Laravel Artisan Generator Command: The make:policy Command

The make:policy command is used to generate to policy classes. It requires a name to be provided; this name will be used as the file name as well as the newly generated class name. Policy classes are stored within the app/Policies directory.

The following example demonstrates how to use the make:policy command:

1# Generate a new policy class.
2php artisan make:policy DrinksPolicy

A newly created app/Policies/DrinksPolicy.php file will be created and will look similar to the following:

 1<?php
 2
 3namespace App\Policies;
 4
 5use Illuminate\Auth\Access\HandlesAuthorization;
 6
 7class DrinksPolicy
 8{
 9    use HandlesAuthorization;
10
11    /**
12     * Create a new policy instance.
13     *
14     * @return void
15     */
16    public function __construct()
17    {
18        //
19    }
20}

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

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