Laravel 5.3 How to show Username in Notifications Email

Question

I am trying to add the user's first name in the notification emails. At the moment, Laravel notification emails starts like:

Hello,

And I want to change it to:

Hello Donald,

Right now, I have a set-up like this. This example is for a Password Reset Notification email:

User Model:

public function sendPasswordResetNotification($token)
        {
            $this->notify(new PasswordReset($token));
        }

App\Notifications\PasswordReset:

class PasswordReset extends Notification
{
    use Queueable;

    /**
     * Create a new notification instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct()
    {
        //
    }

    /**
     * Get the notification's delivery channels.
     *
     * @param  mixed  $notifiable
     * @return array
     */
    public function via($notifiable)
    {
        return ['mail'];
    }

    /**
     * Get the mail representation of the notification.
     *
     * @param  mixed  $notifiable
     * @return \Illuminate\Notifications\Messages\MailMessage
     */
    public function toMail($notifiable)
    {
        return (new MailMessage)
                    ->line('The introduction to the notification.')
                    ->action('Notification Action', 'https://laravel.com')
                    ->line('Thank you for using our application!');
    }

    /**
     * Get the array representation of the notification.
     *
     * @param  mixed  $notifiable
     * @return array
     */
    public function toArray($notifiable)
    {
        return [
            //
        ];
    }
}

Is the User Model automatically binded with the Notification Class? How can I add the username in the view?

Answer 1

The $notifiable variable passed to toMail() is User model.

Call to needed User model attribute, easy:

public function toMail($notifiable)
{
     return (new MailMessage)
        ->greeting('Hello '. $notifiable->username)
        ->line('The introduction to the notification.')
        ->action('Notification Action', 'https://laravel.com')
        ->line('Thank you for using our application!');
}