Laravel Artisan Generator Command: The make:controller Command

The make:controller command can be used to quickly generate a new controller class file in the app/Http/Controllers directory. A name for the newly created controller must be provided. The name will become the name of the newly generated class and file. An optional --resource option can be provided to generate a resourceful controller instead.

The following example would create a new controller file in the app/Http/Controllers/GeneratedController.php file:

1php artisan make:controller GeneratedController

The generated controller file would look similar to the following:

 1<?php
 2 
 3namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 4 
 5use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 6 
 7use App\Http\Requests;
 8 
 9class GeneratedController extends Controller
10{
11    //
12}

This command would generate a new resource controller file in the app/Htpp/Controllers/GeneratedResourceController.php file:

1php artisan make:controller GeneratedResourceController --resource

A resource controller has index, create, store, show, edit, update and destroy method definitions already declared for you.

The make:controller command is also capable of generated namespaced classes. Accomplish this by separating namespace sections using the \ when supplying the controller name. A nested directory will be created and the correct namespace will be set on the generated class.

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