Adds password reset email template

app/classes/passwordReset.php

@@ -67,28 +67,23 @@ class PasswordReset {
 
         // Send email with reset link
         $to = $user['email'];
-        $subject = "{$config['site_name']} - Password reset request";
+        // Load email helper
-        $message = "Dear user,\n\n";
+        require_once __DIR__ . '/../helpers/email_helper.php';
-        $message .= "We received a request to reset your password for your {$config['site_name']} account.\n\n";
-        $message .= "To set a new password, please click the link below:\n\n";
-        $message .= $resetLink . "\n\n";
-        $message .= "This link will expire in 1 hour for security reasons.\n\n";
-        $message .= "If you did not request this password reset, please ignore this email. Your account remains secure.\n\n";
-        if (!empty($config['site_name'])) {
-            $message .= "Best regards,\n";
-            $message .= "The {$config['site_name']} team\n";
-            if (!empty($config['site_slogan'])) {
-                $message .= ":: {$config['site_slogan']} ::";
-            }
-        }
 
-        $headers = [
+        $subject = "{$config['site_name']} - Password reset request";
-            'From' => "noreply@{$config['domain']}",
+
-            'Reply-To' => "noreply@{$config['domain']}",
+        $variables = [
-            'X-Mailer' => 'PHP/' . phpversion()
+            'site_name' => $config['site_name'],
+            'reset_link' => $resetLink,
+            'site_slogan' => $config['site_slogan'] ?? ''
         ];
 
-        if (!mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)) {
+        $additionalHeaders = [
+            'From' => "noreply@{$config['domain']}",
+            'Reply-To' => "noreply@{$config['domain']}"
+        ];
+
+        if (!sendTemplateEmail($to, $subject, 'password_reset', $variables, $config, $additionalHeaders)) {
             return ['success' => false, 'message' => 'Failed to send reset email'];
         }
 

app/helpers/email_helper.php

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Email Template Helper
+ *
+ * Provides functions to render email templates with variable substitution
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Render email template with variables
+ *
+ * @param string $templateName Template filename (without extension)
+ * @param array $variables Variables to substitute
+ * @return string Rendered template content
+ */
+function renderEmailTemplate($templateName, $variables = []) {
+    $templateFile = __DIR__ . '/../templates/' . $templateName . '.txt';
+
+    if (!file_exists($templateFile)) {
+        throw new RuntimeException("Email template '$templateName' not found");
+    }
+
+    $content = file_get_contents($templateFile);
+
+    // Replace {{variable}} placeholders
+    foreach ($variables as $key => $value) {
+        $content = str_replace('{{' . $key . '}}', $value, $content);
+    }
+
+    return $content;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Send email using template
+ *
+ * @param string $to Recipient email
+ * @param string $subject Email subject
+ * @param string $templateName Template name
+ * @param array $variables Template variables
+ * @param array $config Application config
+ * @param array $additionalHeaders Additional email headers
+ * @return bool Success status
+ */
+function sendTemplateEmail($to, $subject, $templateName, $variables, $config, $additionalHeaders = []) {
+    try {
+        $message = renderEmailTemplate($templateName, $variables);
+
+        $fromDomain = $config['domain'] ?? ($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] ?? 'totalmeet.local');
+        $headers = array_merge([
+            'From: noreply@' . $fromDomain,
+            'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion(),
+            'Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8'
+        ], $additionalHeaders);
+
+        return mail($to, $subject, $message, implode("\r\n", $headers));
+    } catch (Exception $e) {
+        error_log("Failed to send template email: " . $e->getMessage());
+        return false;
+    }
+}

app/templates/password_reset.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Dear user,
+
+We received a request to reset your password for your {{site_name}} account.
+
+To set a new password, please click the link below:
+
+{{reset_link}}
+
+This link will expire in 1 hour for security reasons.
+
+If you did not request this password reset, please ignore this email. Your account remains secure.
+
+Best regards,
+The {{site_name}} team
+{{#site_slogan}}
+:: {{site_slogan}} ::
+{{/site_slogan}}