I have several artisan commands which I wrote.
All of them share common functionality, so instead of extending Command class, I wrote a MyBaseCommand class so all commands extend this one:
namespace App\Console\Commands;
use Illuminate\Console\Command;
class SomeCommand extends MyBaseCommand
{
protected $signature = 'mycommands:command1';
protected $description = 'Some description';
:
:
And the base class:
namespace App\Console\Commands;
class MyBaseCommand extends Command
{
:
:
The problem is that from some reason these commands are no longer listed with php artisan.
Any idea how can I force laravel to list these commands as well?
protected $signature = 'mycommands:command1'; //this is your command name
Open app\Console\kernel.php file.
protected $commands = [
\App\Console\Commands\SomeCommand::class,
]
then run
php artisan list
Laravel tries to register the commands for you automatically with:
/**
* Register the commands for the application.
*
* #return void
*/
protected function commands()
{
$this->load(__DIR__.'/Commands');
require base_path('routes/console.php');
}
You can find this in the App\Console\Kernel.php
Make sure that your classes have a signature and description property.
It is quite stupid, anyway since it might happen to someone else I leave here the answer:
I wanted to hide the base class, so I had inside it this line:
protected $hidden = true;
Of-course, the value of this variable was propagated to the high-level class, what made the custom commands hidden.
The solution is simply to add to these files this line:
protected $hidden = false;
====================== UPDATE ======================
As #aken-roberts mentions, a better solution is simply making the base class abstract:
namespace App\Console\Commands;
abstract class MyBaseCommand extends Command
{
abstract public function handle();
:
:
In this case artisan doesn't list it, and it cannot be executed.
I am using Laravel 4.2
The answer given by user3158900 is for Laravel 5.*
Any one can help me with version 4.2 ?
I would like to override sendSwiftMessage() protected function with my own function.
sendSwiftMessage() is located in
"vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Mail/Mailer.php"
I created a
Lib/Mailer/CustomMailer.php
and Set the folder Lib to autoload in composer (PSR4).
I can now call/load my function in my controllers by writing:
new Lib\Mailer\CustomMailer;
This is how my file looks like:
<?php namespace Lib\Mailer;
class CustomMailer extends \Illuminate\Mail\Mailer {
/**
* Send a Swift Message instance.
*
* #param \Swift_Message $message
* #return void
*/
protected function sendSwiftMessage($message)
{
if (strpos($message->toString(), 'noemail#noemail.com') == true) {
Log::info('Not sending mail to noemail#noemail.com');
}
else
{
if ($this->events)
{
$this->events->fire('mailer.sending', array($message));
}
if ( ! $this->pretending)
{
$this->swift->send($message, $this->failedRecipients);
}
elseif (isset($this->logger))
{
$this->logMessage($message);
}
}
}
}
However, this sendSwiftMessage() function is not used when I send an email with Swiftmailer in my controller by doing EXAMPLE:
Mail::send(xxxx);
My question: How can I make Swiftmailer/Laravel use my custom sendSwiftMessage() function when I send a message if I don't want to modify all my Controllers that currently use the Mail::send() code
Think I got this figured out, however I am getting an error but I think that's on you because your custom class is using a property that doesn't exist so here's the solution anyway.
In AppServiceProvider.php in the boot() method, I've added the following:
$this->app->singleton('customMailer', function($app) {
return new CustomMailer(
$app['view'], $app['swift.mailer'], $app['events']
);
});
In app/Lib/Mailer folder, I've added another class for the facade.
namespace App\Lib\Mailer;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Facade;
class Mail extends Facade
{
/**
* Get the registered name of the component.
*
* #return string
*/
protected static function getFacadeAccessor()
{
return 'customMailer';
}
}
In config/app.php, I've replaced the Mail alias with the following...
'Mail' => App\Lib\Mailer\Mail::class,
And that should be all you need to do.
One other thing, I just noticed you are missing in your namespace the App which explains why you had to add the Lib folder to the autoloader. If you namespace it correctly to keep it inline with PSR-4 by adding the App\ onto the beginning, then you don't need to add anything to your composer.json file to get additional classes loaded.
I'm trying to use getstream.io in my Laravel 5 application. I'm following the tutorial here, but got stuck on this one:
$feed = FeedManager::getUserFeed($user->id);
When I go to the FeedManager class, I couldn't find the getUserFeed() method. Here's how my FeedManager class look like:
<?php namespace GetStream\StreamLaravel\Facades;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Facade;
class FeedManager extends Facade {
/**
* Get the registered name of the component.
*
* #return string
*/
protected static function getFacadeAccessor() { return 'feed_manager'; }
}
I wonder if I did something wrong during installation. The tutorial said to run php artisan config:publish get-stream/stream-laravel, but I did php artisan vendor:publish get-stream/stream-laravel. The reason is because I got an error when running config:publish, so I used vendor:publish instead
The Stream-PHP-Example is now working in Laravel 5, take a look: https://github.com/GetStream/Stream-Example-PHP
I understand that the default Eloquent\Collection class can be overridden in your model by using the method:
public function newCollection(array $models = array()) {
return new CustomCollection($models);
}
Which works great if I'm using typical queries such as:
Model::where('name', $name)->get();
This is great so I can add methods to the eloquent collection class, such as:
$records = Model::where('name', $name)->get();
$records->toTable();
But if I'm using pagination on the model, for example:
Model::where('name', $name)->paginate(25);
It returns an instance of the class Illuminate\Support\Collection instead of the Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection.
Is there a way of overriding or extending the typical Illuminate\Support\Collection?
I'm trying to add a toTable() method to the returned Collection. I'd rather not have to replace the pagination service provider with my own.
Thanks!!
You will need to replace the pagination service provider, amongst a couple of other classes in the pagination library. By the sound of it you know how to do it this way, but were hoping for another answer, but as I have the code I'll drop it in here for you.
The reason you need to replace these classes/methods is because the files in Illuminate directly reference instances of classes within the Illuminate namespace.
In config/app.php
Replace
'Illuminate\Pagination\PaginationServiceProvider',
With
'ExtendedPaginationServiceProvider',
Create a new file somewhere the autoloader is capable of finding it called ExtendedPaginationServiceProvider.php and place the following in it
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
class ExtendedPaginationServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
/**
* #inheritdoc
*/
public function register()
{
$this->app->bindShared('paginator', function($app)
{
$paginator = new ExtendedPaginationFactory($app['request'], $app['view'], $app['translator']);
$paginator->setViewName($app['config']['view.pagination']);
$app->refresh('request', $paginator, 'setRequest');
return $paginator;
});
}
}
Create a new file somewhere the autoloader is capable of finding it called ExtendedPaginationFactory.php and place the following in it
<?php
use Illuminate\Pagination\Factory;
class ExtendedPaginationFactory extends Factory
{
/**
* #inheritdoc
*/
public function make(array $items, $total, $perPage = null)
{
$paginator = new ExtendedPaginationPaginator($this, $items, $total, $perPage);
return $paginator->setupPaginationContext();
}
}
Create a new file somewhere the autoloader is capable of finding it called ExtendedPaginationPaginator.php and place the following in it
<?php
use Illuminate\Pagination\Paginator;
class ExtendedPaginationPaginator extends Paginator
{
/**
* Get a collection instance containing the items.
*
* #return ExtendedCollection
*/
public function getCollection()
{
return new ExtendedCollection($this->items);
}
}
You'll notice the above returns a new instance of ExtendedCollection. Obviously replace this with your CustomCollection class you refer to in your question.
For others to reference, an ExtendedCollection class may look similar to the below
Create a new file somewhere the autoloader is capable of finding it called ExtendedCollection.php and place the following in it
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
class ExtendedCollection extends Collection
{
}
Also, after creating these files, don't forget to run the following in the terminal
composer dump-autoload
In Laravel I have a table settings and i have fetched complete data from the table in the BaseController, as following
public function __construct()
{
// Fetch the Site Settings object
$site_settings = Setting::all();
View::share('site_settings', $site_settings);
}
Now i want to access $site_settings. in all other controllers and views so that i don't need to write the same code again and again, so anybody please tell me the solution or any other way so i can fetch the data from the table once and use it in all controllers and view.
Okay, I'm going to completely ignore the ridiculous amount of over engineering and assumptions that the other answers are rife with, and go with the simple option.
If you're okay for there to be a single database call during each request, then the method is simple, alarmingly so:
class BaseController extends \Controller
{
protected $site_settings;
public function __construct()
{
// Fetch the Site Settings object
$this->site_settings = Setting::all();
View::share('site_settings', $this->site_settings);
}
}
Now providing that all of your controllers extend this BaseController, they can just do $this->site_settings.
If you wish to limit the amount of queries across multiple requests, you could use a caching solution as previously provided, but based on your question, the simple answer is a class property.
At first, a config file is appropriate for this kind of things but you may also use another approach, which is as given below (Laravel - 4):
// You can keep this in your filters.php file
App::before(function($request) {
App::singleton('site_settings', function(){
return Setting::all();
});
// If you use this line of code then it'll be available in any view
// as $site_settings but you may also use app('site_settings') as well
View::share('site_settings', app('site_settings'));
});
To get the same data in any controller you may use:
$site_settings = app('site_settings');
There are many ways, just use one or another, which one you prefer but I'm using the Container.
Use the Config class:
Config::set('site_settings', $site_settings);
Config::get('site_settings');
http://laravel.com/docs/4.2/configuration
Configuration values that are set at run-time are only set for the current request, and will not be carried over to subsequent requests.
In Laravel, 5+ you can create a file in the config folder and create variables in that and use that across the app.
For instance, I want to store some information based on the site.
I create a file called site_vars.php,
which looks like this
<?php
return [
'supportEmail' => 'email#gmail.com',
'adminEmail' => 'admin#sitename.com'
];
Now in the routes, controller, views you can access it using
Config::get('site_vars.supportEmail')
In the views if I this
{{ Config::get('site_vars.supportEmail') }}
It will give email#gmail.com
Hope this helps.
EDiT-
You can also define vars in .env file and use them here.
That is the best way in my opinion as it gives you the flexibility to use values that you want on your local machine.
So, you can do something this in the array
'supportEmail' => env('SUPPORT_EMAIL', 'defaultmail#gmail.com')
Important - After you do this, don't forget to do this on production env
php artisan config:cache
In case, there's still some problem, then you can do this (usually it would never happen but still if it ever happens)
php artisan cache:clear
php artisan config:cache
In your local env, always do this after this adding it
php artisan config:clear
It's always a good practice not to cache config vars in local. in case, it was cached, this would remove the cache and would load the new changes.
I see, that this is still needed for 5.4+ and I just had the same problem, but none of the answers were clean enough, so I tried to accomplish the availability with ServiceProviders. Here is what i did:
Created the Provider SettingsServiceProvider
php artisan make:provider SettingsServiceProvider
Created the Model i needed (GlobalSettings)
php artisan make:model GlobalSettings
Edited the generated register method in \App\Providers\SettingsServiceProvider. As you can see, I retrieve my settings using the eloquent model for it with Setting::all().
public function register()
{
$this->app->singleton('App\GlobalSettings', function ($app) {
return new GlobalSettings(Setting::all());
});
}
Defined some useful parameters and methods (including the constructor with the needed Collection parameter) in GlobalSettings
class GlobalSettings extends Model
{
protected $settings;
protected $keyValuePair;
public function __construct(Collection $settings)
{
$this->settings = $settings;
foreach ($settings as $setting){
$this->keyValuePair[$setting->key] = $setting->value;
}
}
public function has(string $key){ /* check key exists */ }
public function contains(string $key){ /* check value exists */ }
public function get(string $key){ /* get by key */ }
}
At last I registered the provider in config/app.php
'providers' => [
// [...]
App\Providers\SettingsServiceProvider::class
]
After clearing the config cache with php artisan config:cache you can use your singleton as follows.
$foo = app(App\GlobalSettings::class);
echo $foo->has("company") ? $foo->get("company") : "Stack Exchange Inc.";
You can read more about service containers and service providers in Laravel Docs > Service Container and Laravel Docs > Service Providers.
This is my first answer and I had not much time to write it down, so the formatting ist a bit spacey, but I hope you get everything.
I forgot to include the boot method of SettingsServiceProvider, to make the settings variable global available in views, so here you go:
public function boot(GlobalSettings $settinsInstance)
{
View::share('globalsettings', $settinsInstance);
}
Before the boot methods are called all providers have been registered, so we can just use our GlobalSettings instance as parameter, so it can be injected by Laravel.
In blade template:
{{ $globalsettings->get("company") }}
View::share('site_settings', $site_settings);
Add to
app->Providers->AppServiceProvider file boot method
it's global variable.
Most popular answers here with BaseController didn't worked for me on Laravel 5.4, but they have worked on 5.3. No idea why.
I have found a way which works on Laravel 5.4 and gives variables even for views which are skipping controllers. And, of course, you can get variables from the database.
add in your app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
public function boot()
{
// Using view composer to set following variables globally
view()->composer('*',function($view) {
$view->with('user', Auth::user());
$view->with('social', Social::all());
// if you need to access in controller and views:
Config::set('something', $something);
});
}
}
credit: http://laraveldaily.com/global-variables-in-base-controller/
In Laravel 5+, to set a variable just once and access it 'globally', I find it easiest to just add it as an attribute to the Request:
$request->attributes->add(['myVar' => $myVar]);
Then you can access it from any of your controllers using:
$myVar = $request->get('myVar');
and from any of your blades using:
{{ Request::get('myVar') }}
In Laravel 5.1 I needed a global variable populated with model data accessible in all views.
I followed a similar approach to ollieread's answer and was able to use my variable ($notifications) in any view.
My controller location: /app/Http/Controllers/Controller.php
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\DispatchesJobs;
use Illuminate\Routing\Controller as BaseController;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Validation\ValidatesRequests;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\Access\AuthorizesRequests;
use App\Models\Main as MainModel;
use View;
abstract class Controller extends BaseController
{
use AuthorizesRequests, DispatchesJobs, ValidatesRequests;
public function __construct() {
$oMainM = new MainModel;
$notifications = $oMainM->get_notifications();
View::share('notifications', $notifications);
}
}
My model location: /app/Models/Main.php
namespace App\Models;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use DB;
class Main extends Model
{
public function get_notifications() {...
I have found a better way which works on Laravel 5.5 and makes variables accessible by views. And you can retrieve data from the database, do your logic by importing your Model just as you would in your controller.
The "*" means you are referencing all views, if you research more you can choose views to affect.
add in your app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
<?php
namespace App\Providers;
use Illuminate\Contracts\View\View;
use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
use App\Setting;
class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
/**
* Bootstrap any application services.
*
* #return void
*/
public function boot()
{
// Fetch the Site Settings object
view()->composer('*', function(View $view) {
$site_settings = Setting::all();
$view->with('site_settings', $site_settings);
});
}
/**
* Register any application services.
*
* #return void
*/
public function register()
{
}
}
If you are worried about repeated database access, make sure that you have some kind of caching built into your method so that database calls are only made once per page request.
Something like (simplified example):
class Settings {
static protected $all;
static public function cachedAll() {
if (empty(self::$all)) {
self::$all = self::all();
}
return self::$all;
}
}
Then you would access Settings::cachedAll() instead of all() and this would only make one database call per page request. Subsequent calls will use the already-retrieved contents cached in the class variable.
The above example is super simple, and uses an in-memory cache so it only lasts for the single request. If you wanted to, you could use Laravel's caching (using Redis or Memcached) to persist your settings across multiple requests. You can read more about the very simple caching options here:
http://laravel.com/docs/cache
For example you could add a method to your Settings model that looks like:
static public function getSettings() {
$settings = Cache::remember('settings', 60, function() {
return Settings::all();
});
return $settings;
}
This would only make a database call every 60 minutes otherwise it would return the cached value whenever you call Settings::getSettings().
You can also use Laravel helper which I'm using.
Just create Helpers folder under App folder
then add the following code:
namespace App\Helpers;
Use SettingModel;
class SiteHelper
{
public static function settings()
{
if(null !== session('settings')){
$settings = session('settings');
}else{
$settings = SettingModel::all();
session(['settings' => $settings]);
}
return $settings;
}
}
then add it on you config > app.php under alliases
'aliases' => [
....
'Site' => App\Helpers\SiteHelper::class,
]
1. To Use in Controller
use Site;
class SettingsController extends Controller
{
public function index()
{
$settings = Site::settings();
return $settings;
}
}
2. To Use in View:
Site::settings()
A global variable for using in controllers; you can set in AppServiceProvider like this :
public function boot()
{
$company=DB::table('company')->where('id',1)->first();
config(['yourconfig.company' => $company]);
}
usage
config('yourconfig.company');
using middlwares
1- create middlware with any name
<?php
namespace App\Http\Middleware;
use Closure;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\View;
class GlobalData
{
public function handle($request, Closure $next)
{
// edit this section and share what do you want
$site_settings = Setting::all();
View::share('site_settings', $site_settings);
return $next($request);
}
}
2- register your middleware in Kernal.php
protected $routeMiddleware = [
.
...
'globaldata' => GlobalData::class,
]
3-now group your routes with globaldata middleware
Route::group(['middleware' => ['globaldata']], function () {
// add routes that need to site_settings
}
In file - \vendor\autoload.php, define your gobals variable as follows, should be in the topmost line.
$global_variable = "Some value";//the global variable
Access that global variable anywhere as :-
$GLOBALS['global_variable'];
Enjoy :)
I know I am super late to the party, but this was the easiest way I found.
In app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php, add your variables in the boot method. Here I am retrieving all countries from the DB:
public function boot()
{
// Global variables
view()->composer('*',function($view) {
$view->with('countries', Country::all());
});
}
There are two options:
Create a php class file inside app/libraries/YourClassFile.php
a. Any function you create in it would be easily accessible in all the views and controllers.
b. If it is a static function you can easily access it by the class name.
c. Make sure you inclued "app/libraries" in autoload classmap in composer file.
In app/config/app.php create a variable and you can reference the same using
Config::get('variable_name');
Hope this helps.
Edit 1:
Example for my 1st point:
// app/libraries/DefaultFunctions.php
class DefaultFunctions{
public static function getSomeValue(){
// Fetch the Site Settings object
$site_settings = Setting::all();
return $site_settings;
}
}
//composer.json
"autoload": {
"classmap": [
..
..
..
"app/libraries" // add the libraries to access globaly.
]
}
//YourController.php
$default_functions = new DefaultFunctions();
$default_functions->getSomeValue();