Laravel: How do I run a console command inside a migration?

Question

I created a Laravel console command in routes/console.php. I would like to run this command from a migration? How can I do it?

I would like to avoid using the PHP's exec() function because it's unpredictable where the path of my laravel app is going to be and which OS will be run on.

I am using Laravel 5.x

Answer 1

You can use

Artisan::call('email:send');

From docs with command parameters

$exitCode = Artisan::call('email:send', [
    'user' => 1, '--queue' => 'default'
]);

https://laravel.com/docs/5.6/artisan#programmatically-executing-commands