PHP Artisan Commands Guide

Essential Commands for Every Engineer

php artisan test

Run all tests

php artisan pint

Fix code style

php artisan migrate

Run migrations

npm run quality

Full quality check

php artisan cache:clear

Clear all caches

php artisan tinker

Test code interactively

Daily Development Workflow

Commands you should use every day for smooth development.

🌅 Start of Day

git pull origin main Get latest changes from repository

composer install Update PHP dependencies

php artisan migrate Run new database migrations

php artisan config:clear Clear configuration cache

💻 During Development

php artisan serve Start development server (port 8000)

npm run dev Start Vite dev server for frontend

php artisan test --watch Auto-run tests on file changes

php artisan tinker Test code snippets interactively

✅ Before Commit

php artisan pint Fix code style issues automatically

php artisan test Run all tests

npm run quality Run full quality check (lint + analyze + test)

🌆 End of Day

php artisan cache:clear Clear development cache

git push origin feature-name Backup your work to remote

🧪 Testing Commands

Run and manage test suites for your application.

PHP Artisan Commands

php artisan test Run the entire test suite

php artisan test --testsuite=Unit Run only unit tests

php artisan test --watch Watch for file changes and re-run tests

php artisan test --coverage Run tests with code coverage report

php artisan test --filter "TestName" Run specific test or test class

php artisan test --stop-on-failure Stop on first failure

NPM Shortcuts

npm test

Run all tests

npm run test:unit

Run unit tests only

npm run test:feature

Run feature tests only

npm run test:coverage

Run with coverage report

🔍 Code Quality & Style

Ensure code follows standards and best practices.

Code Style (Pint)

php artisan pint --test Check code style without fixing

php artisan pint Fix code style issues automatically

Static Analysis (PHPStan)

vendor/bin/phpstan analyse Run static analysis

vendor/bin/phpstan analyse --memory-limit=512M Run with increased memory

NPM Shortcuts

npm run lint

Check code style only

npm run lint:fix

Fix code style

npm run analyze

Run static analysis

npm run quality

Lint + analyze + test

💾 Database Operations

Manage database migrations, seeding, and operations.

Migrations

php artisan migrate Run all pending migrations

php artisan migrate:rollback Rollback last migration

php artisan migrate:fresh Drop all tables and re-run migrations

php artisan migrate:fresh --seed Fresh migrate with seeding

php artisan migrate:status Show migration status

NPM Shortcuts

npm run migrate

Run migrations (with --force)

npm run fresh

Fresh migrate with seed

⚡ Cache Management

Clear and rebuild various application caches.

Clear Caches

php artisan cache:clear Clear application cache

php artisan config:clear Clear configuration cache

php artisan route:clear Clear route cache

php artisan view:clear Clear compiled views

Rebuild Caches

php artisan config:cache Cache configuration files

php artisan route:cache Cache routes for faster loading

php artisan optimize Optimize for production

NPM Shortcuts

npm run clean

Clear all caches

npm run optimize

Optimize for production

🔧 Troubleshooting & Maintenance

Commands to diagnose and fix common issues.

Common Issues & Solutions

404 errors or strange behavior

php artisan optimize:clear && php artisan cache:clear

File permission issues

php artisan storage:link

Route not found

php artisan route:list | grep keyword

Class not found errors

composer dump-autoload

Diagnostics

php artisan about Show application overview

php artisan tinker Interactive REPL for testing code

Quick Reference Card

Testing

php artisan test

Style Fix

php artisan pint

Migrate

php artisan migrate

Clear Cache

php artisan cache:clear

Quality Check

npm run quality

Optimize

php artisan optimize