app/classes/passwordReset.php

@@ -67,23 +67,28 @@ class PasswordReset {
 
         // Send email with reset link
         $to = $user['email'];
-        // Load email helper
-        require_once __DIR__ . '/../helpers/email_helper.php';
-
         $subject = "{$config['site_name']} - Password reset request";
+        $message = "Dear user,\n\n";
+        $message .= "We received a request to reset your password for your {$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']} ::";
+            }
+        }
 
-        $variables = [
+        $headers = [
-            'site_name' => $config['site_name'],
-            'reset_link' => $resetLink,
-            'site_slogan' => $config['site_slogan'] ?? ''
-        ];
-
-        $additionalHeaders = [
             'From' => "noreply@{$config['domain']}",
-            'Reply-To' => "noreply@{$config['domain']}"
+            'Reply-To' => "noreply@{$config['domain']}",
+            'X-Mailer' => 'PHP/' . phpversion()
         ];
 
-        if (!sendTemplateEmail($to, $subject, 'password_reset', $variables, $config, $additionalHeaders)) {
+        if (!mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)) {
             return ['success' => false, 'message' => 'Failed to send reset email'];
         }
 

app/helpers/email_helper.php

@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-<?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

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-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}}