PHP Laravel Artisan Useful CLI/SSH Commands List

laravel-artisan.sh

# Laravel Artisan Cheatsheet (Laravel 11/12)

# 1. Basic Information
php artisan --version                    # Display the current Laravel version
php artisan about                        # Show detailed application and environment info
php artisan list                         # List all available Artisan commands
php artisan help <command>               # Show detailed help for a specific command
php artisan inspire                      # Display an inspiring quote

# 2. Development Server
php artisan serve                        # Start the Laravel development server[](http://127.0.0.1:8000)
php artisan serve --port=8080            # Start server on a custom port
php artisan serve --host=0.0.0.0         # Make server accessible on local network

# 3. Generators (make:*)
php artisan make:model Customer          # Create a new Eloquent model
php artisan make:model Post -m           # Create model + migration
php artisan make:model Post -mfcr        # Model + migration + factory + resourceful controller

php artisan make:controller PostController          # Create a new controller
php artisan make:controller Api/V1/PostController --api  # Create an API resource controller

php artisan make:migration create_posts_table       # Create a new migration file
php artisan make:migration add_slug_to_posts --table=posts  # Migration to add column(s) to existing table

php artisan make:seeder PostSeeder       # Create a new seeder class
php artisan make:factory PostFactory     # Create a new model factory
php artisan make:request StorePostRequest   # Create a form request validation class
php artisan make:policy PostPolicy --model=Post  # Create a policy class for a model

php artisan make:command SendDailyReport    # Create a custom Artisan command
php artisan make:job ProcessPodcast      # Create a new job class
php artisan make:mail WelcomeEmail --markdown=emails.welcome  # Create a mailable class with markdown template

# 4. Database - Migrations & Seeders
php artisan migrate                      # Run all outstanding migrations
php artisan migrate --force              # Run migrations without confirmation (production)
php artisan migrate:fresh                # Drop all tables and re-run all migrations
php artisan migrate:fresh --seed         # Fresh migrate + run all seeders
php artisan migrate:rollback             # Rollback the last migration batch
php artisan migrate:rollback --step=5    # Rollback the last N migration batches
php artisan migrate:status               # Show the status of each migration

php artisan db:seed                      # Run all Database Seeders
php artisan db:seed --class=UserSeeder   # Run a specific seeder class

# 5. Routes
php artisan route:list                   # Display all registered routes
php artisan route:list --path=api        # Filter routes by path/URI
php artisan route:list --compact         # Compact route listing (cleaner output)
php artisan route:cache                  # Cache the routes for faster registration
php artisan route:clear                  # Clear the route cache

# 6. Cache & Optimization
php artisan optimize:clear               # Clear all cached files (config, routes, views, etc.)
php artisan cache:clear                  # Clear the application cache
php artisan config:cache                 # Create a cached configuration file
php artisan config:clear                 # Remove the configuration cache file
php artisan view:cache                   # Compile all Blade views
php artisan view:clear                   # Clear all compiled view files
php artisan route:cache                  # Cache the routes file

# 7. Testing & Tinker
php artisan test                         # Run the application's test suite
php artisan test --filter testExample    # Run tests matching a filter/pattern
php artisan tinker                       # Interact with your application using REPL

# 8. Queue
php artisan queue:work                   # Start processing jobs from the queue
php artisan queue:work --queue=high,default --tries=3  # Work specific queues with retry limit
php artisan queue:restart                # Restart queue workers after current job
php artisan queue:failed                 # List all failed queue jobs
php artisan queue:retry all              # Retry all failed jobs
php artisan queue:flush                  # Flush all failed jobs from the failed queue

# 9. Other Essential Commands
php artisan key:generate                 # Set the application key (APP_KEY)
php artisan storage:link                 # Create symbolic link from public/storage to storage/app/public
php artisan down                         # Put the application into maintenance mode
php artisan up                           # Bring the application out of maintenance mode
php artisan env                          # Display the current environment
php artisan schedule:run                 # Run the scheduled commands (for testing)
php artisan schedule:work                # Start the schedule worker (runs every minute)

# Quick filters (useful in terminal)
# php artisan list | grep make          # See all make:* commands
# php artisan list | grep queue         # See all queue-related commands
# php artisan list | grep cache         # See all cache-related commands