Why we use Laravel - Artisan Console ?

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Laravel framework provides three primary tools for interaction through command-line namely: Artisan, Ticker and REPL.

Artisan is the command line interface frequently used in Laravel and it includes a set of helpful commands for developing a web application.

Example : Here is a list of few commands in Artisan along with their respective functionalities -

To start Laravel project : php artisan serve
To enable caching mechanism

php artisan route:cache
To view the list of available commands supported by Artisan

php artisan list
To view help about any command and view the available options and arguments

php artisan help serve

Writing Commands :

In addition to the commands listed in Artisan, a user can also create a custom command which can be used in the web application.
Please note that commands are stored in app/console/commands directory.

The default command for creating user defined command is shown below -

php artisan make:console <name-of-command>

The schedule of tasks for the given command is defined in the function named schedule, which includes a parameter for scheduling the tasks which takes hourly parameter.

The commands are registered in the array of commands, which includes the path and name of the commands.

Once the command is registered, it is listed in Artisan commands.

The values included in the signature and description section will be displayed when you call for the help attribute of the specified command.

Let us see how to view the attributes of our command DefaultCommand. You should use the command as shown below -

php artisan help DefaultCommand