Firstly get the extension of the file to send and get the MIME TYPE for it.
$data['filename'] = Auth::User()->file;
$extension = explode('.',Auth::User()->file)[1];
if ($extension == 'doc') {
$data['mine_type'] = 'application/msword';
}
elseif ($extension == 'docx') {
$data['mine_type'] = 'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document';
}
elseif ($extension == 'pdf') {
$data['mine_type'] = 'application/pdf';
}
Use the mail function and pass the required data needed by the layout and SMTP connection protocol.
Mail::send('emails_layout',$data, function ($message) use ($data) {
$message->from('noreply@maxester.com', 'MaXEster');
$message->to($data['email'])->subject('Find the attachment');
$message->attach(
$data['pathToFile'], array(
'as' => $data['filename'],
'mime' => $data['mine_type'])
);
});