   */
  public function mail(array $message) {

    // If 'Return-Path' isn't already set in php.ini, we pass it separately
    // as an additional parameter instead of in the header.
    if (isset($message['headers']['Return-Path'])) {
      $return_path_set = strpos(ini_get('sendmail_path'), ' -f');
      if (!$return_path_set) {
        $message['Return-Path'] = $message['headers']['Return-Path'];
        unset($message['headers']['Return-Path']);
      }
    }
    $mimeheaders = [];
    foreach ($message['headers'] as $name => $value) {
      $mimeheaders[] = $name . ': ' . Unicode::mimeHeaderEncode($value);
    }
    $line_endings = Settings::get('mail_line_endings', PHP_EOL);

    // Prepare mail commands.
    $mail_subject = Unicode::mimeHeaderEncode($message['subject']);

    // Note: email uses CRLF for line-endings. PHP's API requires LF
    // on Unix and CRLF on Windows. Drupal automatically guesses the
    // line-ending format appropriate for your system. If you need to
    // override this, adjust $settings['mail_line_endings'] in settings.php.
    $mail_body = preg_replace('@\\r?\\n@', $line_endings, $message['body']);

    // For headers, PHP's API suggests that we use CRLF normally,
    // but some MTAs incorrectly replace LF with CRLF. See #234403.
    $mail_headers = implode("\n", $mimeheaders);
    $request = \Drupal::request();

    // We suppress warnings and notices from mail() because of issues on some
    // hosts. The return value of this method will still indicate whether mail
    // was sent successfully.
    if (!$request->server
      ->has('WINDIR') && strpos($request->server
      ->get('SERVER_SOFTWARE'), 'Win32') === FALSE) {

      // On most non-Windows systems, the "-f" option to the sendmail command
      // is used to set the Return-Path. There is no space between -f and
      // the value of the return path.
      // We validate the return path, unless it is equal to the site mail, which
      // we assume to be safe.
      $site_mail = $this->configFactory
        ->get('system.site')
        ->get('mail');
      $additional_headers = isset($message['Return-Path']) && ($site_mail === $message['Return-Path'] || static::_isShellSafe($message['Return-Path'])) ? '-f' . $message['Return-Path'] : '';
      $mail_result = @mail($message['to'], $mail_subject, $mail_body, $mail_headers, $additional_headers);
    }
    else {

      // On Windows, PHP will use the value of sendmail_from for the
      // Return-Path header.
      $old_from = ini_get('sendmail_from');
      ini_set('sendmail_from', $message['Return-Path']);
      $mail_result = @mail($message['to'], $mail_subject, $mail_body, $mail_headers);
      ini_set('sendmail_from', $old_from);
    }
    return $mail_result;
  }

  /**
   * Disallows potentially unsafe shell characters.
   *
   * Functionally similar to PHPMailer::isShellSafe() which resulted from
   * CVE-2016-10045. Note that escapeshellarg and escapeshellcmd are inadequate
   * for this purpose.
   *
   * @param string $string
   *   The string to be validated.
   *
   * @return bool
   *   True if the string is shell-safe.
   *
   * @see https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/issues/924
   * @see https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/blob/v5.2.21/class.phpmailer.php#L1430
   *
   * @todo Rename to ::isShellSafe() and/or discuss whether this is the correct
   *   location for this helper.
   */
  protected static function _isShellSafe($string) {
    if (escapeshellcmd($string) !== $string || !in_array(escapeshellarg($string), [
      "'{$string}'",
      "\"{$string}\"",
    ])) {
      return FALSE;
    }
    if (preg_match('/[^a-zA-Z0-9@_\\-.]/', $string) !== 0) {
      return FALSE;
    }
    return TRUE;
  }

}

Members

Name	Modifiers	Type	Description	Overrides
PhpMail::$configFactory	protected	property	The configuration factory.
PhpMail::format	public	function	Concatenates and wraps the email body for plain-text mails. Overrides MailInterface::format	1
PhpMail::mail	public	function	Sends an email message. Overrides MailInterface::mail	2
PhpMail::_isShellSafe	protected static	function	Disallows potentially unsafe shell characters.
PhpMail::__construct	public	function	PhpMail constructor.