Artisan & CLI Beginner Since Laravel 11.x

artisan make:class & make:enum

Scaffold plain PHP classes and enums with Artisan — stop creating boilerplate files manually.

Overview

Since Laravel 11, php artisan make:class and php artisan make:enum generate plain PHP files with proper namespace, boilerplate, and file placement. No more manually creating classes or copying templates.

Usage

Create a plain PHP class:

php artisan make:class Services/PaymentGateway

Generates app/Services/PaymentGateway.php:

<?php

namespace App\Services;

class PaymentGateway
{
    //
}

Create an enum:

php artisan make:enum Enums/OrderStatus

Generates app/Enums/OrderStatus.php:

<?php

namespace App\Enums;

enum OrderStatus
{
    //
}

For a backed enum, add the --string or --int flag:

php artisan make:enum Enums/OrderStatus --string

enum OrderStatus: string
{
    //
}

Other Hidden make: Commands

Laravel has several lesser-known scaffolding commands:

php artisan make:interface Contracts/Payable
php artisan make:trait Concerns/HasSlug

List all available generators:

php artisan list make

When to Use

  • Creating service classes, DTOs, or value objects
  • Generating enums for status fields, types, or categories
  • Any time you'd manually create a class file — let Artisan handle the namespace and directory
Read the Laravel documentation

Tags

Helpers