laravel5 Email Schedular using Command

Laravel Cron Job from Command Line Interface(CLI) and Schedular

Laravel Command line interface (CLI)

Create a Command class from command running:

php artisan make:console yourCommandName

it will be under app/console/Commands/ yourCodName.php

I am going with email scheduler. So, mine is

php artisan make:console sendEmail

in app/console/Commands/sendEmail.php
For running it should be added in Kernel (app/console/Kernel.php) . So, you have to add created class in Kernel.php.
Add inside protected command as;

protected $commands = [
\App\Console\Commands\sendEmail::class,
];

If you have previous one then add this line. Yours as example will be:

protected $commands = [
\App\Console\Commands\yourCommandName::class,
];


Inside the Command class that you have just created. Configure like:

protected $signature = 'sendemail';

which will be custom name for your command. You can use it to run as

php artisan sendemail
protected $description = 'Email sending Command as schedular';

This will describe your command.
Inside handle function created in Command class, you will write your code.
Mine is like this:

public function handle()
{
Mail::send(view_file_that_you_want_to_send', ['key' => 'value'], function($message)
{
$message->to('[email protected]', 'Name of the Email')->subject('Subject of email');
});
}

All you have to this for command.
You can check it for checking:

public function handle()
{
echo ‘This is check only’;
}


Now you have to register it in schedule as:

protected function schedule(Schedule $schedule)
{
$schedule->command('sendemail')
->hourly();
}

Now you have your schedule which is written as Command for email send.

Different methods available for scheduler are as follows:

• ->hourly()
• ->monthly()
• ->yearly()
• ->everyFiveMinutes()
• ->daily()
• ->sundays()
• ->weekly()
• ->weeklyOn($day, $time)
• ->at($time) // 24 hour time
• ->dailyAt($time)
• ->twiceDaily()
• ->weekdays()
• ->everyTenMinutes()
• ->everyThirtyMinutes()
• ->days() // Days of the week.
• ->mondays()
• ->tuesdays()
• ->wednesdays()
• ->thursdays()
• ->fridays()
• ->saturdays()

Enjoy.

References

Laravel 5.1 official website