Laravel has awesome set of artisan commands, probably the most often used are make:xxx – like make:model or make:migration etc. But do you know all 21 of them? And, moreover, do you know their parameters which may help to make the code even quicker?

Notice: this article was originally written in August 2017, with 16 commands, now updated in October 2019 for newest Laravel 6 version, with 21 commands.

First, there is a command php artisan list which gives us all the commands, like this:

  make:channel         Create a new channel class
  make:command         Create a new Artisan command
  make:controller      Create a new controller class
  make:event           Create a new event class
  make:exception       Create a new custom exception class
  make:factory         Create a new model factory
  make:job             Create a new job class
  make:listener        Create a new event listener class
  make:mail            Create a new email class
  make:middleware      Create a new middleware class
  make:migration       Create a new migration file
  make:model           Create a new Eloquent model class
  make:notification    Create a new notification class
  make:observer        Create a new observer class
  make:policy          Create a new policy class
  make:provider        Create a new service provider class
  make:request         Create a new form request class
  make:resource        Create a new resource
  make:rule            Create a new validation rule
  make:seeder          Create a new seeder class
  make:test            Create a new test class

Notice: if you’re surprised not to see make:auth command, it was removed in Laravel 6 and separated into its own UI package.

This list above doesn’t give us any information about the parameters or options for these commands. So I want to make an overview of each of them here, starting with the most often used ones.

For that, we will dive into actual code of the framework, inside /vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate folder, and will check what options and undocumented features we have for each command.

1. make:controller

This command creates a new controller file in app/Http/Controllers folder.

Example usage:

php artisan make:controller UserController

Parameters:

--resource

The controller will contain a method for each of the available resource operations – index(), create(), store(), show(), edit(), update(), destroy().

--api

Similar to –resource above, but generate only 5 methods: index(), store(), show(), update(), destroy(). Because create/edit forms are not needed for API.

--invokable

Generates controller with one __invoke() method. Read more about invokable controllers here.

--model=Photo

If you are using route model binding and would like the resource controller’s methods to type-hint a model instance.

--parent=Photo

Officially undocumented parameter, in the code it says “Generate a nested resource controller class” but for me it failed to generate a Controller properly. So probably work in progress.

2. make:model

Create a new Eloquent model class.

Example usage:

php artisan make:model Photo

Parameters:

--migration

or

-m

Create a new migration file for the model.

--controller

or

-c

Create a new controller for the model.

--resource

or

-r

Indicates if the generated controller should be a resource controller.

Yes, you’ve got it right, you can do it like this:

php artisan make:model Project --migration --controller --resource

Or even shorter:

php artisan make:model Project -mcr

But that’s not all to make:model.

--factory

or

-f

Create a new factory for the model.

--all

or

-a

Generate all of the above: a migration, factory, and resource controller for the model.

And even that’s not all.

--force

Create the class even if the model already exists.

--pivot

Indicates if the generated model should be a custom intermediate table model.

3. make:migration

Create a new migration file.

Example usage:

php artisan make:migration create_projects_table

Parameters:

--create=Table

The table to be created.

--table=Table

The table to migrate.

--path=Path

The location where the migration file should be created.

--realpath

Indicate any provided migration file paths are pre-resolved absolute path.

--fullpath

Output the full path of the migration.

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4. make:seeder

Create a new database seeder class.

Example usage:

php artisan make:seeder BooksTableSeeder

Parameters: none.

5. make:request

Create a new form request class in app/Http/Requests folder.

Example usage:

php artisan make:request StoreBlogPost

Parameters: none.

6. make:middleware

Create a new middleware class.

Example usage:

php artisan make:middleware CheckAge

Parameters: none.

7. make:policy

Create a new policy class.

Example usage:

php artisan make:policy PostPolicy

Parameters:

--model=Photo

The model that the policy applies to.

8. make:command

Create a new Artisan command.

Example usage:

php artisan make:command SendEmails

Parameters:

--command=Command

The terminal command that should be assigned.

9. make:event

Create a new event class.

Example usage:

php artisan make:event OrderShipped

Parameters: none.

10. make:job

Create a new job class.

Example usage:

php artisan make:job SendReminderEmail

Parameters:

--sync

Indicates that job should be synchronous.

11. make:listener

Create a new event listener class.

Example usage:

php artisan make:listener SendShipmentNotification

Parameters:

--event=Event

The event class being listened for.

--queued

Indicates the event listener should be queued.

12. make:mail

Create a new email class.

Example usage:

php artisan make:mail OrderShipped

Parameters:

--markdown

Create a new Markdown template for the mailable.

--force

Create the class even if the mailable already exists.

13. make:notification

Create a new notification class.

Example usage:

php artisan make:notification InvoicePaid

Parameters:

--markdown

Create a new Markdown template for the notification.

--force

Create the class even if the notification already exists.

14. make:provider

Create a new service provider class.

Example usage:

php artisan make:provider DuskServiceProvider

Parameters: none.

15. make:test

Create a new test class.

Example usage:

php artisan make:test UserTest

Parameters:

--unit

Create a unit (or, otherwise, feature) test.

16. make:channel

Create a new channel class for broadcasting.

Example usage:

php artisan make:channel OrderChannel

Parameters: none.

17. make:exception

Create a new custom exception class.

Example usage:

php artisan make:exception UserNotFoundException

Parameters:

--render

Create the exception with an empty render method.

--report

Create the exception with an empty report method.

18. make:factory

Create a new model factory.

Example usage:

php artisan make:factory PostFactory --model=Post

Parameters:

--model=Post

The name of the model.

19. make:observer

Create a new observer class.

Example usage:

php artisan make:observer PostObserver --model=Post

Parameters:

--model=Post

The model that the observer applies to.

20. make:rule

Create a new validation rule.

Example usage:

php artisan make:rule Uppercase

Parameters: none.

21. make:resource

Create a new API resource.

Example usage:

php artisan make:resource PostResource

Parameters: 

--collection=Post

Create a ResourceCollection instead of individual Resource class.

So, that’s it – 21 commands covered. Is there anything missing? Or would you like to see some new parameters for your favorite commands? Share in the comments!